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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Windscorpions (Solifugae)
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Some kind of Wind Scorpion
Copyright © 2006 Patrick

Some kind of Wind Scorpion
El Paso/Fort Bliss in a bathtub, Texas, USA
July 15, 1993
Size: 1 and 1/2 inches
Always found these pseudo-scorpions wandering around the drain in the bathtub. They are not poisonous, but they will give a NASTY bite as you can see by the jaws.
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Contributed by Patrick on 22 December, 2006 - 11:33am
Last updated 5 January, 2007 - 3:01pm

I am a bit of a n00b...
but thanks for the information. I hated finding those things in my bath tub...I have a bit of Arachniphobia.
… Patrick, 31 December, 2006 - 12:46pm login or register to post comments

aka
in Arizona as "sun spider" or "solpugid".
… Bob Beatson, 22 December, 2006 - 4:20pm login or register to post comments

Not pseudo-scorpion.
While it may be gramatically correct to call such a creature a pseudo-scorpion it is apt to confuse the uninitiated because there is another even more scorpion-like group called pseudoscorpions.
… Jim McClarin, 22 December, 2006 - 3:02pm login or register to post comments

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