Aug 23, 2025
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By Acrocynus - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0
Docile
Patsy!
Amblypygids, or whip spiders or tailless whip scorpions (which are neither spiders, nor scorpions, nor whip scorpions) are one of the many lesser known arthropod groups!
Their long "whip" front legs are used as sensory organs rather than for walking, and possibly to engage in social behaviour with their mother/offspring/siblings -- which is unusual but not unheard of in arachnids.
Phrynus operculatus doodle bc I wanted to draw a long boye and found pics of a particularly pretty specimen on inaturalist.
Ooh gorgeous hissers, and such a lovely dainty amblypygid!!