Yard Critter - Pseudoscorpion

Pseudoscorpion.

These critters are phoretic, in which one critter travels on another without being parasitic.

And you can see that's exactly what these two are doing. Hitching a ride on this Flat-faced Longhorn Beetle.

Insect air travel, a much more efficient mode of transport for a critter with such small legs.

Looks like a tiny gymnast on the high bar.

And by "tiny" I mean ~ 5 mm. That's tiny. But if you bigafy the above images you'll see white spots on the Pseudoscorpion. Parasites? Other hitchhikers? Pollen grains? Alas, the image resolution is not sufficient to determine.

Unfortunately, it is highly unlikely that these critters will be identified to species. But if you want to try, here's a link to an online key. Good luck!

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