Mites are mammals. They have a very thin layer of fur covering their entire bodies, getting thicker at the elbow and shoulder joints and thinner over their wing membranes. As pure mammals, they have mammalian reproductive systems and copulation is identical to that of a human. They have two sexes, males and females. Gestation is aproximately 8 months. Like all pure mammals, they give birth to live young (usually one per birth) who nurse from their mothers for several months. Mite child development is similar to a Human child's and they begin to walk and talk at similar ages. Mite children are slightly smaller than Human children.

Mite males and females are aproximately the same height, although the males are usually slightly broader in build. Males also are usually either brown in colouration or have some brown on them, but this is not always the case. The smaller females are usually grey or a light brown, and spend most of their time at home. Females only develop visable breasts when they are either fertile or nursing, like most mammals. Because of their brittle bone structures, most Mites resign themselves to less physically demanding jobs. They are shorter than Humans, rarely if ever do they reach the height of an average human male.

The wing membrane of a Mite allows the species to glide from high points, developed because of their planet's craggy climate. Very early in the species' history, piercing holes into the wing membrane became a regular habit. The reason for this is that without the holes, a lengthy descent could become hazardous as airflow buffetted the Mite from side to side without anywhere to escape through properly (very similar to the way a parachute's vents work). Later, these same holes were used to allow for a snap-closed form of clothing to be developed as Mites entered the rest of space as a civilized race.

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of Mite anatomy is the three sets of adjustable bones. These three sets are the Tidye (finger and toe sets), the Lotte (arm set) and the Iio (leg set). As Mites are slightly aviatic, their bones are naturally lighter than Human bones, so these extra bone sets do not cause Mites to be any heavier than one would expect from looking at them. The sets usually lie alongside the dominant bones (see diagram) and are controlled by a separate set of muscles. When needed, the muscles are flexed and the bones are pulled into place. The use of extra joints and longer limbs is instrumental in both gliding and landing, enabling the Mites a better chance to grip cliff surfaces with their multi-jointed fingers. Because of these extra bone sets, Mite limbs and digits appear exceptionally thick when they are not fully extended.

Mites have fairly large ears considering their size, which is thought to be a throwback to the primative cavi-like mammal they have evolved from. While the large ears enable them to have better hearing than the average Human, they are not fully adjustable and can usually only move up, down, and 'downwards' with the back pointed upwards. Modern Mites have little use for these large ears and it is thought that they will eventually size down as time progresses. At current they are mostly a method of visable communication.

The primary religion of Mites has no name, and no written doctrine. It is more or less a code of customs and honor that Mites follow without adding much thought to. It primarily has to do with the belief that all living things are inter-connected on an unconcious level and so to attain understanding of one another we must first attempt to bridge that gap. From this philosophy has sprung the concept of 'sleep-talk', where one Mite will speak to another in their sleep to confront things which the Mite can not face while awake. Although there is no reliable way of testing this, it has been reported that Mites are very lucid dreamers as a result. They do not often support killing, but as this religion/philosophy is rather casual, there is no retribution or reward for following it.

Mites are exceptionally rare in the galaxy for two reasons. One, they find it difficult for their particular body type to survive outside of their own enviroment- Mites naturally crave high places and gliding and so being cramped in space for a long period of time eventually drives them a bit irritable and potentially aggressive. Ill suited for most jobs for which one would leave home to aquire, the few Mites who leave often do so to study foreign language. The second reason for their rarity is the current condition of their homeworld and its political state.

While the Mite homeworld was discovered aproximately the same time as Nikitaks, they welcomed the Rulerists to their planet and egarly began a trade of information and technology. As a result, the Mite household is almost identical to that of an Earth family in terms of what would be found inside of it. Fairly content in this, the only conflict was when the Mites' sibling race, the Utini, felt they were not getting a 'fair shake' in exchange for their own services. Tension built until it was finally released in the form of a planetary attack by the SRYY45b armed forces. What exactly triggered this attack remains fairly unknown, but it is thought that someone planet-side (either Mite or Utini) laid a trap which gave a false impression and drew the attack on their world. As a result, very little of the planet was left inhabitable, and the majority of the races living there were wiped out. Naturally because of this, very few Mites were left at all, let alone left to go into space.

Prior to the destruction of their homeworld, Mite fashion was essentially a mimicry of Earth fashion, within the limits of their phsyical ability. Because of their flight membrane, however, Mite shirts are almost all sleeveless or have sleeves which serve only a decorative purpose.

Mites were very well known for their short-lived inter-planetary period for their music, which had a startling and mystic quality to it. Originally developed as a method of long-distance communication over the mountains of their world, it had developed into a form of classical drum and horn music which was said to make the bones of most species vibrate. Mites also took greatly to written word, especially in fields of spirituality and psychology. Many great books were written by Mite authors on this subject. Mites learned Uni (Universal Language, the most common language in the galaxy) fairly easily, but seem to have a slight accent ocassionally when speaking it. The Mite language itself is fairly complex in terms of vocabulary but extremely simple in construction- very similar to Chinese. Its sound, however, is vaguely German or Russian.

Mites are omnivores, prefering a diet of tough roots or sinewy meats to upkeep their metabolisms. They rarely have to take dietary supliments when spending time offworld, but may get upset stomachs from the soft foods most species consume.

Mites are champion sleepers due to the day cycle of their homeworld- a 30 hour day with 16 hours of this in darkness. They will be completely unwakeable for the duration of their sleep, and then able to pull up to 24 hours or more with no sleep at all before having to sleep a nearly equivolent period of time.

It is unknown what the current Mite perception of political or social affairs is, due to their essential extinction.