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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"?

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

Moved
Moved from Whipscorpions.
… Jim McClarin, 22 February, 2010 - 3:45pm login or register to post comments

What do you think of
Pedipalpida - Whip Scorpions in the guide here
… john and jane balaban, 1 September, 2007 - 8:43pm login or register to post comments

 
THANK YOU!!!
I told my husband it kinda looked like some kinda scorpion... but I am a little confused by its classification-is it a spider or a scorpion? (sorry I don't really know the diffrence)
… tash, 1 September, 2007 - 8:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Neither
Is a cow a dog or a cat? ;-) This is in its own order. Bear in mind that Whip Scorpion is just one of its several common names and common names are often based on ignorance.
… Jim McClarin, 1 September, 2007 - 9:49pm login or register to post comments

 
ahhh ok... I just saw that it
ahhh ok... I just saw that it was in "Arachnids (Arachnida)"... like I said, I don't really know.... it is the biggest bug I have ever seen in the wild, that was kinda neat. :D
… tash, 2 September, 2007 - 10:55am login or register to post comments

 
Arachnida takes in a lot more than spiders.
Check it out.
… Jim McClarin, 3 September, 2007 - 4:59pm login or register to post comments

 
neat
thanks
… tash, 3 September, 2007 - 9:49pm login or register to post comments

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