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$“BOOK SCORPION”Chelifer cancroides©Erling Ólafsson There are more than 3,300 species of pseudoscorpions recorded in more than 430 genera, with more being discovered on a regular basis. They range worldwide, even in temperate to cold regions like Northern Ontario and above timberline in Wyoming’s Rocky Mountains in the United States and the Jenolan Caves of Australia, but have their most dense and diverse populations in the tropics and subtropics. Species have been found under tree bark, in leaf and pine litter, in soil, in tree hollows, under stones, in caves, at the seashore in the intertidal zone, and within fractured rocks. Chelifer cancroides is the species most commonly found in homes, where they are often observed in rooms with dusty books. [YIKES!] There the tiny animals (2.5–4.5 mm or 0.10–0.18 in) can find their food like booklice and house dust mites. They enter homes by “riding along” with larger insects (known as phoresy), or are brought in with firewood. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoscorpion Other posts: Stag Beetle Malaysian Orchid Mantis - 1st (red) instar Mexican Plateau Lizard (shoots blood from its eye)$

“BOOK SCORPION”
Chelifer cancroides
©Erling Ólafsson

There are more than 3,300 species of pseudoscorpions recorded in more than 430 genera, with more being discovered on a regular basis. They range worldwide, even in temperate to cold regions like Northern Ontario and above timberline in Wyoming’s Rocky Mountains in the United States and the Jenolan Caves of Australia, but have their most dense and diverse populations in the tropics and subtropics. Species have been found under tree bark, in leaf and pine litter, in soil, in tree hollows, under stones, in caves, at the seashore in the intertidal zone, and within fractured rocks.

Chelifer cancroides is the species most commonly found in homes, where they are often observed in rooms with dusty books. [YIKES!] There the tiny animals (2.5–4.5 mm or 0.10–0.18 in) can find their food like booklice and house dust mites. They enter homes by “riding along” with larger insects (known as phoresy), or are brought in with firewood.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoscorpion

Other posts:

Stag Beetle

Malaysian Orchid Mantis - 1st (red) instar

Mexican Plateau Lizard (shoots blood from its eye)

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