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Pseudoscorpion

Description:

I went to go feed my cat and these things were in his dish. Any clue what they could be? They were pretty small.




1 species ID suggestions

Lee Williams
Lee Williams 11 months ago
Pseudoscorpion
Pseudoscorpion

9 Comments

HaydenG
HaydenG 11 months ago

I found one of these on my bathroom wall one day. Very interesring arthropods, but so small.

MaryEvans2
MaryEvans2 11 months ago

crazy looking spot - nice photos

Lee Williams
Lee Williams 11 months ago

It's called "phoretic". Check out the wikipedia site about it.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 months ago

Please update with Binomial ID..
http://bugguide.net/node/view/504856

TeresaBurke
TeresaBurke 11 months ago

Thanks!!! :)) Lee, I could hardly imagine one of those on a fly? That's crazy!!!

Lee Williams
Lee Williams 11 months ago

I found one of these in Kentucky hitching a ride on a house fly. When I swatted the fly the Pseudoscorpion crawled off of it.

Brian Parsons
Brian Parsons 11 months ago

Looks like a Pseudoscorpion as it doesn't have a tail. Try BugGuide.com - this looks close to what you found: http://bugguide.net/node/view/93294

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 11 months ago

Hi Teresa, please change your spot to Arthropods category

South Carolina, USA

Lat: 32.27, Long: -80.89

Spotted on Jun 10, 2012
Submitted on Jun 10, 2012

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