What in the world is this??????

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Karina35 Saint Petersburg, FL May 12, 2009

I live in central florida and I just moved into a new apartment in january. I noticed these little buggers when i just moved in but thought it was nothing, but they dont go away. THey are usually on my walls here and there, but recently they been on my furniture. I have a dog BUT I just got him about 2mths ago so it wasnt him who brought them, but I'm afraid they may harm me or my dog. PLEAAASE help me findout what bug this is =/

Its about 3.5 mms long and my phone cannot take a good pic because it is so small... but i drew a picture of it. it almost looks like a beatle, but it has some kind of point thing on the head.

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littleduck730 Saint Augustine, FL May 12, 2009

Rhinoceros Beetle or something like it? I don't know. It is hard without and actual picture of it.

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Karina35 Saint Petersburg, FL May 12, 2009

Yea it almost looks like that... but this is REAAALLY small... sorry I cant take a picture where you can actually tell what it is

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) May 12, 2009

Too many legs for a beetle! If it has 8 legs and is very small it should be a mite!

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kwanjin (Zone 7a) May 12, 2009

Or a tick?

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV May 13, 2009

A tick is far more likely than a mite, but you really should try to locate someone with a digital camera in order to take a clear photo that you then could submit.

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osubugboy Atlanta, GA May 13, 2009

My guess is that it's a mite - their mouthparts give them a 'pointy' appearance like that. (example: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/MEDLINEPLUS/ency/images/ency/fullsize/1245.jpg)

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