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House pseudoscorpion

Chelifer cancroides

名字的由来： Its common name comes from its habit of living in human buildings, and it is called a pseudoscorpion because it looks like a scorpion.1

无害对人无害。不用担心。

毛毛虫和虫子

咬伤吃：肉

对人的危险: 轻微像被蜜蜂蜇一下或更轻。对人基本无害。

The house pseudoscorpion is a tiny relative of spiders and scorpions that looks a bit like a small scorpion without a stinging tail. It lives in houses, barns and stables, as well as under tree bark and in bird nests. Scientists describe it as harmless to people.1

生活在

North America, Europe, Africa, Australia and New Zealand; it is found across much of the world.1

欧洲, 亚洲, 北美洲

首页

It lives under tree bark, in caves, in bird nests and in bee hives. It also lives in human buildings such as houses, stables, barns and chicken coops.1

长度

2.5 mm到4.5 mm (0.1 in到0.2 in)1

最高速度

约 0.34 公里/小时（0.21 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It feeds on small arthropods such as psocids, fruit flies and mites, including Varroa destructor mites.1

House pseudoscorpion的照片 — House pseudoscorpion。照片：Ryan Hodnett。 CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎样认出它

Body length of 2.5 to 4.5 mm.1
Body is teardrop-shaped and rich mahogany in colour.1
Pedipalps (the long front limbs) are 7 to 9 mm long when extended.1
Has one pair of eyes on the front part of the body.1
Abdomen has 12 segments, 10 of which are easily seen.1

毒液之力

咬伤

它咬的时候，毒液通过毒牙或牙齿出来。

它的毒液会造成什么？

It has venomous pedipalps, which it uses to subdue its prey. The venom contains various peptides and is toxic to bacteria, fungi, other arthropods such as aphids and Varroa mites, and mammalian cells.1

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 轻微像被蜜蜂蜇一下或更轻。对人基本无害。

It is mostly harmless to humans.1

如果它咬人

被毛毛虫的蜇毛扎到：用胶带把毛粘掉，再清洗皮肤。不要揉。
被咬：清洗并冷敷。如果感到不适或容易出血，就去看医生。

一定先拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）。这里是一般急救指导，不是医疗建议。急救基础

注意安全

永远不要摸、抓或逗弄野生动物，即使是很小的，即使它看起来在睡觉或已经死了。
给它留出空间。如果遇到它，保持冷静，慢慢后退，让它走自己的路。
如果被它咬了：保持冷静，保持不动，拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）或尽快去医院。记住它长什么样，拍张照片会有帮助。

它不是冲着你来的。它用毒液捕猎或保护自己，而且它更愿意躲起来。更多安全知识

在世界哪里？

非洲亚洲欧洲北美洲南美洲澳大利亚和大洋洲

它有多大？

它有多长？

小到能坐在你的指甲上

House pseudoscorpion和你比起来有多大？

只是在你的浏览器里算一算。什么都不会被保存或发送到任何地方。

它有多快？

一只陆龟 约 0.3 公里/小时 (0.19 mph)

House pseudoscorpion 约 0.34 公里/小时 (0.21 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

Its venom is toxic to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a type of bacteria that resists many antibiotics.1

It can hitch a ride on bats, flies and hymenopterans (a group of insects that includes bees, wasps and ants).1

Males keep small territories a few centimetres across, and a male performs a mating dance when a female enters.1

It usually lives for three or four years.1

给毒液专家

学名: Chelifer cancroides
类别: 毛毛虫和虫子
家人: Cheliferidae2
排序: Pseudoscorpiones
大洲: 欧洲, 亚洲, 北美洲
宝宝: The female lays 20 to 40 eggs, and the young take 10 to 24 months to reach adulthood after passing through three moults.1
对人的危险: 1 / 5: 轻微3