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Non-Insect, Non-Spider Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda, kingdom Animalia, domain Eukaryota)
Centipedes (class Chilopoda)
Scutigeromorpha order
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I think this might be a member of a species of House Centipede |
Scolopendromorpha order
Millipedes (class Diplopoda)
Times have changed! I used to see Roly-polies (Pill Millipedes, order Glomerida) all the time, and now I can't remember the last time I saw any.
Spirobolida order
Polydesmidae order
Pseudoscorpions (order Pseudoscorpiones, class Arachnida, subphylum Chelicerata)
Although the House Pseudoscorpion is apparently the most familiar, pseudoscorpions of other species, of which there are several dozen in the U.S., are common in the soil and found in leaf litter. They also have been known to hitch rides on other animals, transported merchandise,
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Pseudoscorpion, Durham, NC, 4/7/17 | Same pseudoscorpion | Pseudoscorpion, about 1 mm long. Durham, NC, 8/25/09 |
Harvestmen (order Opiliones, class Arachnida, subphylum Chelicerata)
We used to call these "Daddy-long-legs" when I was a kid, but now that common name is properly applied only to spiders.
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A fast-moving harvestman (probably Vonones sayi) | Harvestman with prey, NC Botanical Garden, Orange County, NC, 7/2/05. |
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REFERENCES
Jacobs, S. (2011) Pseudoscorpions. Retrieved April 8,2011 from http://ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/pseudoscorpions
Nelson Jr., S. (2011) Pseudoscorpions: Entomology Notes #16. Retrieved April 8, 2011 from http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/mes/notes/entnote16.html