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The tiny white things are the mites. Found inside a Coneflower Rosette Mite Gall (Family Eriophyidae) on Echinacea sp.

Photographed with a microscope.

To see the mites in action:
https://vimeo.com/735614976

Here is what the gall looks like:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/129065735

The oblong orange thing is possibly a plant bug pupa for the same species as the nymph seen here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/129063172