Please help identify. Little white creatures.

[oyashare]

Hi guys. I was wondering if anyone knew what this could be. Recently I saw all these little, white, round things all over my drift wood. They look like those little red spiders, except they are white. But they move around, and I have looked on the web with no luck.

Thanks,

Omid

 

[ChilDawg]

Check out www.skepticalaquarist.com and check back with us if WetmanNY doesn't have the right type of critter listed there.

 

[oyashare]

ChilDawg, I was looking at the site, it only has fishes, communities, feeding, plants, and water, and there was no mention of any crittes under any of them. Is there any specific one you wanted me to look at?

Thanks,

Omid

 

[GEV83]

Go to the list scroll down to invertibrates and to anthropods. When you get there read up on the water mites and the ootheres there and let us know if thats it.

 

[ChilDawg]

What he said. It's a frames site, so you need to scroll down on the frames.

 

[oyashare]

Woops. I was a dumbass. I didn't see the scroll bar. I checked the Invertebrates and it was non of those. Anything else it could be?

Thanks,

Omid

 

[ChilDawg]

I can't remember if WetmanNY has amphipods there or not...try Googling those.

 

[oyashare]

ChilDawg, thats not it either. I will try to take some pics tonight, see if you guys can identify them. Thanks for all your help everyone.

Omid

 

[ChilDawg]

Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Hopefully the pix will reveal the answer quite quickly. Best of luck.

~Matthew

 

[wetmanNY]

hmm, amphipods are an omission.
oyashare, can you see if they have eight legs (you'll need a loupe): that would make them water mites.

amphipods are laterally compressed. they look as though they're lying on their side, and they scoot.