Dictionary definition: whip scorpion

Article: The whip scorpion, Mastigoproctus giganteus ...
Florida Entomologist;  September 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... 2005). We now report that the giant whip scorpion, Mastigoproctus giganteus (Lucas ... in the field we discovered a giant whip scorpion holding a millipede in its powerful ... squeezing or biting inflicted by the giant whip scorpion. Secretory discharge was confirmed ...

SCORPION - WHIP SCORPION
Earth Life Forms - Animals;  May 1, 1998 ;     235 words ... ... Earth Life Forms - Animals 05-01-1998 SCORPION - WHIP SCORPION Locations: South America - Colombia Whip Scorpions ... SCORPIONS SCORPIONS - WHIP VINEGARONES SCORPION - WHIP SCORPION LifeStory Publications, P.O. Box 492, Round Lake ...

Dictionary definition: vinegarroon
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      148 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 vin|e|gar|roon (vin| g roon) n. a large whip scorpion (Mastigoproctus giganteus) found in the S U.S. and in Mexico that, when disturbed, excretes a substance having a vinegary ...

Article: GERALINURA CARBONARIA (ARACHNIDA; UROPYGI) FROM MAZON CREEK, ...
Journal of Paleontology;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Koch, 1983). All the Coal Measures whip scorpion genera are treated here as plesion ... Haupt (2000) offered summaries of whip scorpion biology, including further background ... Mastigoproctus Pocock, 1894. The Mesozoic whip scorpion species is based on the often wellpreserved ...

Article: Madagascan spiny desert, Costa Rican cloud forest are jewels of ...
Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH);  July 16, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... of Madagascar and the Costa Rican cloud forest. These are places where chameleons blend with the foliage and a tailless whip scorpion waits in a tree, where succulent plants cling to rock ledges and mist rises from a splashing waterfall. This is another ...

Article: Students, seniors conquer fear of bugs
Oakland Tribune;  September 13, 2006 ;     545 words ... ... were the Madagascar hissing cockroach, eastern lubber grasshopper, giant African millipede, Thailand walking stick and whip scorpion. "Everything you see today is safe and friendly," Bruttig told the students and Sunrise residents. While many of the ...

Article: Buggy for Insects at U-Md.; Entomology Program Ranks Among the ...
The Washington Post;  July 29, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... about stepping patterns. "This guy has a pressurized body," Shultz said, gesturing to a shuffling three-inch-long whip scorpion. "Moving a knee joint is sort of like bending a hose and letting it go." In addition to being able to reconstruct the ...