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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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[โ€“] nz_fish@sh.itjust.works 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's cool, never seen one of those. What part of the country are you in?

[โ€“] happy_piwakawaka@lemmy.nz 7 points 9 months ago

I'm in Wellington, but they're apparently everywhere - just we tend not to notice them since they're pretty small and like live under leaves and stuff