@futurebird ...I am terrified of which bumps you're talking about that break off. The protrusions on the side??
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Chelifer sp.@ironcladlou @ryanhodnett @MishaVanMollusq @futurebird they actually eat pests, and are beneficial to e.g. libraries since they eat detritivores like booklice.
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Chelifer sp.@futurebird @ryanhodnett oh I'm sure, I just don't have the vision of an eagle. That said, growing up I seemed to be the only one who noticed the tiny red mites everywhere, but...they're also bright red.
They moved too fast for me to count the legs with how small they were so I wasn't sure if they were insects or arachnids for years! I ended up grabbing one and putting it on a microscope slide so I could count the legs while it was stationary. I'm still not sure the species, either.
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Listen.@futurebird me reading the first paragraph: correct, they use chitin
me reading the second paragraph: oh that's where this is going
me reading the third paragraph: there's actually (disputed) evidence that they weren't upright, but rather laid flat, though I'm not sure if that's been discredited or not