Pseudo scorpions : False scorpion

Common Name: False scorpion

Latin Name: Around 200 species in a variety of genera

Common Family Name: Pseudo scorpions

Latin Family Name: Order Chelonethida

Origin of Scorpions:

Around 200 species of these beneficial arachnids occur as natives in North America.

Biology of Scorpions:

The false scorpions are tiny animals that feed on other arthropods, primarily insects such as springtails, or on mites. They often are found under leaf litter, livestock manure, rocks, in the moss on tree trunks, under loose bark of logs, or even as hitchhikers on large beetles, where they feed on parasitic mites on these other animals. They have their palps modified as claws for grasping, but they are completely harmless, possessing no venom and no stinging apparatus. Once the female is fertilized by a male she creates a sac for her eggs, and this sac attaches to her abdomen. When the eggs hatch the tiny nymphs remain in the sac feeding on a secretion from the mother for the first week or so.

Scorpion Identification:

False scorpions are very small, with the largest species rarely even a half inch long, and most under 9 inch in length. They are very dark brown to black, with the abdomen closely joined to the cephalothorax and rounded at the posterior end. There is no stinger, but there is a pair of well developed claws at the front end.

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