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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
This was brought home in a bag of chanterelle mushroom that i had picked.

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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 - 11:08pm
Last updated 19 February, 2009 - 6:38pm

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

neat!
Family Sabaconidae. Most probably Taracus sp. (see http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevelewalready/509846019/ )
… Charles Stephen, 17 February, 2009 - 2:31pm login or register to post comments

 
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seconded by Rod Crawford.
… Lynette Schimming, 25 February, 2009 - 9:06am login or register to post comments

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