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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 19-03-2009 18:03
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 Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
A very small 2mm long insect. Pictured in Tanzania Muhammad Mahdi attached the following image:  [39.89Kb] Muhammad ____________________ www.micro2macro.net |
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| pwalter |
Posted on 19-03-2009 18:05
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 Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Hi! A nice pseudoskorpion (Pseudoskorpiones). A relative of Spiders and Skorpions. So not insect (has 8 legs!). |
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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 19-03-2009 20:39
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Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
Thanks walter. Didn't know about these. 
Muhammad ____________________ www.micro2macro.net |
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| pwalter |
Posted on 19-03-2009 20:43
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Your specimen is actually quite big compared to the ones here in Europe. They are mostly only determinable using microscope. Nice photo, anyway!
Edited by pwalter on 19-03-2009 20:44 |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 19-03-2009 22:42
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7285 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Here in Britain, 2mm is about average for a pseudoscorp - they can be twice that size! This one looks like a Chernes or related genus, but i don't know what you'd get in Tanzania. Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| pwalter |
Posted on 19-03-2009 22:48
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Tony Irwin wrote: Here in Britain, 2mm is about average for a pseudoscorp - they can be twice that size! This one looks like a Chernes or related genus, but i don't know what you'd get in Tanzania. Yes, I meant bigger that the ones I see here  The biggest one I found was also 2 mm but others were smaller. That was a Neobisium which I kept for 4 months and fed with collembolas.
Edited by pwalter on 19-03-2009 22:49 |
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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 20-03-2009 06:06
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Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
nice pet you had walter Thanks Tony. I was looking for insects lifting stones, and found it under one large stone. Muhammad ____________________ www.micro2macro.net |
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