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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Whipscorpions (Uropygi) » Thelyphonidae » Mastigoproctus » Giant Vinegaroon (Mastigoproctus giganteus)
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big bug - Mastigoproctus giganteus
Copyright © 2007 tash

big bug - Mastigoproctus giganteus
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
September 1, 2007
Size: big... maybe 4"?
This strange creature was walking down the street in front of my house. My husband noticed it when he went outside. It's rather large, my husband guessed 4". I tried to get a shot of it with a cig butt from the street for comparison.

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Contributed by tash on 1 September, 2007 - 8:38pm
Last updated 2 November, 2012 - 3:47pm

Moved
Moved from Whipscorpions. Supposedly only this species exists in Texas.
… Jim McClarin, 22 February, 2010 - 3:45pm login or register to post comments

Sure is small.
I guess cigarettes really do stunt your growth ;-)

Order Pedipalpia or Vinegarones (sometimes known as Vinegaroons).
… Jim McClarin, 1 September, 2007 - 9:43pm login or register to post comments

Vinegaroon
I believe that is a vinegaroon. It looks like there aren't very many pictures of vinegaroons in the guide. Perhaps you would like to add yours.

A friend of mine told me a story about how he was camping in west Texas. After dark, he and his friends sat around a lantern spending some time talking before going to bed. The lantern attracted moths, and the moths attracted a vinegaroon. The vinegaroon would run out and grab a moth, chopping it into pieces and gobbling it up.
… Victor Engel, 1 September, 2007 - 8:58pm login or register to post comments

 
THANK YOU!!!
I don't know how to add photos to the guide. Last time my photo was moved to the guide by someone else. :shrug: I took 9 total, I posted my favorite 3. :D
… tash, 1 September, 2007 - 9:07pm login or register to post comments

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