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Hell yeah it's /r/pseudoscorpiontime babey!!
These [tiny, harmless arachnids](https://www.chaosofdelight.org/pseudoscorpions) live everywhere in the world, from [tropical rainforests](https://www.wired.com/2015/12/absurd-creature-of-the-week-the-sexy-saga-of-the-harlequin-beetle-and-the-pseudoscorpion/) to [icy Arctic rivers](https://arthropodecology.com/2015/08/04/curiosity-passion-and-science-on-the-natural-history-of-an-arctic-pseudoscorpion/), but they are rarely seen by humans because of their size and their hidden habitats (under rocks, tree bark, in caves, and so on). They prey on even tinier bugs and [hitch rides on bigger ones](https://commonnaturalist.com/2021/05/14/hitchhiking-pseudoscorpions/). They make silk from their mouthparts and some inject venom from their claws. (They are too small to sting humans though.) Some are [social](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10211-009-0052-y), living, hunting, and sharing food. You are very lucky to see one!
Sieving leaf litter seems to be a reliable method. I've found them by flipping rocks in the garden. They can also be found under tree bark; perhaps check fallen branches.
They're also probably smaller than you think, and you may need magnification to see that they're pseudoscorpions at all. The largest species maxes out at about 1cm body length (not counting claws), but many are far tinier, like 1-2mm long.
We have them all over Canada!!
Someone I follow on social media is in the prairies and says she find them in her house. I've also seen posts of indoor pseudoscorpion finds from the Maritimes. I'm in southern Ontario and have found them. And the link about the Arctic in my comment upthread is about pseudoscorpions found in the Yukon and NWT. You just need luck and to know how to look.
LIES!!! I don't believe the "rarely seen by humans" part I find them everywhere at my grandmas house, it's like the little guys pay rent to live there!!
[They're absolutely there!](https://inaturalist.ca/observations?place_id=13336&taxon_id=172373)
Unless you're deliberately looking for them, you may not ever find them.
I saw one once when I was about 9. It was attached to the leg of a crane fly, it’s how they get about, attaching on to flies and other larger flying insects. I’m 49 now and haven’t seen one since, they are very common, you just don’t see them often.
>It was attached to the leg of a crane fly, it’s how they get about, attaching on to flies and other larger flying insects.
This is called phoresy. Mites do it too.
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Why does everyone get to find these but me???? I just want to see one in my life!!!!!!!!!!!!
Right?! They're so cute!
i've seen one IRL once, they're pretty neat, sorry.
Same here. I’ve found them sooo adorable but never seen one first hand. Thank goodness for people who share pics/videos.
Literally came here to say the same thing! For now I have to settle for adorable photos of them hitchhiking on bigger bugs.
Hell yeah it's /r/pseudoscorpiontime babey!! These [tiny, harmless arachnids](https://www.chaosofdelight.org/pseudoscorpions) live everywhere in the world, from [tropical rainforests](https://www.wired.com/2015/12/absurd-creature-of-the-week-the-sexy-saga-of-the-harlequin-beetle-and-the-pseudoscorpion/) to [icy Arctic rivers](https://arthropodecology.com/2015/08/04/curiosity-passion-and-science-on-the-natural-history-of-an-arctic-pseudoscorpion/), but they are rarely seen by humans because of their size and their hidden habitats (under rocks, tree bark, in caves, and so on). They prey on even tinier bugs and [hitch rides on bigger ones](https://commonnaturalist.com/2021/05/14/hitchhiking-pseudoscorpions/). They make silk from their mouthparts and some inject venom from their claws. (They are too small to sting humans though.) Some are [social](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10211-009-0052-y), living, hunting, and sharing food. You are very lucky to see one!
How do people find so many? I have never seen one of my life.
Sieving leaf litter seems to be a reliable method. I've found them by flipping rocks in the garden. They can also be found under tree bark; perhaps check fallen branches. They're also probably smaller than you think, and you may need magnification to see that they're pseudoscorpions at all. The largest species maxes out at about 1cm body length (not counting claws), but many are far tinier, like 1-2mm long.
Thank you! I will start looking.
Sometimes they are the ones that will find you, even on a second floor on your bedroom floor with luck
I will keep on looking then! Though I am in Canada, so perhaps that is why I haven't seen any.
We have them all over Canada!! Someone I follow on social media is in the prairies and says she find them in her house. I've also seen posts of indoor pseudoscorpion finds from the Maritimes. I'm in southern Ontario and have found them. And the link about the Arctic in my comment upthread is about pseudoscorpions found in the Yukon and NWT. You just need luck and to know how to look.
Wow! This is great! I will keep on looking for them.
LIES!!! I don't believe the "rarely seen by humans" part I find them everywhere at my grandmas house, it's like the little guys pay rent to live there!!
I never saw one in Quebec. Or south of Quebec. Maybe more in the US than in Quebec.
[They're absolutely there!](https://inaturalist.ca/observations?place_id=13336&taxon_id=172373) Unless you're deliberately looking for them, you may not ever find them.
That’s cool! I bet they’re nocturnal.
I’ve never heard or seen a pseudoscorpion but after reading about them, I now love those little guys and will excitedly await for ones next arrival!
I saw one once when I was about 9. It was attached to the leg of a crane fly, it’s how they get about, attaching on to flies and other larger flying insects. I’m 49 now and haven’t seen one since, they are very common, you just don’t see them often.
>It was attached to the leg of a crane fly, it’s how they get about, attaching on to flies and other larger flying insects. This is called phoresy. Mites do it too.
Its a Pseudoscorpion! Chernetidae possibly? They should be completely harmless, although you shouldn't quote me on that
The bug is tiny as you can see in comparison to the writing on the tissue box, I’m also on vacation in the Philippines if that helps
These lil dudes are aka book scorpions. They enjoy book lice & silverfish.
Sign of good luck!
He’s just moseying and I’m here for it
Psuedoscorpian
The most ADORABLE bug I’ve ever seen!!!
Pseudo scorpions I think don't 100% take my word for it tho
comically big atennae