Baja whipspider
The Baja whipspider looks scary but is gentle. It is a wide, flat creature with long, thin feeler legs like whips and spiny grabbing arms. It hides by day and comes out at night in the warm forests of Mexico.
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Fun facts
It is not a spider and not a scorpion, but a tailless whip scorpion.
It can grow up to 4.5 centimetres long, which is very big for its kind.
When it feels threatened, it rubs its mouthparts together to make a hissing sound.
It lives mostly on trees and is rarely seen on the ground.
Some people keep it as a pet.
Most asked questions about Baja whipspider
?Is the Baja whipspider dangerous?
No. It has no venom and no stinger, so it cannot hurt you.
?Is a whipspider a spider?
No. It is a cousin of spiders and scorpions called a tailless whip scorpion.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Acanthophrynus coronatus
- Named by
- Butler, 1873
- Group
- Scorpions, ticks and friends
- Family
- Phrynidae
- Classification
- Arachnida > Amblypygi > Phrynidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Acanthophrynus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Diana Fuentes. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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