Anyone who wants to learn about the pseudoscorpion — come here :) Auto-translated

I don't live in the south of Russia. I went outside and saw a strange insect near my house. It is obviously an arthropod, similar to a scorpion. But what is it...?). That's the question.






Approximately 0.5 cm long. It waves its claws and backs up like a crayfish. It puts one claw in its mouth...) and cleans it. Or eats something off of it!

I think that the release of radioactive substances into the atmosphere after the Chernobyl explosion led to mutant insects of new species. There is also evidence that an underground river flows beneath Chernobyl, which could have spread this radioactivity for hundreds of kilometers underground. Since the insects are terrestrial, they reproduce underground or nearby, hence the mutation. You might not believe me, but I saw a beetle with all the bright colors of the rainbow and eyes like two billiard balls at my dacha near Novgorod. I just didn't have a camera to take a picture.

I put it in a jar. My kids... Dad, what is this!!!!)))))
I don't know... Maybe I should dry it or preserve it in alcohol. Or maybe I should release it and let it reproduce...

Added 4 minutes later
Neo122007, yes... Judging by the latest events happening in the world, radiation has affected not only insects.

It looks very much like a pseudoscorpion; at least the first photo is definitely one. *Added a couple of minutes later* Yep, it's a pseudoscorpion :) Here it is on Wikipedia :) P.S. And you immediately jump to "radiation, radiation"... :p P.P.S. By the way, a pseudoscorpion is not an insect, if I'm not mistaken. It's closer to spiders :)

Aren't spiders insects?

Drakkosha) Thanks for the clarification. I was already starting to think it was some kind of mutation))) That's it!... I'll tell the kids that there are such friends, with claws on the ground, from time immemorial.

Added 1 minute ago
Neo122007 - insects) Well, never mind, the main thing is that we clarified everything.

No, a spider is not an insect. Spiders have a slightly different structure :) Unfortunately, I can’t say for sure what the differences are (other than the difference in legs), but spiders are closer to scorpions than to insects; I can say that with 100% certainty ;) (and you can trust me – I passed biology in 9th grade, and I had to dissect the entire textbook...)
*added after diligently flipping through the textbook*
Arachnids have 4 pairs of walking legs, and their body is divided into a cephalothorax and an abdomen, or not divided at all. Insects have 3 pairs, and their body is clearly divided into a head, thorax, and abdomen.

I’m here to educate you!))))

Spiders and scorpions belong to the arachnid class. What unites them with insects is that they are both arthropods. This class also includes crustaceans. If I'm not mistaken, that is. What is certain is that spiders are not insects.

Wow! In the 3rd grade, we were taught that spiders are animals!

Drakkosha, I completely agree with you. I just couldn't classify it as an arachnid. It's simply that in the world of insects, *scientists* have different interpretations regarding classifications, depending on the species. For example, many scientists classify fungi as *representatives of the animal kingdom* and not plants. The more we read, research, and think, the better! There are so many creatures on Earth. You walk around your whole life and don't notice what's right under your feet. And life is teeming and vibrant!

Added 2 minutes later
Yes, the main thing is that the poor creature was released yesterday. Let it enjoy life and reproduce! P.S. Imagine this *false scorpion* the size of a cat! Specifically.

Heh))) I wanted to talk about spiders, but Drakkosha got ahead of me))) I also studied them... I learned everything about them when I was applying to medical school that summer... but I didn't recognize this thing with the claws :-/