Please help Identify this (mite?) - Southeast Alaska

[ada]

Hello All,
I was hoping any bug enthusiasts/experts out there might be able to help me identify this critter (I think it must be some sort of mite?) so I can figure out how best to get them out of my home.

Size: the larger ones seem to be about 0.5mm

Color: White/cream

Body: Seems to be made up of 2 round segments and a relatively small triangular head

Where we're finding them: They seem to congregate in areas where there may be dead skin - piano keys, computer keyboard, night stand near bed. We have not found any in the kitchen..

Movement: They seem to be able to travel about 0.5-1cm per second


Additional: Many leg-length hairs coming out of back/top end

                 I do not believe these are biting us..

Picture taken using microscope at 100x magnification (sorry for low quality - I do not have a digital microscope w/ camera capabilities):

imgur.com/yPIrgTJ

Thank you very much for any help you can provide, whether it be identification or ideas on how we can eliminate these pests. Currently we are running dehumidifiers in the house and bringing the humidity down below 40% as this has solved mite problems for us in the past. The problem is that we live in a near 100% humidity area and this process takes several days + our dog's nose does not enjoy the dehumidifiers.

[Paul K]

Soooo... boring, mites are not insects, this is wrong forum.

[Chris Grinter]

Mites are "bugs", and being negative doesn't help Paul - yes this is a mite. Identification of mites is very hard, even getting them to order is hard for a non-expert. At 100x this might be a dust mite?

[ada]

Thank you Chris
Much appreciated

Sorry for posting in wrong forum

[rjb]

Since you are in North America, you might try Bugguide. I don't know about mites, but they have some experts that contribute ID's for lots of the bugs. You have to register (no charge), but there are never any problems with that site.
Here is the location of mites.
bugguide.net/node/view/91197
Rick