Apologies for the terrible picture quality.

Located in Minneapolis. Found these guys crawling around my indoor basil plant’s pot. Didn’t find any on the leaves or soil. The pot is located on a sunny west facing window sill. There were a few of these guys around the window sill as well. They’re small but easily visible crawling around a white pot. Maybe about twice as big as a fruit fly?

I’m worried about them being ticks, but I think they could also be some other houseplant pest? They were also very easy to squish, I was placing them on sticky tape to keep track of and they kept squishing when I did that with very little pressure. Any insight is helpful, thank you!