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Tailless whip scorpion (Araña-Escorpión)

Amblypigi

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Whip/Wind Spider
Order Amblypigi Amblypygi


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13 Comments

El abdomen si parece en cierto modo embotado hayde, talvez sea el nombre comun mas preciso

hayde
hayde 12 years ago

En cambio, en Polaco se llama lo con "abdomen embotado." ?Curioso, no? Creo que no parece a escorpion tampoco ;)

zayer
zayer 12 years ago

Wow!

Ya gracias :), es interesante como los nombres comunes o locales pueden cambiar tanto en lugares tan cercanos

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

We understand... Blind means eyes are in unusual structure... look like no eyes...!!

Carolina
Carolina 12 years ago

Yo creo, la verdad nunca he preguntado por qué se llaman así, pero lo haré! Luego te lo hago saber.

Que raro nombre araña ciega, nunca habia oido, me imagino que es por lo que parece que se estan tapando los ojos no?

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Please put its local name also with comma in ID... What help others to understand it...

Carolina
Carolina 12 years ago

En Colombia las llamamos arañas ciegas.

Yes but is harmless to humans, thanks for the correction Chip, here in Ecuador they are called araña-escorpion, that translates to scorpion spider, so I didnt know its true ID in english.

hayde
hayde 12 years ago

Oh my, it's scary!

Thanks it was a huge specimen

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Cool guy..!!

Orellana, Ecuador

Spotted on May 12, 2010
Submitted on Aug 4, 2011

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