Endermite

Endermites are small hostile mobs that may spawn when the player throws an ender pearl.

Spawning
Endermites have a 5% chance to spawn when an ender pearl lands when thrown by a player. The endermite spawns where the player threw the pearl, not where the pearl lands.

Drops
Endermites drop when killed by a player or tamed wolf.

Behavior
Endermites attack players (and iron golems) within 16 blocks of them. If a mob attacks an endermite, any endermites in the area become hostile toward that mob. They can attack endermen when spawned with a spawn egg.

Endermites despawn within 2 minutes, regardless of the player's distance from the endermite, except for when they have been named with a name tag.

Endermites emit particles around them, the same particles as endermen, ender chests and nether portals.

Due to being arthropods, they are affected by the Bane of Arthropods enchantment.

Endermites, along with Silverfish, are not all too dangerous, but are considered a nuisance at best because they can be difficult to hit, due to their small hitbox, quick movement speed, and oftentimes unpredicatble movement patterns. Endermites pose almost no threat, as even a totally unarmoured player is safe from one, as they do minimal attack damage, and can be outran or punched to death easily. Endermites currently have basically zero use, outside of Enderman farms. Aside from that, they could be called "useless", as they have no meaningful drops, and they are so rare that most players don't even know they exist. However, due to how weak and small they are, an Endermite (and by extension, Silverfish) could potentially be kept as a pet, provided it is kept in an enclosed area, and named with a nametag, or else it will despawn.


 * Endermen

Endermen attempt to kill endermites that spawn from ender pearls, or endermites that are spawned from spawn eggs. In Java Edition 1.17, Endermen attack all endermites

Endermen can target an endermite from up to 64 blocks away.

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Entity data
Endermites have entity data associated with them that contains various properties.

Trivia

 * Endermites are the smallest hostile mobs in Minecraft.