Stone Mite

== Stone Mite ==
Stone mites were a stone-and-metal-eating species of insect that originated on the planet Coruscant before spreading to various locations across the galaxy. The mites lived in trios that shared a single central shell, with each mite's head emerging from a different corner and a feeler-tail capable of delivering an electric shock located between each pair of heads.
== Biology and appearance ==
Stone mites were a species of insect that fed on mostly metals and stone, but also silicates, using their acidic saliva and strong jaws before absorbing them into their systems. The species could fuse together and lived in clusters of three, with all three individual mites sharing a single triangular central shell. A separate mite's segmented neck and head emerged from each corner of the triangle, and a single feeler-tail capable of delivering an electric shock protruded from each side of the triangle.
The mite's head had a gripping mandible on each side and two smaller jaws at the front that emitted corrosive acid. The creatures could use their pincers to hold onto the hulls of starships, which their acidic saliva would then eat through. The mite's central shell was almost indestructible and had a hard, metallic exoskeleton and was black in colour, as were the species' necks, heads, and feeler-tails.
== Behaviour ==
Stone mites were willing to feed on metal from any starship or building and were equally as destructive as conduit worms. They could use their feeler-tails like limbs in order to balance.