That pseudoscorpion is a very cool find! I just updated my not-moths page. Some larger beetles are starting to show up. http://s128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/kjchilds/Creatures%20of%20the%20Night/?start=all Ken Childs Henderson, TN Chester County http://www.finishflagfarms.com >________________________________ >From: "klight10@xxxxxxxxxxx" <klight10@xxxxxxxxxxx> >To: tn-moths-bounce TN Moth Group <tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 12:56 PM >Subject: [tn-moths] Kris' crazy critter! > > >Here is the crazy critter I mentioned in an earlier email. I noticed something >very tiny (~3mm) crawling near the blacklight. When I zoomed in on it with my >macro lens I couldn't believe my eyes... it had little pinchers like a >scorpion! I snapped some photos and enlarged them on the LCD screen so I could >count the legs. It had 8 legs like a scorpion, but no stinger on the "tail". I >figured the only thing it could be was a pseudoscorpion, so I ran in and typed >that into the search box on Bugguide. Sure enough, that's what it was. I had >seen them in books, but I didn't know they were so small. They don't have >wings, so I had wondered how it got on the sheet. I was amazed to read that >they hitch a ride on larger insects, especially longhorn beetles. There had >been one of them on the sheet earlier, so I guess that was its "taxi". And I >thought the mantisfly I saw last year was strange! My sheet has 20 threads per >inch, so that will give a bit of scale to this little creature. > >I'm hoping to get some more "moth converts" when I do the Moth-er's Night Out >at the UT Arboretum in Oak Ridge on May 21 at 7:30 PM. That was how Diana got >hooked last year! For those of you in the Oak Ridge / Knoxville area, tell >your friends about it. I'd also love to have any of you who could come with a >sheet, blacklight, extension cord and moth ID knowledge! :) We found >approximately 30 different species last year, I hope to see more this year. > >Yesterday I was at Frozen Head SP in Morgan Co. on an elementary school field >trip. The kids were delighted to see a couple of Luna moths and what I think >is 6838 B – Probole amicaria – Friendly Probole Moth 5-9-11 I'm attaching a >photo, it is a lousy shot, but maybe good enough to ID it. So, that will be a >couple of moths to add to Morgan Co. > >Mother's Day turned out to be a great Moth-er's Night! I need to tabulate my >sightings from that night, I saw lots of different moths. > >Kris Light >Oak Ridge, TN >Anderson Co. > > >