Weird Little Arachnid - Pseudoscorpion

[fdgecrckr]

One of these watched me shower this morning xD i had looked it up before and knew it was harmless so i just left it alone. I think they like moisture?

[MrDante0304]

hd666 ummmm there like not even a centimeter long ive found them there soooooooo tiny u probably cant keep them

[MR3pic1]

i saw one of theses little guys in my shower a few weeks ago... freakes the hell outa me. then i found out what it was and also found out the hitch hike on fly's. sire enough i saw one today on a mosqueto.... huh, 2 in a matter of weeks...

[BatWeaselPresents]

baby rad-scorpion. Cute.

[tfinder]

I found one in my bathroom wall years ago and have been a fan ever since. Every so often I see it make a reappearance. They are definitely interesting to watch.

[TheFinalActongaia]

I found one of these on the wall earlier today, they're pretty nifty looking.

[orlibloom4]

One of the few "bugs" that doesn't really bother me. I had learned what they are from a biology class, so when I'd found one in my bedroom (dead, sadly - stuck to a piece of tape) it didn't bother me. I found another one today while cleaning out old boxes (which were filled with molted carpet beetle larvae skin - which explain why it was there). this one was alive, and I must say, I do quite like them. I HATE carpet beetles, so the fact that it eats them makes me happy.

[skreeran]

I found one several month ago. Initially I guessed it to be a larval scorpion, but I was fascinated to find out what it really was.

[thefeebles]

Such a great video! I just found one in my house last night and my initial fears were quickly calmed by a quick search on the internet for "tiny arachnid with giant claws".

[xXMeecrobXx]

haha i like the music

[hellfighter496]

its like mr krabs MONEY!!!!!

[hellfighter496]

does it sting?

[torontoguy1097]

kill it with fire!

[silver997]

Yuck. I found two in my bathroom... unfortunetly I preserved them in tape (ultimately I killed them) Now i feel guilty cause they are actually really cute!

Poor little guys... I'm looking at it... I had to google "Bathroom bugs" and look up the name on wikipedia and I stumbled upon this youtube clip.

Did that guy survive until spring?

What should I do with the next Pseudoscoprion i find? Cuz I know I'll find more...

[Riley0143rsj]

@silver997 They live 2-3 years, so you can keep them as a pet or such.

If you want to preserve it, uhh, look that up. I dont collect bugs. Mabey I should try though...

[SilberfangJerome]

how did you get a pseudoscorpion??? i will get one! O.O

i´m gonna catch yours! xDD

[arachnidsrulz12]

put it in you're mouth

[Polymorphidz]

I desire to hug him.

[guitarboy2015]

damn that bastard's smaller that i thought

[pyouoi]

I found one of these attached to a fly! Then i looked it up on Wikipedia and they actually 'hitchhike' on flies! These insects are soo cool!

[apester187]

Excellent camera work! These critterz r small!! Oh, did u know that pseudoscorpions can live for 2 - 5 years! WHAT!!??

[chris145270]

i fuond one of these on my wall a littile while a go i didnt know what it was so i looked on youtube it didnt take me long to find some info there wond all over the world as will as canada were i live. it's winter now so it most be live here till spring it is so interesting. i thingk i,ll just let it go about its business. i thingk im going to make one of these on my spore game...:)

[hd666]

do they make good pets

[JahJahDisciple]

I have one of these currently stuck inside my computer monitor. I swear to god. It showed up yesterday.

He's in front of the light, but behind the pixel screen, so he goes BEHIND all the text/images on my screen.

It's the weirdest fucking thing I've ever seen.

[zigsinclair]

man you gotta be shittin me thats the funniest thing ive heard all week.. my buddy said theyre here around cape breton island  hope they aint in my monitor

[JahJahDisciple]

Yeah it was the first time I'd ever seen or heard of them... He was in there for about a week and then one morning he was outside the monitor, crawling across the top, so I caught him in a container.

My co-worker took some close-up macro shots of it after it came out. I do have a couple still-shots of him inside the screen, but they're pretty low-quality.

Unfortunately I wasn't able to get any film footage of him inside, but you wouldn't have been able to see it well anyway.

