Pseudoscorpion

Found in leaf litter, soil, under tree bark, and occasionally indoors in damp areas or old books.

Carnivorous; they eat small arthropods like booklice, mites, springtails, and small fly larvae.

They use pincer-like pedipalps to capture prey and often hitch rides on larger insects to move to new locations (phoresy). They spin silk nests for molting and brooding.

Completely harmless to humans as they lack a stinging tail; they are beneficial to the ecosystem and homes by acting as natural pest control for tiny nuisance insects.