A tiny pinkish Pseudoscorpion is seen in one of the lettering indentations on the surface of a brick. The Pseudoscorpion is facing toward upper left of picture, and its 'claws' are stretched out in front.
A beautiful Common Chthonid seen in the garden. A few upturned bricks are kept in tucked away places as pseudoscorpions can often be found there.
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Angelic Arachnid
Ricinulei Group represented: Neoricinuleids Forwarded cucullus hiding the chelicerae 2-segmented small chelicerae Carapace densely granulated Males’ 2° femur enlarged Double trochanter (3° & 4° pairs of walking legs) Complex dorsal lock between the prosoma & the narrowed 1° opisthosomal segment Trilobed opisthosoma with Lateral Lobe/Plate & Median Lobe/Plate Last 3 segments of the opisthosoma form a short postabdomen Pedipalps ending with a small pincer claw Males’ 3° legs modified for reproduction Tracheal openings hidden among the legs Pedipalp folded under the body & ending with a pincer claw
Phalangiotarbida Genus represented: Mesotarbus Small leg-like pedipalps Extremely small chelicerae, exact morphology unsure 6 eyes arranged in 3 pairs on a trifoliate tubercle First 6 segments of the opisthosoma are densely packed on the dorsal side Broad 3-segment end of opisthosoma (often fused) Dorsal anal opening Ogive-shaped main body Crab-like heavy walking legs 1 pair of spiracled linked to unknown respiratory organs reproductive’s morphology unknown Note: This group is still poorly known; further research could change several details radically.
Pseudoscorpiones Group represented: Cheliferoids Pedipalps turned into pincer claws (with venomous glands in iocheirates species) Small 2-segmented chelicerae with a small spinneret called “galea” on the moveable digit linked to a silk gland 0 to 4 simple eyes on the forward rims of prosoma Patella usually is longer than the femur Exoskeleton can be heavily ornamented with tubercles Opisthosoma ending by an anal cone, no telson 2 pairs of tracheae Large genital plate First opisthosomal segment non-visible on ventral side Endite (extension of the pedipalp’ coxae to process food)
Scorpiones Group represented: Orthosternians Pedipalps turned into pincer claws 2 median eyes in & little lateral pairs Legs telescoped backwards Legs’ coxae well-developed & forming a stomotheca (a pre-oral chamber before the mouth) Sternum Genital opening & Pectines (ventral sensory appendages close to the ground) closely grouped 4 pairs of book lungs Opisthosoma subdivided into a mesosoma of 7 segments & a metasoma (=”tail”) of 5 segments Telson turned into a venomous sting Acculeus (sting) Vesicle (contains the venom) Note: Scorpions changed a lot since the Silurian, many of the paleozoic species didn’t have stomotheca for example. This diagram is mostly representative of today’s species.
Orders of unclear affinities & scorpion-like figures: ricinulei, phalangiotarbida, pseudoscorpiones and scorpiones
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side view of a Common Chthonid pseudoscorpion on a piece of wood. It is facing to the left of picture, and its pincers are reaching out in front.
First Pseudoscorpion of the year - hurrah!
A beautiful Common Chthonid rampaging through the garden on this gloriously sunny day.
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Common Tree-chernes, Chernes cimicoides
Common Tree-chernes, Chernes cimicoides.
By-catch from yesterday's Norfolk Fungus Study Group foray at
Strumpshaw Fen.
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Tiny predator. Awkward angle. Perfect moment.
A Cretaceous pseudoscorpion, frozen by chance in amber.
(This specimen was acquired from @amberbugs on TikTok)
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a lineless drawing of a pseudoscorpion, stylized in a very cartoony way. She’s bright red, with a large horned head, yellow eyes with purple pupils, and a bored look in her eyes. She's using one claw to etch a squiggle on the ground, and the other to prop her cheek on. She's sitting down, looking at the floor, slightly hunched over, with an unenthused expression on her face.
Chel is feeling lost and directionless. She needs a friend. #mylousylife #nerdbreathart #pseudoscorpion
Neobisium carcinoides.
