David Element
Wildlife Photography and Digital Video Images
Arachnoids 6 - Pseudoscorpions
COMMON TREE-CHERNES PSEUDOSCORPIONS Chernes cimicoides (f, m)
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A
pair of Common Tree-chernes
Pseudoscorpions Chernes cimicoides
is shown indulging in a protracted mating courtship ritual during which they
circled one another with claws inter-locked. There are likely to be potential
hazards involved if they get this wrong as their claws contain poison! The
photographer cannot claim responsibility for finding these tiny creatures. He
had a chance encounter with members of a London
Natural History Society field-trip who found them
under the bark of a tree shortly afterwards. However
the remainder of the party had disappeared by the time that the pseudoscorpions
had moved close enough together for this interesting rigmarole to take
place.
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