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Scorpions
Scorpions have eight legs and they are easily recognized by the pair of grasping pedipalps and the narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back, ending with a venomous stinger.
Scorpions range in size from 9 mm / 0.3 in. to 23 cm / 9 in.
Liocheles sp. ESPLANADE, Rainforest Scorpion. Unidentified, temporary code name
as ESPLANADE after the ESPLANADE of Bandar Sri Indah where it was found.
13mm+body length
29-7-2015 WED 11:08AM ESPLANADE
This rainforest scorpion was found beneath bark on a huge tall tree lower trunk.
The scorpion's flattened body shape is ideal for these locations. This species
found commonly in Borneo rainforests. They are impressive looking scorpions with
small sting, large claws and less venomous
Pseudoscorpion
The difference between real scorpions and pseudoscorpions:
Both scorpions and pseudoscorpions have a segmented body and two enormous
pincers.
But pseudoscorpions lack the curved stinger that a real scorpion has.
Pseudoscorpions usually live in moist places, under tree bark, and in leaf
litter. Pseudoscorpions don’t bite or sting humans. They are helpful in a way
that they feed on common household pests, such as carpet beetle larvae, ants and
mites.
The above new record of Pseudoscorpion was found in 2018 in
Sabah Chinese High School
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