The diremite is a huge, eight-legged tick with a taste for two-legged prey.
It closes in without a sound,
pinning creatures with its long legs or trussing them up in sticky threads
before settling down to feast upon their blood.
Even escaping a diremite's clutches does not guarentee safety from harm.
If the mite manages to secrete an egg into a victim,
the larva that hatches will eventually take control of the unfortunate person's brain.