Phloiophilus edwardsii.
Male Drosophila suzukii.
Balclutha punctata.
Some of yesterday’s records from Newington Cemetery, #Edinburgh. Highlight was Neobisium carcinoides, my 1st #pseudoscorpion on a gravestone. Also #beetle Phloiophilus edwardsii, #fly Drosophila suzukii (male) & #leafhopper Balclutha punctata. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
🧵A very happy New Year to all our followers and a gentle reminder that it's never too late to resolve to submit your #arachnid records to the GB #Spider, #Harvestman and #Pseudoscorpion Recording Schemes via our #iRecord form: irecord.org.uk/enter-srs-re.... #NewYearsResolution #MakeYourRecordsCount
A turquoise stage with two bugs on it: a red and yellow devilish looking pseudoscorpion and a small grayscale striped louse. The pseudoscorpion, named “Chel,” is lifting one pincer up in the air, while the louse, named “Nix” stands on the pincer, touching Chel’s face. Both bugs have large heads eyes, and are bipedal, lacking the extra appendages arachnids and insects normally have.
My Lousy Life! A story about two bugs, a pseudoscorpion and a louse, who band together to survive in a hoarder’s apartment.
#nerdbreathart #mylousylife #pseudoscorpion #louse #art
A drawing of two bugs, a stylized louse and a stylized pseudoscorpion. They both have large heads and large, cute eyes, but the louse is black and white, while the pseudoscorpion is shades of red, orange and yellow. The head louse is sitting on top of the pseudoscorpion’s head, in between a set of horns. The louse is looking up with his hand on his chin, pondering something. The pseudoscorpion is glaring to her right in a defensive stance, with her pincers up and ready to protect the louse.
Still workshopping the colors on Chel the Pseudoscorpion. I want her to be intimidating but not evil looking. #nerdbreathart #mylousylife #pseudoscorpion #louse
A drawing of two bugs interacting with each other. The bug on the top, a stylized louse, is saying “Oops!! I thought about the worms!” The pseudoscorpion on the bottom is saying “YOU FAILED.” The louse is a small round character with a striped body, large head with big eyes, and striped antennae. The pseudoscorpion is a somewhat larger, more intimidating creature, with a large head, bored eyes, horns and long, segmented arms that end in pincers.
Some little guys!! #nerdbreathart
#lousylife #louse #pseudoscorpion
A pseudoscorpion with reddish claws and cephalothorax half hidden under a dry plant stem on a grey stone.
The pseudoscorpion out in the open sitting on a grey piece of stone in bright sunlight. It has large reddish claws and a reddish head while the rest of the body is pale yellowy brown.
The pseudoscorpion making a run for it, disappearing over the side of the stone with its reddish claws held open wide.
Delighted to find my first Roncus lubricus aka Reddish Two-eyed Chelifer in west Norfolk last week. Not sure it was as pleased to see me though as it scarpered off pretty smartish! Certainly wasn't expecting this species to turn up in a churchyard. #pseudoscorpion #arachnids
Before you give someone a hard time, consider they maybe had a #Pseudoscorpion attached to them earlier wearing them down and tiring them out. You'd be surprised how often it happens. Like when you go up stairs and you are like, "my knees" 99% of the time its a #Pseudoscorpion hanging off you.
Looking down on a tiny pinkish-brown Pseudoscorpion on a piece of brown-grey wood. Its body is angled to the lower right of picture, and its head end with those long pincer claws is facing to the upper left of picture.
A beautiful Common Chthonid (Chthonius ischnocheles) seen in the garden this afternoon. Any day with a Pseudoscorpion is a good day!
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Book Chelifer, Cheiridium museorum
Book Chelifer, Cheiridium museorum
Book Chelifer, Cheiridium museorum
"Look what I've found!" Norfolk pseudoscorpion recorder with travelling sieve and bike.
@vannabartlett.bsky.social and I were very pleased when Vanna found her first Book Chelifer, Cheiridium museorum, yesterday.
Well worth a cycle ride in baking heat to see it.
