Dangleberries

I found a few of these danglers attached to an Aphodius rufipes that had wandered into the moth trap.

They appear to have limbs, possibly 8, so wonder if they might be some kind of mite hitching a ride. But they are attached by a short filament rather than clinging on with legs or mouth parts so am slightly at a loss as to what they are exactly....

Answers on a postcard....

Update: apparently these are Uropodidae mites