Comments & ID Thoughts
Located in Parker, Arizona
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- Submitted: Apr 10, 2018
- Photographed: Apr 7, 2018
- Spider: Amblypygi (Tailless Whip Scorpions)
- Location: Parker, Arizona, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal
Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 This is an arachnid but not a spider. A Tailless Whipscorpion (Amblypygi).
High, and welcome to the site. your little arachnid is a tailless whipscorpion, (Order Amblypygi)Paraphrynus genus.
In spite of monikers like whip spider or cave spider they are not spiders. They do not produce venom or poison and not known to bite humans. A fascinating arachnid, having played with them as a kid, I compare them to an odd preying mantis.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/36987