What Are These? (Bugs)

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What Are These? (Bugs)

Post by AwesomeHermit » Sat Oct 01, 2022 9:18 am

https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1C5s ... sp=sharing
Found in the food dish crawling around (left in the picture), can someone identify these? I haven't seen them on the crabs, but they don't look like any other bugs I am aware of.
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Re: What Are These? (Bugs)

Post by hermitsinnc » Sat Oct 01, 2022 2:07 pm

I have no clue, but they look rather large. For context/scale, how big is the dish in the picture?
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Re: What Are These? (Bugs)

Post by AwesomeHermit » Sun Oct 02, 2022 12:21 pm

They are actually really small. For comparison, they are smaller than a newborn isopod
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Re: What Are These? (Bugs)

Post by AwesomeHermit » Wed Oct 05, 2022 5:29 am

Anyone??
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Re: What Are These? (Bugs)

Post by curlysister » Thu Oct 06, 2022 11:11 pm

I can't actually see where the bugs are in your photo.
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Re: What Are These? (Bugs)

Post by AwesomeHermit » Sat Oct 08, 2022 11:38 am

Lower left of the dish, where the brown specks are. They are really, really small
One or hopefully two Clypeatus
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Bye Fred. You lasted almost 4 years with me. Hope you're with my E now! See you soon Reeba as well. I can't believe I lost you only after a month.
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