Tiny Mite

I have been getting these small itchy red bites and I haven't been able to figure out what they are from as I haven't seen any fleas (we have 2 dogs). Today I was playing on my nintendo switch and could see something very small crossing the screen. I killed it and put it under a microscope and this is at about 1600x zoom. It doesn't look like any flea I've ever seen and at the end of its "tail" it almost looks like a stinger?! Any idea what this is?

Geographic location: Vancouver Island, BC, Canada

This is a thrips. They typically feed on leaves or flowers (some are predators or feed on fungi). They do have piercing-sucking mouth parts but I'm not sure if they are capable of biting humans

Indeed a species of thrips. Though harmless some species are very capable of biting, and though not especially painful the bites are annoying. (And in some individuals, can cause a slight allergic reaction)

They can “float” along the wind with their tiny wings but also commonly fall in mass from trees that are in the process of producing pollen. Since their lifecycle is highly tied to the seasonal abundance of flowers and their pollen, outbreaks tend to be temporary.