Tortoise mites

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irishshake

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Are these common?
I have little bugs in my tortoise table that awfully resemble this picture.
They are too small to tell though, practically microscope to my eyes.
Are they a problem to my zohan? I can try and get a real picture if that helps but ive yet to get something that comes close to visible.
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From the description with the picture sounds like they maybe advantageous.
 

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Ok I did my best to take a picture and circled them. If you can manage to zoom in you can get a real closer look hopefully.
EDIT: If you click on the image, then click on photobucket image, then click on magnifying glass/ original copy... a very clear picture pops up.



 

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Do they jump? If so, could be springtails. Pretty common pests but not really harmful.
 

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Nice job on the picture. This will give you a bump.
 
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