Identify the Tiny Cellar Bug

WINE TALK
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Went to pull a decanter out last night and noticed that I have a small population of nearly-microscopic white bugs residing on the decanters [help.gif] . They rest inside of OWC that is filled with corks from bottles past. I don’t see the bugs anywhere else, but they are awfully small. Anybody have ideas what these are and if I should be doing more than just rinsing them off of the surfaces I find them on? Sorry for the fidelity of the image. I don’t have a macro lens and can’t zoom further with my (limited) photography skills.
Cheers,
fred

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Aphids of some sort based on the size.

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They do seem like little tiny aphids, but it is odd to me that they’re located on an island in the room (on top of a free-standing rack in the center) without any signs of them anywhere else that I can find (even on bottles a foot or so away).

Until I see signs of interest in actual things with wine in them or a plague-level of infestation, this remains a curiosity.

Cheers,
fred

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Phylloxera neener

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Glassy winged sharpshooter.

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MyWines Sensors?

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Stick 2 of them into a ziplock plastic bag, place the bag and a check for $7,000.00 into an envelope. Mail the envelope to UC Davis, Entomology Department. They will identify the insects and notify you within 730 days. [cheers.gif]

On the other hand, they could be noseeums, those pesky little biters that nearly ate me alive at Oyster Bay, east of Calabash, NC.

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You mean sharply winged glass-shooter? [snort.gif]

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If I’m not mistaken these are squires.

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Cork weavels?

Rick

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I would guess they are some kind of mite. Needing a microscope to truly identify. They could also be baby spiders.

GH

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Clover Mites I bet:

Known to hang out in the triangle.