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Camaro_87 May 03, 2008

i recently found this very small insect in my house the other day and it's not the first time either and now that i took a picture of it i can really see how it looks and been wondering what is it? is it dangerous? thanks for your help!!

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Lotsalilys Maple Heights, OH May 04, 2008

That is a scorpion of some type, and judging by the small size of the pinchers/claws I would say it has pretty potent venom. Where are you located. I would shake out my shoes each morning before putting them on. There are some that have venom strong enough to kill a human.

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) May 04, 2008

No, that is not a Scorpion, but a Pseudoscorpion. Scorpions and Pseudoscorpions are both Arachnids (with the spiders), but are in different orders. The scorpions are in the Scorpiones while the Pseudoscorpions are in the Pseudoscorpiones.
Here is a page with information about Pseudoscorpions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoscorpion

Kennedy

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Imaginos Harpenden, United Kingdom May 16, 2008

Pseudoscorpions feed on the detritus in bee nests & the like, they wait in flowers & use their pincers to hitch rides. There is a picture of one on a fly here: http://pick5.pick.uga.edu/mp/20p?see=EL_DP169

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