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Vinegaroon from Mexico

Posted by May 21st, 2007 at 12:00 am

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Scorpions, Whipscorpions and Vinegaroons

What a hell is this!!
Hello! Im Arturo Christhian from Monterrey, Mexico. Last day there was a big rain, and in the next day we discover this bug in our house! What is it! We never seen something like that before J Love your website! Greetings!
Arturo

Hi There Arturo,
This is the first letter we are answering since returning to the office. This is a Vinegaroon, a non-poisonous relative of the scorpions. It is harmless unless you are a small arthropod. Vinegaroons are Whipscorpions in the family Thelyphonidae, and we believe this specimen is in the genus Mastigoproctus.

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