But there's another creepy arachnid that lives right on your face and crawls out of your pores at night: the Demodex mite. As creepy as that is, they usually don't cause any problems and can ...

Meet the microscopic arachnids that live on your face, and find out why Demodex mites are part of the human microbiome.

While many harmless species of mites live in our homes and on our bodies, there are a few types that could wreak havoc on your health.

Meet Demodex, the face mite, a microscopic arachnid that lives on human skin. The pore is its humble abode and the waxy sebum we secrete is its meal of choice. It's hard to know for sure ...

mites, and horseshoe crabs. Traditionally, arachnids were considered a terrestrial monophyletic group—meaning they descended from a single colonization event of land by a terrestrial ancestor.

but Stuczen explains that dust mites are actually tiny creatures living in your home. She describes them as “microscopic arachnids that have lived on earth for millions of years.” She goes on ...