[nshabsfan4life]

Hey Zigsin..they are here, I seen one in my bathroom and I live in Antigonish.......

[arcanacoelestia]

Neat video -- loved the bluegrass music accompanying the little guy's exploration of the coin. (And it was very kind of you to give him a warm home for the winter!) Five stars!

[zorrocker]

sweat ^^ i had this one in my badroom haha :D

[hsanders3961]

I killed on of these critters this morning when I found him in my bed! I had never seen one before and thought it was a baby scorpion. After doing some research they really are amazing little things.

[throwny]

opps I think I just killed one of these little guys thinking it was a deer tick(they're common where I live) but looking at its head I think it may have been a baby cause the pincers where not as long and strong as your bug. :P sorry but I really didn't want to chance it being a deer tick with lime disease.

[HisDivineShadow245]

It's so cute! I actually love this little guys - they kill and eat carpet beetle larvae that are the bane of my existence.

[MASTACHIEFrul3s]

is that the biggest they get?

[2005ezrah]

Actually it is quite common and it lives worlwide.

[frankenskate]

We found one of these this morning on the wall in our bathroom...snooped all over the internet and YouTube gave us the answeres!!! We live in Edmonton Ab Canada... they seem to be everywhere for such a rare bug...blech

[jajapeska]

Hi, I just had decided to find out what kind of insect it is-but-ok, no insect, it's pseudoscorpion. I live in Czech rep.-close to Prague, and I have one at home, so it probably lives all around the world...

[sexstring]

i just saw one 2 min ago!

[bellringer64]

One hour ago I was in the bathroom when one of theses little bugs walked across the wall in front of me ...WOW, I caught him and quickly examined him with my binoculars backwards...'What Kind Of Bug Was This? Well a 'google of bugs' showed me the bug you posted...very good thankyou!

I live in Vernon,BC Canada and have never seen this bug before...until today!

[flamebite]

Ugly,but if they don't do anything to humans that's a plus,i hate spiders.

[iEnjoyPickels]

they do good for some people which is also a plus cause they eat pesky little ants and stuff lol

[IcyGoats]

This video is full to the brim with win.

[grits207]

I have seen quite a few of these in my house. They eat flies and other insects. They are completely harmless to humans but I still don't like them and I'm trying to get rid of them.

[ixowoxi]

true !!

[iota1]

nice banjo pickin

[iota1]

I was just sitting in the basement watching t.v. when I see one of these little guys walking across the wall next to me. I remembered seeing It in a field guide before, but in 34 years this is the first time I've seen one.

[Cur417]

You were a step ahead of me. I didn't even know such a creature existed until this one showed up. At first I thought it was a spider with really long front legs. It was fascinating to watch it react to stuff in it's surroundings.

[Blobbyblobfish]

very informative video. I bet the little guy appreciates your efforts. What do these things eat?

[pikminfan400200]

thats small to wat i was thinking

thx 4 showing me this

[CadeFoster88]

Pseudoscorpions enjoy moist environments, the are most commonly found in bathrooms. They are pretty common but it's rare to see one. I found one in my Bathroom not too long ago. I love those little guys.

[XXxxKimberlyAnnexxXX]

Crazy little thing :)

[Bhalcanor]

it's like a spider-scorpion.

[zhiiviie]

i found some of them in my house

they are so funny XD

one of them stung me and it was so funny

you feel no pain and they are not dangerous for humans

[Inuyasha5703]

funny thing, its claw ARE poisonouse. not completly harmless

[vonheisenberg]

harmless if you are a bookworm (Psococerastis gibbosa i think)

[awesome3165]

@Inuyasha5703 yeah, enough to kill a 3 millimeter spider larvae.

[sunflowers86]

I had one and he lived with us for about a month. My dad argued with me and said it was tick lol. I then showed him youtube and he belives me now! lol

[YackerUK]

so what happened to him? did he survive, get bigger or what? did u let him go

[emiliano2009]

You know if you put it in fire it smells really bad?

[Maxx2079]

Man I wish i would have know that thos little guys were completely harmless. the first time i came across one i killed it :/ now i feel bad

[reed9080468]

i found one walkin around on my computer

[cookiedogshit]

i found one of these and i live in the uk

[RunscapeClan]

look like a spider did a scopian and made that thats cool

[hybredmoon]

Coolies! He's a funny little fella, can they sting? him being so small I dont know if he could break human skin.

