Hi Steve,

It sounds like Pseudoscorpions (Order Pseudoscopiones). They look like
scorpions and should have 8 legs. They are very small. The ones that I
have seen I needed a hand lense to look at. I know that on a few the front
pair of legs can be tought to see. I hope that helps.

Russell

On Fri, 10 Jul 1998, Steve Mansfield wrote:

> Crawling in my study today. It was pretty tiny, < 1/8" long. It was dark
> brown with a lighter brown mark like a cross on it's abdomen, with the head
> of the cross towards the bug's head. The abdomen dominated the body. The
> most interesting feature were it's two forelegs, which resembled the claws
> on a scorpion, but this puppy only had six legs (scorpions are arachnids,
> right?). ANyone out there have a clue as to what this thing was?
>
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