Hitchhikers in the Bathroom by Lana Mahoney
magine this. You step up to the sink, wbt your toothbrush, and begin
cleaning your pehely whites, oht of the corner of your eye, you see
something moving on the wall. Suddenly, you realize you're not alone in
the bathroom. Your heart pounding you turn toward the tiny Intruder to
get a better look ev're horrified to see that it has eight legs, and a pale
of oversized pineers on its front end, is it some kind of miniature octopus,
for a bizarre crabis it going to sting you? Actually, it's a bug, and it's no
more harmful to you than a housefly. This tiny bathroom bug is called a
pseudo scorpion (SOO dohScor pee uhn). But don't be fooled by its
name. It's not really a scorpion It's just a relative. The pseudo scorpion is
a kind of arachnid (uh-RAN nld), which means it is closely related to
spiders, scorpions and mites like scorpions pseudo scorpions have a
segmented body and two enormous pincers But pseudo scorpions Pack
the curved stinger that all true scorpions have. Pseudo scorpions usually
the outside in mulch, under tree bark, and in leaflitter. So how do they
end up in the bathroom? They use those pincer like claws to hitch a ride
on other bugs such as flies and beetles. When these insecis come in, so
do the pseudo scorpions attached to their legs! These tiny arachnids
prefer moist places Since the bathroom tends to be humid after bathing
and showering it's a likely place to find them. But they are easily
overlooked. Most pseudo scorpions are only about two to eight
millimeters long. Pseudo scorpions don't bite or sting humans, and they
can even be helpful. These bugs feed on common household pests, such
as carpet beetle lanae, ants mites and small flies. Welcoming this
hitchhiker into your home may mean there are fewer household pests to
"bug youl
1. If you wanted to find a pseudo scorpion outdoors, where would you
look?
2. Use the diagram to show how pseudo scorpions and real scorpions
are alike and how they're different
Both
Real scorpions
Pseudo scorpions
w can pseudo scorpions be helpful to humans?
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