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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_3391_4899382.1212416045172 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Randy and Jeannie, you must both be right (and I was wrong, it does not move sideways, it just looked like it through a good magnifying lens). After comparing it to the image you sent and others of these guys via google, yes, it must be that. Thanks a million! ... A *pseudoscorpion*, (also known as a *false scorpion* or *book scorpion*), is an arachnid <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnid> belonging to the order *Pseudoscorpionida*, also known as Pseudoscorpiones or Chelonethida. ... Pseudoscorpions are generally beneficial to humans since they prey on clothes moth <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moth> larvae, carpet beetle<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpet_beetle>larvae, booklice <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psocoptera>, ants<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant>, mites <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mite>, and small flies<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diptera>. They are small and inoffensive, and are rarely seen due to their size. On 6/2/08, Randy Lauff <randy.lauff@gmail.com> wrote: > > One of the more common really weird "bugs" brought in to me is the > pseudoscorpion. I don't recall them walking sideways though, but to be > honest, haven't made a point of watching them or looking them up. Check out > this photo for one of the species: > http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/images/deciduous/pseudoscorpion_6675.jpg > > Randy > > 2008/6/2 Suzanne Townsend <suzanne.townsend@gmail.com>: > >> Hi all, >> >> My son found a bug in the basement that I've never seen before. It is the >> size of a tick, shaped like a tick, but moves sideways and has long >> claw-like appendages in front, it could be the 2 front legs or maybe >> antennae -- it's so small I can't make out the details. It definitely moves >> sideways though! Does this sound like anything anyone here has heard of? >> >> Suzanne, Boutiliers Pt >> >> > > > Randy > _________________________________ > RF Lauff > Way in the boonies of > Antigonish County, NS. ------=_Part_3391_4899382.1212416045172 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div>Randy and Jeannie, you must both be right (and I was wrong, it does not move sideways, it just looked like it through a good magnifying lens). After comparing it to the image you sent and others of these guys via google, yes, it must be that. Thanks a million!</div> <div> <div> </div> <p>... A <b>pseudoscorpion</b>, (also known as a <i>false scorpion</i> or <i>book scorpion</i>), is an arachnid belonging to the order Pseudoscorpionida, also known as Pseudoscorpiones or Chelonethida. ... Pseudoscorpions are generally beneficial to humans since they prey on clothes moth larvae, carpet beetle larvae, booklice, ants, mites, and small flies. They are small and inoffensive, and are rarely seen due to their size.</p> <p> </p><br><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/2/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Randy Lauff</b> <randy.lauff@gmail.com> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">One of the more common really weird "bugs" brought in to me is the pseudoscorpion. I don't recall them walking sideways though, but to be honest, haven't made a point of watching them or looking them up. Check out this photo for one of the species: http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/images/deciduous/pseudoscorpion_6675.jpg<br> <br>Randy<br><br> <div class="gmail_quote">2008/6/2 Suzanne Townsend <suzanne.townsend@gmail.com>:<span class="q"><br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid"> <div>Hi all,</div> <div> </div> <div>My son found a bug in the basement that I've never seen before. It is the size of a tick, shaped like a tick, but moves sideways and has long claw-like appendages in front, it could be the 2 front legs or maybe antennae -- it's so small I can't make out the details. It definitely moves sideways though! Does this sound like anything anyone here has heard of?</div> <div> </div> <div>Suzanne, Boutiliers Pt</div> <div> </div></blockquote></span></div><br><br>Randy<br>_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS. </blockquote></div><br> ------=_Part_3391_4899382.1212416045172--
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