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Posted by Muhammad Mahdi on 19-03-2009 18:03

A very small 2mm long insect.
Pictured in Tanzania

Posted by pwalter on 19-03-2009 18:05

Hi! A nice pseudoskorpion (Pseudoskorpiones). A relative of Spiders and Skorpions. So not insect (has 8 legs!).

Posted by Muhammad Mahdi on 19-03-2009 20:39

Thanks walter. Didn't know about these.

Posted by pwalter on 19-03-2009 20:43

Your specimen is actually quite big compared to the ones here in Europe. They are mostly only determinable using microscope. Nice photo, anyway!

Edited by pwalter on 19-03-2009 20:44

Posted by Tony Irwin on 19-03-2009 22:42

Here in Britain, 2mm is about average for a pseudoscorp - they can be twice that size!
This one looks like a Chernes or related genus, but i don't know what you'd get in Tanzania.

Posted by pwalter on 19-03-2009 22:48

Tony Irwin wrote:
Here in Britain, 2mm is about average for a pseudoscorp - they can be twice that size!
This one looks like a Chernes or related genus, but i don't know what you'd get in Tanzania.

Yes, I meant bigger that the ones I see here

The biggest one I found was also 2 mm but others were smaller. That was a Neobisium which I kept for 4 months and fed with collembolas.

Edited by pwalter on 19-03-2009 22:49

Posted by Muhammad Mahdi on 20-03-2009 06:06

nice pet you had walter

Thanks Tony.
I was looking for insects lifting stones, and found it under one large stone.