But there's another creepy arachnid that lives right on your face and crawls out of your pores at night: the Demodex mite. As ...

As alarming as it sounds, Demodex mites are found in just about everyone, and in most cases are harmless and may even contribute to the health of skin by removing dead cells and oil. Some people ...

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

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 ...