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🦂 Pseudoscorpion / false scorpion (lemmy.nz)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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http://soilbugs.massey.ac.nz/pseudoscorpions.php

Pictured here crawling along my shorts. Apparently they'll attach themselves to flys and other flying insects to grab a ride off to other places.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Ticks are also arachnids that are not spiders or scorpions. Same with chiggers. There are plenty of arachnids other than spiders and scorpions... actually, I think that about covers it.