What are the tiny red "spiders" that are barely visiable to the eye found in southern wisconsin?

Question

what are the tiny red "spiders" that are barely visiable to the eye found in southern wisconsin? ive always wondered what they are and me and my bro had a debate on what they are.

Answer 1

Mites.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/91197/bgim...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mite

Answer 2

chiggers

Answer 3

This sounds like red mites which are often found on, or near, fruit trees, in an old apple orchard for example.

Answer 4

http://www.spideridentification.org/

http://www.badspiderbites.com/spider-ide...