The ninth Norfolk record.
What a lovely beast!
www.chelifer.com?page_id=176
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Because I just can't keep up with the insanity, I think I'll just go back to drawing animals again. Here is a Pseudoscorpion. They are as tiny as a flea, and you probably have never seen one. #pseudoscorpion #oldschooldrawing #handdrawn #drawingonpaper
A pseudoscorpion on a piece of pale brown bark. The pseudoscorpion is sitting head down with its reddish brown claws held pulled back and to either side of it's head.
Chernes cimicoides found under bark on a dead oak branch at Barnham Broom Fen, Norfolk yesterday whilst tagging along on a Norfolk Fungus Study Group outing. #pseudoscorpion #arachnids #invertebrates
Had a lot of these Pseudoscorpions (out of ivy mostly), in northern France last month. I'm not even going to attempt an ID! #Pseudoscorpion #Pseudoscorpiones #France
A very close-up photo of a tiny pseudoscorpion. Its pale brown body is stubby and with a thick abdomen, and it has two very long reddish claws with scorpion-like pincers extended forward.
Pseudoscorpions are such weird and interesting little critters.
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センターの周辺で観察されたイソカニムシGarypus japonicusです。
こちらの隙をみて素早く走り去っていきました。
A kind of #pseudoscorpion, 'Garypus japonicus', could be observed in the area surrounding the Asamushi Research Center.
However... judging from its degree of concealment, it clearly didn’t want to be on camera...
A pseudoscorpion, an arachnid that is neither spider nor scorpion, shown in macro
Found a little pseudoscorpion and had to take a picture
#macro #macrophotography #arachnid #photography #naturephotography #photographer #pseudoscorpion
A pale brown harvestman with a dark saddle speckled with white spots on the underside of fallen branch.
A pale brown harvestman with a dark saddle speckled with white spots on the underside of fallen branch.
A small, shiny dark brown pseudoscorpion in a brown plastic tray. Its pedipalps are held out in front of it and they end in formidable looking claws.
A small, shiny dark brown pseudoscorpion in a brown plastic tray. Its pedipalps are held out in front of it and they end in formidable looking claws.
A great day out in the Norfolk Brecks yesterday, managed to find a #harvestman and a #pseudoscorpion in woodland by Lynford Water. Rilaena triangularis aka the spring harvestman and Neobisium carcinoides. More dots to add to the distribution maps. #arachnids
A shiny, dark reddish brown pseudoscorpion tucked in amongst some bits of old damp straw. The chephalothorax is very dark brown and it has very large chelicerae.
A shiny, pale yellowish-brown pseudoscorpion with very pale pinkish claws on a white background.
Two rather dull, brown, granular looking pseudoscorpions with dull, reddish brown claws in amongst some bits of old damp straw. In each one, the abdomen has a clear pale line down the centre where the tergites are divided.
A very pale, yellowish pseudoscorpion with reddish claws that look quite shiny. This one is an immature specimen, known as a tritonymph.
The four snappy little pseudoscorpion species from yesterday's cycle ride in Norfolk: Chthonius ischnocheles, Chthonius tetrachelatus, Pselaphochernes scorpioides and a Lamprochernes species that I'm still keying out.
#pseudoscorpion #invertebrates
A tiny pseudoscorpion on the underside of a piece of bark.
Close-up of a pseudoscorpion on a piece of bark. It is a dull dark reddish brown and looks quite granular. Its pedipalps end in powerful looking claws that are covered with short hairs called setae.
Pseudoscorpion on the underside of a piece of bark, facing right with its claws held out in front and to the sides.
Great day yesterday when I found my first Chernes cimicoides.
These tiny little pseudoscorpions live under the bark of dead trees and are fearsome predators. Found with @jeremybartlett.bsky.social on one of our stops on our cycle ride in Norfolk. #pseudoscorpion #invertebrates
Pseudoscorpion sundew for day 12 of #mutationmarch . This one came out really nice and is also an addition to my series of arthropods singing Journey songs #mutationmarch2025 #pseudoscorpion #journey
