CLOSED: Found this thing in my dogs water dish! What is it?

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Rockford67 Bend, OR Jun 21, 2009

I thought it was dead but after I warmed it up it started moving. It moves both forward and back with ease and is quite fast.

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helenchild Decatur, GA Jun 21, 2009

The picture isn't great. Could it be a tick? Can you get a closer, clearer shot?
Helen

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Rockford67 Bend, OR Jun 21, 2009

My camera sucks! But I can tell you it has pincers like a scorpion and looks alot like one except it has no stinger or tail.

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Jun 21, 2009

Until you said that, I thought it might be a waterbug, but it's probably one of the Pseudoscorpions, an order of Arachnids:

http://bugguide.net/node/view/2892

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Rockford67 Bend, OR Jun 21, 2009

That is it exactly. Thankyou!

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