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Safari Tip:
A great way to see all the details on these tiny arachnids and other small
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Latin name: Chernes cimicoides
Size: 1.5mm to 3.5mm depending on the species
Distribution: Found throughout the UK.
Months seen: All year round
Food: Tiny creatures such as mites and springtails. The pseudoscorpion injects digestive fluids into its prey, and then sucks out the liquefied tissues.
Habitat: Pseudoscorpions are mainly found in woodland leaf litter, but they can also be found near the sea
shore and sometimes attached to the legs of beetles and flies, under the bark of trees, and in old birds nests. One species (Cheridium museorum) can be found in old libraries where they feed on book lice.
Special features: Pseudoscorpions are such tiny, secretive creatures that very few people have ever seen one. They belong to the same class of animals as spiders -
arachnida. There are 26 species living in Britain, and around 12 of these species are quite common.
The Pseudoscorpions Secret Weapon
UK Safari Creepy-Crawlies Section
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