Scorpions, Harvestmen and Ticks
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of approximately 400 specimens of scorpions, harvestmen and ticks. These date from 1903 to 2007. This collection represents several orders of the class Arachnida. It contains approximately 30 jars of scorpions in spirit, and several dried specimens from various locations including Borneo, Egypt, Sudan, the USA, Trinidad and Guyana. There are about 150 specimen jars of harvestmen (Opiliones), which are mostly British, and 105 specimen jars of pseudoscorpions, which come mainly from the 1989 Crowson collection and are also all British. There are a further 90 specimen jars of ticks and mites (Acari), and several dried examples of some of the larger velvet mites. Individual specimens from small orders include a single Solifuge, Uropygi and Amblypygi, which have come from various localities around the world. Scorpions are the oldest group of arachnids. They are effective predators with large pedipalps and sting-bearing tails. There are about 1,400 species, usually found in warmer climates. Harvestmen have small bodies and long legs.
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