external parasite?

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So I have a 55 gal tank with four established P. labiatus and last night I was looking at them and noticed something strange on one of their back legs. I took the newt out and pulled off the strange thing on its leg and as I am looking at this "dot" on my finger I realize that it is moving! Any how I end up finding a total of four on the newt, three stuck to a back leg and one on the side of the neck. I checked the other three newts in the tank for them and none of them had them. I took them all out and put them in separate quarantteens until I can figure out what this is. Is anyone familiar with these? They look like a beetle, round with black and yellow coloring on the back and tiny tiny redish legs.
 

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I have no idea, but I hope you find out soon!

Good Luck, and I hope he's ok.
 
There is not much detail in your photograph, but it looks like it could be some type of water mite.
 
They could be beetles and they could be water mites but I can't really tell without better pics.
 
They are mites. These are mentioned in the CC Pachytriton caresheet. I have no experience, so I'll just refer you to the caresheet. Take care not to cross-contaminate anything from this tank to your other tanks or they could spread to other newts.
 
a friend showed me this link http://www.caudata.org/forum/showthread.php?t=42621
If you scrowl down this is exactly what they looked like and where they were located. I still don't know a whole lot about them but at least this shows better pics then my camera can take!
 
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