Mites! I have the same ones. Typically I find them in areas where there are booklice. Mind you, this is deep in collection storage areas away from windows and definitely away from plants. My best guess is they either feed on microfungi, as the booklice do, or they are predatory and feed on juvenile booklice.
Alan *Alan Van Dyke, *Senior Preservation Technician Harry Ransom Center The University of Texas at Austin P.O. Drawer 7219 Austin, Texas 78713-7219 P: 512-232-4614 www.hrc.utexas.edu <https://www.hrc.utexas.edu/> On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 12:46 PM mc6780 <mc6...@princeton.edu> wrote: > Hello all, > > I would love any insight on identification of these small insects. They > are very tiny - my guess is some sort of mite, but I have been unable to > narrow it down any farther. > > Thank you in advance! > > All best, > Margaret Canfield > Conservation Technician > Princeton University Library > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MuseumPests" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/c691ef33-3009-4700-92a5-d49a05dadf8dn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/c691ef33-3009-4700-92a5-d49a05dadf8dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAHhLO3akuY2Bke1yN1tm0-u0dgh3meVYptzf3TeqUZ3LT1BxAw%40mail.gmail.com.