[wearejusthumanbeing]

ahhhhhh too cute, i did a research and it says that this is a good insect, which eats bad insects in your house...and they are harmless to humans

[musichannel1]

its kinda cute =3 im gonna name it charlie :D

[IvySizzle]

OMG hes so cuteeee can i have him? =D

[itachi14567]

this is a pseudoscorpion he is the size of 2 to 8 mm and he could attch itself to a house fly and kill it using the venom from its claws but it doesnt have a tail

[wayclean]

OMG I found one of these last year in my house and I was pretty freaked out. He was very cool, yes, but also so strange that it was a bit unnerving! I looked it up online and saw that he was a pseudo scorpion. Cool!

[TotallyInLoveWithYou]

that is so cute. it seems harmless. i like it.

[jamesdimacali]

i saw that at tv a scrpion

[Tripsarecopsem]

It is cute. I hope it made it until spring. They eat very small insects and similar stuff -- the plants alone won't work.

I've only seen these twice, and only back in NH. I wish I'd come across more.

Your camcorder is awesome. Really good close ups and no shaky camera work. Thank you for posting this!

[XylusMiracle]

Its cute :DD

[th3g0dd]

nice!

[animeluver01]

omg, how kyoooot X3

[autumnw5]

thats so frickin cute :D

[DerekLicon]

THAT THING IS ADORABLE!

[hellokitty5000000]

CRAB BATTLE!!!!, but anyway great vid i love the western music, shoulda been Benny Hill lol :P

[daytenmillion]

@hellokitty5000000 It's often considered to be a type of Western Music, but actually this is a type of Appalachian Folk Music known as "Bluegrass" Music. The five-string banjo is the predominant lead instrument. The fiddle(violin) is another lead instrument often heard in Bluegrass.

[bboyface]

lol nice pet =D

[santiw93]

i'm from 1993 XD

[pinklantana]

Wow, he's very cool looking. I've never seen a spider with claws. Cool vid! :)

[freakshowtim]

you shure it aint a body crab?

[KawaiiKemonomimi]

I'm fascinated by the pseudoscorpions. I collected a huge ammount of them from our contained compost heap. You throw anything organic --- old vegetables, fruit, leaves, etc. and keep it moist, you get lots of critters. Including these. They like to eat the tiny critters. Mine died when the little habitat in the plastic container dried up. :-(

[cubby1812]

p.s. i know these tiny hitchhikers (pseudoscorpions) prefer riding under the beetles bellies but i swear they came out of this beetles butt as it was pulsating and severed from its body acting as if it were expelling it.

[cubby1812]

ive seen this little guy come out of an ugly beetle's butt as ive killed it (to feed to my bird) that looks nothing like these little guys. like you, ive kept the little guys for my gf to see, theyre so cute! i really wanna know the name of the beetle ive seen it come out of. i dont know if their its young or a parasite that lived inside the beetle.

[cubby1812]

oops typo, i meant (theyre) instead of their

[MissTruly]

This is a really well done video and it's amazing how close your camera was able to get on the little guy.

[wakyma]

There's a powder you can buy from the pharmacy to get rid of the little critters...

[tendersin]

Pseudoscorpions eat bedbug, dust mites, carpet critters and other tiny bugs that are dangerous to us. do not kill these helpful little dudes!

[kryss119]

These little dudes are the neatest. On the rare occasion I'll find one wandering around the wall. They're beneficial and harmless to humans, so don't kill them and just let them live in your house if you find one. They'll hunt down bad bugs. And they're so small and slow moving, they can't possibly creep anyone out IF they know what they are! The first time I found one on my bedroom wall I thought What The Hell Are You?! Coolest little guys!

[fraidknot]

Perhaps you should read the wikipedia article on the word "boi." You are have smart brain.

[fraidknot]

That was intended as a reply to Bikerboi13. Why does the reply link rarely work correctly??

[Nacho773]

Cool, check out my video of my baby scorpion. I think the scorpion is even smaller then him.

