neville park<p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailyMiteVid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DailyMiteVid</span></a>: whirligig mites (family Anystidae) are happy to eat each other, as you can see from this clip filmed today. I noticed that the mite being eaten seemed to still be alive and moving its limbs; it was only on re-watching the video that I realized it seemed to be cleaning one of its legs! </p><p>CW: slightly shaky video moving in & out of focus; mite being altogether too chill about being devoured alive by its fellow</p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Mitestodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mitestodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/MiteBehaviour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiteBehaviour</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/mites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mites</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Acari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Acari</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Acariformes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Acariformes</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Anystidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anystidae</span></a></p>