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Wind Scorpion

Eremobatidae indet

Photo by LuisStevens
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22.1875, -100.566

Field Notes

Habitat:

Oak and pine forest

Notes:

I saw him walking towards me, then it climbed the wall and posed this way when I took the photo

Species ID Suggestions

Eremobatidae Kraepelin 1899

Eremobatidae indet.

Comments (4)

Thank you Hernán AugustoIuri for the ID and the link
Thank you Emily,. Yes I think it is one wind scorpion.
I think this is a "sun spider" also known as a "wind scorpion" but I'm not 100% sure! God, I hate those things!

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