newest photos added February 15, 2006
Amblypygids are tropical and subtropical arachnids. Their bodies are highly flattened and, like solifugids, uropygids, palpigrades and schizomids, the first pair of what are walking legs in most orders are modified to act as sensory organs. In amblypygids these modified legs (the thin legs in the pictures below) are commonly several times the length of body and can be used to probe the environment at some distance from the animal. Behaviorally, amblypygids often move about sideways in a manner reminiscent of crabs. The name "amblypygid" means "blunt rump", a reference to the fact that they lack the "tail" found in uropygids and schizomids.
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Paraphrynus
laevifrons
© Copyright 2003 by Carlos Viquez
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Phrynus
pseudoparvulus
© Copyright 2003 by Carlos Viquez |
from Costa Rica
© Copyright 2006 by Jerome Rovner |
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from Jamaica
© Copyright 2000 by Fred Coyle |
from Selva Verde, Costa Rica
© Copyright 2000 by Fred Coyle |
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