Bug FAQBaja whipspider
Acanthophrynus coronatus · Order: Amblypygi · Family: Phrynidae
The Baja whipspider can grow to about 45 mm long (body only). It has reddish pedipalps, a light-brown front body, a similarly coloured rear body with darker stripes, and legs that are a pale brown-yellow. It lives in tropical deciduous forests along Mexico’s Pacific coast, from southern Sonora down to Oaxaca, including the Baja California region. When disturbed it can hiss by rubbing its chelicerae together.
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How to recognize it
Their pedipalps are light red, the front body (prosoma) is light brown, the rear body (opisthosoma) matches that colour with darker brown stripes, and the legs are a lighter brown approaching yellow.
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Size
Adults may reach a body length of up to 45 mm.
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Status: native in North America. Source: iNaturalist
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Questions people ask
What does a Baja whipspider look like?
It has light red pedipalps, a light-brown front body with darker striped rear body, and pale brown-yellow legs.
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Do they make any sound?
When threatened they can hiss by rubbing their chelicerae together.
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Same family (Phrynidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanthophrynus
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