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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Harvestmen (Opiliones) » Palpatores » Ischryopsalidoidea » Sabaconidae » snail-eating harvestmen (Taracus)
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is this a false scorpion - Taracus
Copyright © 2006 Phill L Bryant

is this a false scorpion - Taracus
Beauty bay park, Idaho, USA
October 7, 2006
Size: half inch

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is this a false scorpion - Taracus is this a false scorpion - Taracus is this a false scorpion - Taracus
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Contributed by Phill L Bryant on 8 October, 2006 - 10:56pm
Last updated 19 February, 2009 - 6:38pm

Moved
Moved from Harvestmen.
… Charles Stephen, 19 February, 2009 - 6:38pm login or register to post comments

 
ID
seconded by Rod Crawford.
… Lynette Schimming, 25 February, 2009 - 9:05am login or register to post comments

large chelicerae
nice harvestman, possibly in the Family Ischyropsalididae - Genus Taracus
… John L, 6 December, 2006 - 2:06am login or register to post comments

Looks like
A young whipscorpion. Looks well fed too .
… Guy E. Crauwels, 9 October, 2006 - 9:48am login or register to post comments

 
Vertical?
All whip scorpions I've seen hold their grasping limbs horizontally with elbows out.
… Jim McClarin, 12 October, 2006 - 12:36am login or register to post comments

 
You're right...
the pedipalps do suggest something other than a harvestman. A nice thing to find in your mushrooms!
… Stephen Luk, 9 October, 2006 - 10:48am login or register to post comments

Don't think so...
This could be one of those short-legged Harvestman species, like the one in this photo
… Stephen Luk, 9 October, 2006 - 12:13am login or register to post comments

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