Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 6:53 pm
Is it venomous?
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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 6:57 pm
Not for humans really, it scares people to death!
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 7:12 pm
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2020 8:53 am
Nice! One of the creatures that people hate without a reason.
What was it doing? Looks like sitting still?
If you want to get a solifuge identified down to family level, you need to get a very clear shot of the tarsal segmentation of the hind back legs and any of the other legs. Solifugids are placed in a family by counting the tarsal segments!
I hope you know what a tarsal segment is!
What was it doing? Looks like sitting still?
If you want to get a solifuge identified down to family level, you need to get a very clear shot of the tarsal segmentation of the hind back legs and any of the other legs. Solifugids are placed in a family by counting the tarsal segments!
I hope you know what a tarsal segment is!
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2020 10:20 am
It was hunting, I suppose?
The tarsal segment is there somewhere!
The tarsal segment is there somewhere!
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2020 10:31 am
The first part of the leg (tip part)
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2020 10:47 am
A hind leg!
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2020 10:56 am
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2020 12:18 pm
Great, we can see the tarsal segments and assign a family!
Can you please make another crop of the head with the jaws, then I can tell you why it is a male!
Can you please make another crop of the head with the jaws, then I can tell you why it is a male!
Lisbeth, they lack venom glands, they capture the prey and have a adhesive device to hold on! Fascinating creatures! Only Solifugae, some groups of mites (Acari) and harvestmen (Opiliones) use their venom-less chelicerae for prey prehension and subjugation. The prey is captured with the chelicerae, often assisted by the pedipalps, which carry a specialized adhesive organ and cage the prey. Solifugae simply immobilize their prey by rapidly crushing it, and swiftly reduce it with alternating chewing motions of the large mobile chelicerae.
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2020 12:19 pm
