@JulieSqveakaroo @Phorm let me just pop the roo and store in a corner..

anyway if you could throw the full size pics on Dropbox or something it'd help

@JulieSqveakaroo @Phorm but it looks like it has 8 legs? so not a tick or anything likely to harm you.

@Doephin @JulieSqveakaroo

OH MY GOD IT HAS 8 LEGS

Oh sweet christ, I was worried it was a bed bug, but they have SIX legs. At least that is a HUGE relief, my goodness, THANK YOU.

@Phorm definitely not one of those no! I did brain fart - ticks have ,8 legs- but I don't think it's one anyway

@Doephin @Phorm

Definitely 8 legs... I was also thinking tick, loosely judging by the size of the text I can see... ABSOLUTELY not a bed bug.

@Doephin

Oh I'm so relieved - At least, if it's not a bedbug, I don't have to worry about a relapse on that - And I don't have to burn everything in my living room.

Thank you ever so much.

@Doephin @Phorm

YEEP!!!

LET ME OUT OF THE TINY BOX!!!

@Phorm masto squashed those down even farther is the thing :) It's a mite or tick of some sort, not sure what. Squash it and move on, you're fine. If you've been outside recently and are feeling paranoid maybe give yourself a once-over for hitchhikers. this one particular one if it's a tick hasn't fed, the abdomen is too short. IMO it's *probably* a mite? but that's as far as I can guess.

@Doephin

A mite or a tick seems to be the consensus - I'm hoping I can calm down now. We have a lot of trees just outside my apartment, so it wouldn't surprise me if if a tick or a mite wandered inside from out there.

Thank you so much - And sorry for the panic on my part.