Wednesday, June 15, 2005

can anyone tell me what this arachnid could be? Posted by Hello

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's a whip scorpion. Do I get a gold star? :) Allison H. sent us your web page so we can get ideas for our lab's web page.

Tiffany Hamburger said...

Also known as a vinegaroon in the U.S. desert Southwest... Never seen one in the wild though!

Nihara in the Jungle said...

thanks guys, you nerds you, i have been informed that it is indeed a Uropygi or whip scorpion and resembles very much a New Mexican by the name of Mastigoproctus, but then again it is unlikely that it has a distant cousin in Sri Lanka, although the way that systematics goes you never know.