What are these?

TrippyDoll

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I noticed these little spider looking things in my uvb lights above my chameleon enclosure. So far, it looks as though they are only on the top in the lights. Does anyone have any idea what these are and how I would go about getting rid of them?
 

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Might be some type of dust mite. See anything on your plants in the cage?

Wait until the light cools and carefully remove the bulb. Then take a moist paper towel and wipe out the reflector.
 
I didn’t see anything on the leaves of inside the cage. I do see like small webbing on the top and inside the bulb
 
Spider mites live on plants... They will move plant to plant but they do not normally chill in light fixtures.
 
The way to know if there is a spider mite issue is to look under the plant leaves where the leaf meets the stem. They will build webbing in that area.
 
I just wanted to make sure to find out what they were first just in case they are something that could potentially be living in the plants, my house, or something of the sort.
 
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