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Chelifer cancroides
A cosmopolitan species, often found in homes. They can be phoretic, hitching rides on larger insects to disperse. This one was moderate in size, a little less than 3mm long.
Found on the wall of our outdoor rabbit house.
I'm pretty sure this is a male.
Spotted on Dec 6, 2012
Submitted on Jan 11, 2013
12 Comments
Aaron and kyrontf, it was used in a recent blog piece here on Project Noah to illustrate phoresis. I just realize that no message was left at the time. This beautiful series definitely deserves more viewing!
I'm dropping another note because I think this deserves to be seen in the feed again. :-) Great series, for sure.
Great spotting and thanks for the information. They always look a little "incomplete" to me :)
Nice pictures again kyrontf!!
Thanks Lori. Luckily this guy was very cooperative. :)
Great photos. I've spotted one, but my photos were nowhere near as good. Well done.
Thanks Karen!
Awesome spot!
Welcome to the community kyrontf!
Thanks everyone!
Excellent find and even better photos!
Lovely !! But I have to admit that there is not an insect that scared me more, they are so fast and always moving the pinchers, I seen many but never taken a picture...any bug but that one! Thanks for sharing.
Stunning series of an often overlooked creature! Thanks for sharing.