Chinese Vinegaroon

Giant Vinegaroons are non-venomous arachnids that look like scorpions. Where the scorpion’s “tail” and “stinger” would be, vinegaroons have a whip tail. Excluding the tail, adults measure in at about 3 inches. Amazingly, this animal is completely harmless to humans. They do, however, emit a spray that smells like vinegar (hence the name) and I’d recommend not putting the bug in your mouth or near your eyes and face. Unlike scorpions, their “pincers” consist of three parts, instead of two.

Chinese vinegaroons are sexually dimorphic.  The male has an extra, bulbous “finger” pointing inward off the top of the pedipalp.

(Specimen in video below is the similar looking American species.)