[SubmarinerAndroid]

Sorry, but no arachnid can ever be cute. Nice try though.

[Nacho773]

You aren't cute either.

Pwnt

[DrakeMagnum]

great photography!

[vidproofer]

that thing is freaking awesome where did you get it and dose it bite?? dude you are lucky to have one

[suuzzee5]

Ah don't liiike bugggggssss ... but set to bluegrass and filmed properly as you have done here, he looks sorta cute. :)

[Nacho773]

Bugs are cool.

[plrogerjr]

Dude. I found some in my house. I guess their really common but most of the time you dont see them. Ya, pseudoscorpions are cool. Ive seen a live one, and a dead one. Pretty cool! :D

[Bikerboi13]

dude! is that a small version of a african cave dwelling spider?!

[MediocreGenius]

Well, with the internet at your fingertips, how about you look it up yourself instead of relying on other people to do it for you. Or, maybe you could just read the "about this video" part.

[WilliamReinhardt]

Very clever use of props and music! Those bugs have great personalities.

[pederikodelaguza]

they are eating papers,you can find them in the wood,in the book,its not harmfull

[Cur417]

We carefully picked through the huckleberries! I guess that's how we found it. Makes me wonder if I ever did eat one though.

[silver997]

@Cur417 well if it tasted funny... maybe u did...

[daneninja1234]

good thing u didint accidentaly see it on ur food and eat it

[KevinAgoncillo]

I researched it and discovered that it's called a Pseudoscorpion.

At first I couldn't believe it was called that and continued searching on it, but without a doubt that is what it's called. ^_^

Hope that helped ^_^

[Simmons116]

its a sudo scorpion it eats ticks aswell

[sweetypie2041]

wow you have good eyes if you saw that little thing..

[wearejusthumanbeing]

crab spider?

[IRideDolphinsNaked]

kind hearted its pretty cool

[rockblahboop]

this video gave me chills..bugsmake me get chills

[Forthias]

so what exactly do these little guys do? what do they eat and where are they found?

i love bugs, or anything that crawls or creeps, but i have never seen one or thought to look for one of these lol

[Cur417]

According to my insect & spider field guide, they eat insects and small invertebrates. They live in a lot of different places-in caves, among mosses, under bark, leaves and stone. The strangest being between the pages of books. I never saw one before I found this one in the huckleberry bush.

[Kaervos1024]

ROFL. Great video. I like the music, it makes the pseudoscorpion seem so much nicer than my video. I was petrified of the thing at the time. I was sure it was some sort of louse that was going to burrow into my flesh while I slept. It took me a while to find out exactly what it was.

Great video quality too. What kind of camera was this recorded with?

[Cur417]

Thanks. I really liked your video too. I think it's a much more realistic portrayal than mine. The closeups are especially interesting. You can actually see the little critter's mouth parts chomping away. Nice job!

I shot this with a Sony DCR-DVR 11 mounted on a tripod. The lens was about 1/2" from the subject, which was on a lid. I moved the lid around to keep the subject in the shot. The camera blocked any light from above, so, I used a desk lamp laying on its side for illumination.

[DystruktoBoi1]

I've seen these before in my girlfriends basement, I think it is a very small spieces of Scorpion-Spider, and no I didnt make that up, look it up on google, although I cannot tell you for sure what it is, just that I've seen at least 5 or 6 of these, of varying sizes, here and there (the biggest was almost my pinkey nail across, thats it)

[debcoart]

This is incredible. I have never seen an insect quite like this guy, and you have done a brilliant job of presenting him to the world!

Excellent job. I'll have to subscribe just to find out how he fares this winter in your home. =)

Thanks for entering the contest!!!

[Cur417]

We appreciate your encouraging comments and thank you for instigating fun on YouTube with your pet contest. Keep up the good work!

[Lilylulay]

Is it strange that I find it really really cute? And dizzy? And a pet?

[Cur417]

No. I think it's very understanable. This creature is fascinating to watch. Although it's miniscule, it's very interactive and very aware of it's surroundings. And it's movements are quite sophisticated. If this creature were the size of a dinner plate, however, we would surely feel differently.

[Lilylulay]

Well said :)