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*Pseudoscorpions are not actually scorpions, but a completely different type of arachnid with little claws, but no stinging tail. These tiny guys eat dust mites and other household pests while being some of nature’s most bizarre hitchhikers.
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Sources:
https://www.gbif.org/species/165239091
https://extension.psu.edu/pseudoscorpions
https://riveredgenaturecenter.org/bug-othe-week-pseudoscorpion/
https://commonnaturalist.com/2021/05/14/hitchhiking-pseudoscorpions/
https://www.americanarachnology.org/about-arachnids/arachnid-orders/pseudoscorpiones/
https://fr.copernicus.org/articles/20/215/2017/
https://www.biologyonline.https://fr.copernicus.org/articles/20/215/2017/com/dictionary/pedipalp
https://alephrocco.com/2020/03/27/pseudoscorpion/
https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/1/25
https://www.stcnature.org/good-natured/pseudoscorpions/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/running-ponies/how-book-scorpions-tend-to-your-dusty-tomes/
https://web.archive.org/web/20120222035906/http://www.arc.agric.za/home.asp?PID=1&ToolID=63&ItemID=1769
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-24/synanthrope-city-understanding-our-animal-shadows
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780128137123000011
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/brv.12654
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5749251/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/27033577
https://mbimph.com/index.php/UPJOZ/article/view/4792
https://bioone.org/journals/arachnologische-mitteilungen/volume-66/issue-1/aramit6605/Hitching-a-ride-on-a-scorpion--the-first-record/10.30963/aramit6605.full
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3705790
https://www.wired.com/2015/12/absurd-creature-of-the-week-the-sexy-saga-of-the-harlequin-beetle-and-the-pseudoscorpion/
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00880.x
https://news.mongabay.com/2014/03/wonderful-creatures-meet-the-beetle-riding-arachnid/
https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/10/5/207
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0041010119300509
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Images:
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*Pseudoscorpions are not actually scorpions, but a completely different type of arachnid with little claws, but no stinging tail. These tiny guys eat dust mites and other household pests while being some of nature’s most bizarre hitchhikers.
Subscribe to the pin club here: https://complexly.store/products/bizarre-beasts-pin-subscription
This month's pin is designed by Daniel Mrgan. You can find out more about him and his work here: https://www.instagram.com/danielmrgan
You can cancel any time by emailing hello@dftba.com
Follow us on socials:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bizarrebeastsshow/
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#BizarreBeasts #Pseudoscorpion
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Sources:
https://www.gbif.org/species/165239091
https://extension.psu.edu/pseudoscorpions
https://riveredgenaturecenter.org/bug-othe-week-pseudoscorpion/
https://commonnaturalist.com/2021/05/14/hitchhiking-pseudoscorpions/
https://www.americanarachnology.org/about-arachnids/arachnid-orders/pseudoscorpiones/
https://fr.copernicus.org/articles/20/215/2017/
https://www.biologyonline.https://fr.copernicus.org/articles/20/215/2017/com/dictionary/pedipalp
https://alephrocco.com/2020/03/27/pseudoscorpion/
https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/1/25
https://www.stcnature.org/good-natured/pseudoscorpions/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/running-ponies/how-book-scorpions-tend-to-your-dusty-tomes/
https://web.archive.org/web/20120222035906/http://www.arc.agric.za/home.asp?PID=1&ToolID=63&ItemID=1769
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-24/synanthrope-city-understanding-our-animal-shadows
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780128137123000011
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/brv.12654
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5749251/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/27033577
https://mbimph.com/index.php/UPJOZ/article/view/4792
https://bioone.org/journals/arachnologische-mitteilungen/volume-66/issue-1/aramit6605/Hitching-a-ride-on-a-scorpion--the-first-record/10.30963/aramit6605.full
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3705790
https://www.wired.com/2015/12/absurd-creature-of-the-week-the-sexy-saga-of-the-harlequin-beetle-and-the-pseudoscorpion/
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00880.x
https://news.mongabay.com/2014/03/wonderful-creatures-meet-the-beetle-riding-arachnid/
https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/10/5/207
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0041010119300509
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Images:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QZXCAHCjdhiLMCf-W_JcJwOmMzxzgq_AIqg1A7O1bX0/edit?usp=sharing
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