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http://soilbugs.massey.ac.nz/pseudoscorpions.php

Pictured here crawling along my shorts. Apparently they'll attach themselves to flys and other flying insects to grab a ride off to other places.

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[-] trafficnab@lemmy.ca 7 points 9 months ago

Often seen around books and sometimes called the "book scorpion", they prey on booklice that like snacking on bookbinding glue

They are also a natural predator to carpet beetle larva, which are pests that eat natural fibers (like some carpets)

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