I assume you are talking about the mites. 

Tom Parker 

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> On Aug 29, 2018, at 12:41 PM, Todd Holmberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hello Pestlist,
> 
> Today while checking a sticky trap, I saw a ground beetle next to a bunch of 
> frass, and something that looked like potentially a dermestid larva.  I put 
> it under the microscope, and saw that it was a dermestid larva, and there 
> were also a bunch of these super small critters under/around the ground 
> beetle.  At first, I thought they were booklice, but they don't seem to have 
> a "booklice-like head".  Sorry about the picture quality.  They are SUPER 
> small, and this was as close as the microscope could get without getting 
> stuck on the trap.
> 
> Does anyone have a guess as to what they might be?  I have heard people say 
> that sometimes eggs will "hatch out of" insects that are stuck on traps- is 
> that true?
> 
> My guess is the ground beetle was stuck there for 1-2 weeks.
> 
> If anyone has any thoughts, they would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Todd
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