Well, I went out and looked again and found five on one drop board and one on 
another, so there are mites there.  This was another 24 hour sample, and 
a one-day sample tends to be very inaccurate.  Several days or a week give
better indications.

They were odd-looking in that some were almost shells.  The undersides appear
to have been eaten out.  They also are a dull brown compared the reddish ones 
I am more accustomed to seeing.

I am experimenting with some screened bottoms that have a sliding drop board 
underneath and there is sufficiently large crack for wasps to enter.   I am not
seeing ants.  I have not been using grease or oil and suppose that maybe I should. 

I'll have to look back in my notes to see how |I interpreted the drops.  I had quite
a bit of discussion in my diary last fall or the fall before last.  

To be continued...

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