Amblypygi (Tailless Whip Scorpions)

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It look like scropion spider it found when digging the soil

Submitted by:
marinrojes
Submitted: Apr 5, 2019
Photographed: Apr 5, 2019
Spider: Amblypygi (Tailless Whip Scorpions)
Location: Mirusuvil,jaffna, Sri Lanka
Spotted Outdoors: Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Dorsal

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ItsyBitsy

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April 5, 2019 7:26 am

Amblypygi

BugmanDan

April 5, 2019 6:27 pm

Hi. These guys are so cool,totally harmless, if you play with them just be gentle, their legs are very delicate.
Those long skinny first pair, they use like feelers. The spiny pedipalps they use to grab and hold prey or their only defense.
I compare them to a very odd preying mantis.