Tailless Whip Scorpions

Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI Admetus sp. (from Colombia) from Cologne Zoo, Germany. Date 12 March 2007 Source Own work Author Sarefo

It is known as a Tailless Whip-scorpion. With claws and huge lateral feelers it is indeed strange, but a harmless citizen of the Amazon rainforest. Sacha Lodge Reserve, Ecuador.

Santa Rosa NP, Guanacaste, COSTA RICAScanned Slide from January 1997

Santa Rosa NP, Guanacaste, COSTA RICAScanned Slide from January 1997

Tailless Whip Scorpion- Damon diademaSmithsonian National Museum of Natural History Insect Zoo/ Butterfly Pavilion

Punda Maria camp, Kruger NP, SOUTH AFRICA

Tailless whip-scorpion, Lake Eyasi, Tanzania. (Might be Damon variegatus?)These secretive arachnids hide under bark or in caves or hollow trees, emerging only at night. They are very flattened, to fit in to narrow crevices. Their first pair of "limbs" are modified as toothed traps for catching and holding insect prey. The second pair are drawn out into long 'whips' which act as antennae, constantly exploring the surroundings of this nearly blind animal. The remaining 3 pairs are used for walking. This one was about 25mm body length.Whip-scorpions are harmless though they can pinch with their claws in self-defence.This is a scan of the living animal.

Korup NP, CAMEROON

Biotopo Cerro Cahui, El Remate, GUATEMALA

DescriptionAPI Maestro della leggenda di orfeo, enea e la sibilla cumana entrano nella barca di caronte, 1500-1525 circa Date 25 September 2010, 11:10:52 Source Own work Author sailko Permission (Reusing this file) I, Sailko, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publishes it under the following licenses: Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License.http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.htmlGFDLGNU Free Documentation Licensetruetrue This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. Attribution: I, Sailko https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 CC BY-SA 3.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 truetrue You may select the license of your choice.

Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI Deutsch: Luise Duttenhofer: Illustration zu Goethes Gedicht „Charon“, schwarzer Scherenschnitt, 13,1 x 20,4 cm, Entstehungsjahr 1824, Marbach, Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Inventarnummer 5639. Date 1824 Source Manfred Koschlig (Herausgeber): Die Schatten der Luise Duttenhofer. Eine Auswahl von 147 Scherenschnitten, Marbach 1968, Abbildung 55. Author Luise Duttenhofer (1776-1829)

Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI Central Nervous System of Phrynus sp.. br=brain; supraoesophageal ganglion; ce=cauda equina, opistosomal nerve; le=lateral eyes; me=median eyes; nch=cheliceral nerve; np1-np4=nerves of the first to the fourth pairs of legs; npd=pedipalp nerve; seg=suboesophageal ganglion. Date 1904 Source Beiträge zur Morphologie der Arthropoden. I. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Pedipalpen. Zoologica, Stuttgart 42. Author C. Börner

DescriptionAPI Paraphrynus sp. Date 1 April 2010, 00:41 Source Paraphrynus sp. Author Maximilian Paradiz from Merida, Mexico

DescriptionAPI Paraphrynus sp. w/ her young - Belize Date 27 June 2012, 21:30 Source Paraphrynus sp. w/ her young - Belize Author Thomas Shahan

DescriptionAPI English: Damon medius from Guinea on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano Date 4 August 2013 Source Own work Author Hectonichus

DescriptionAPI English: Damon medius from Guinea on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano Date 4 August 2013 Source Own work Author Hectonichus

Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI English: Arachnid in Cueva de los Tayos (this is what the people that lived there called it - I'm not sure if it is the famous Cueva de los Tayos, but at least it was close to that one), on the Yaupi River near where the trail to the town of Yaupi starts, in the Oriente in the Ecuadorian Amazon Basin. Judging by internet photos it seems to be Phrynidae and possibly Heterophrynus, but this needs to be confirmed. Spider was probably five inches across. Date 11 March 2011, 12:16 Source Cueva de los Tayos, on the Yaupi River Uploaded by calliopejen1 Author calliopejen

Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI English: Arachnid in Cueva de los Tayos (this is what the people that lived there called it - I'm not sure if it is the famous Cueva de los Tayos, but at least it was close to that one), on the Yaupi River near where the trail to the town of Yaupi starts, in the Oriente in the Ecuadorian Amazon Basin. Judging by internet photos it seems to be Phrynidae and possibly Heterophrynus, but this needs to be confirmed. Spider was probably five inches across. Date 11 March 2011, 12:16 Source Cueva de los Tayos, on the Yaupi River Uploaded by calliopejen1 Author calliopejen

Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI English: A series of photos depicting the molting process of the tailless whip scorpion, Damon diadema. Svenska: Bildserie som visar skalömsning hos Damon diadema. Date 16 March 2010 Source Own work Author Steven Acres

Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI English: Female tailless whip scorpion (Damon diadema) carrying young. Cornell University Arachnology Laboratory. Svenska: Hona av Damon diadema som bär sin avkomma, fotograferad i spindeldjurslaboratoriet vid Cornell University. Date 18 May 2012, 14:19:33 Source Own work Author Annejones

Image taken using a StackShot rail, a transmitting light disc, Helicon Remote software, and rendered using Helicon Focus.

Shooted during the night on a Terra firme forest near Manaus, this specimen, a male one, was on a hole at the base of tree.

Shooted during the night on a Terra firme forest near Manaus, this specimen, a female one, was on a hole at the base of tree.