Specieswatch: No sting in the tail to the pest-munching book scorpion

Hunter of book lice, ants, mites, clothes moths and bed bug larvae recently found to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria tooThe book scorpion, Chelifer cancroides, is a tiny beast but it is hard to think of another creature that is such a friend to humankind. It eats book lice, ants, mites, clothes moths and bed bug larvae - pests that most people would not welcome in their homes.Although looking like a scorpion it kills its prey with venom stored in its claws, not its tail, and is closer to a spider in origin. It has eight legs and is otherwise known as a false scorpion. Continue reading...