Any Idea What This Is ?

[tat2stuff]

my daughter found this on my bathroom wall...it's about the size of a tick

 

[arachnocat]

Nice pic! It's a Pseudoscorpion

I wonder if they make good pets? They sure are cool looking.

 

[tat2stuff]

Nice pic! It's a Pseudoscorpion

I wonder if they make good pets? They sure are cool looking.

AWESOME THANKS !!!! My daughter already has it in a tube, I'll let you know how it fairs pet wise

 

[Blaster]

Aww, these are cool and YES, they make quite good pets. :-D You only need to find something good-sized for them to eat. Good luck! :clap:

 

[cacoseraph]

Aww, these are cool and YES, they make quite good pets. :-D You only need to find something good-sized for them to eat. Good luck! :clap:

that was the trouble i had the last time i tried to keep pscorps

now i have springtails and want to try them again


interesting note: some sp. of pscorps actually have venom.. in their CLAWS!

and pscorps are well known for phoresy... that is stealing rides from other flying bugs or birds

 

[Tleilaxu]

Thats a HUGE specimen! O_O that looks like it could easily take pinhead crix, perhaps maybe even week old ones! Let us know how it goes and post feeding pics!

 

[Frédérick]

Thats a HUGE specimen! O_O that looks like it could easily take pinhead crix, perhaps maybe even week old ones! Let us know how it goes and post feeding pics!

How can you know it's size? :?

That's a nice find! be sure to give it good humidity, they simply LOVE it (that's they're chillin in the bathroom often)...besides, they can dry out quickly. feed it wingless fruitflies or other very small prey, like pinhead like it was already pointed out.

 

[Vfox]

Pscorps can spin a silk cacoon of sorts as well, they are very interesting arachnids.

 

[Mr. Mordax]

Thats a HUGE specimen!

How can you know it's size?

it's about the size of a tick

Compared to the only one I saw (tiny, in a jar of alcohol from a light trap), tic-sized is huge. That's awesome! I'm jealous -- I'd love to find one of these guys.

 

[cacoseraph]

i actually want to try culturing these

trouble is from everythign i have read they have around a 5 year life cycle

lol, that probably shakes out to about a year per half mm of growth heh

 

[Choobaine]

It's fascinating - I've never seen anything like it. I'd only heard of such things recently and I'm really regretting living in this invertless desert!

 

[Tleilaxu]

How can you know it's size? :?

Because these animals are very tiny, as some else stated tic size is HUGE for these types of creatures.

 

[DJ_AlMighty_247]

I think it's Chelifer cancroides, aka. "Book Scorpion"

Made some videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LC6Omk5NAQ


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lRymbuCW9Y

 

[Choobaine]

and that is quite possibly the cutest thing I've seen all year

 

[Chrysopid]

I have only seen very tiny ones, where can these larger ones be found? I found the small ones in leaf litter.

 

[Black Widow88]

Pscorps can spin a silk cacoon of sorts as well, they are very interesting arachnids.

Uh huh. This is why I love them!

Black Widow88