Insect and Spider Identification: South Texas insect, 1 by adellouie

adellouie wrote:
Hello everyone,

I've come to this forum in hopes someone might be able to identify this insect for me. I found several of these bugs around the house. One on my laptop, one of my my folder, and one of the paper towel in the kitchen. When I have found them, they are "playing dead." I did also see one on my dog, so I initially thought this was a flea, but from inspection it looks like it has a dome shaped dorsal side with short legs--no sign of hind legs. Also, I have it in a ziploc bag and when turned over, it has a hard time flipping upright.Not sure what it could be, but I hope someone will be able to ID this critter.