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This guy is extremely aggressive
Copyright © 2005 lisastine

This guy is extremely aggressive
Sunol Regional Wilderness, in my barn., Alameda County, California, USA
September 15, 2005
Size: 3/4 inch in length
Please help me id this critter. It was found in the barn, on cement. It is extremely aggressive, will charge at anything that moves around it and bite down with all 4 mandibles, hard. I suspect it's an immature form of something, something with 8 legs and 2 special "holding tools" up front (a total of 10 leggy things, forgive me, I'm in the veterinary medicine field, not insect. I know not your terminology) and 4 very large and quite pointy mouth parts.

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Contributed by lisastine on 16 September, 2005 - 1:30am
Last updated 2 December, 2006 - 2:20pm

Moved
Moved from Wind Scorpions.
… Mike Quinn, 2 December, 2006 - 2:20pm login or register to post comments

thank you all!
It's fun coming across these critters and then spending an embarassing amount of time trying to id them. It's nice to know it's not poisonous, but there's a definite pain factor involved with those mandibles. He was released after his photo shoot, we have work for him to do out here!
… lisastine, 16 September, 2005 - 3:04pm login or register to post comments

Link
Here is the link to images in the guide.
… Beatriz Moisset, 16 September, 2005 - 7:11am login or register to post comments

Not dangerous
to people anyway. They are non-poisonous.
… Jim McClarin, 16 September, 2005 - 4:29am login or register to post comments

Wind scorpion
So it is indeed a Solifugae, or so called Wind Scorpions!!
There are pictures of these critters in the guide.
Greetings,
Gerard Pennards
… Gerard Pennards, 16 September, 2005 - 4:04am login or register to post comments

maybe......
Maybe a solpugid? Sun spider??
… lisastine, 16 September, 2005 - 2:06am login or register to post comments

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