American Museum of Natural History - Have you ever seen a critter known as a whip spider or tailless whip scorpion? Fossil whip spiders have been found dating back to the Carboniferous
![Systematics of the Damon variegatus group of African whip spiders (Chelicerata: Amblypygi): Evidence from behaviour, morphology and DNA - ScienceDirect Systematics of the Damon variegatus group of African whip spiders (Chelicerata: Amblypygi): Evidence from behaviour, morphology and DNA - ScienceDirect](https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S1439609205000425-gr1v4.jpg)
Systematics of the Damon variegatus group of African whip spiders (Chelicerata: Amblypygi): Evidence from behaviour, morphology and DNA - ScienceDirect
![Whip Spider / Tailless Whip Scorpion (Amblypygida). Allpahuayo Mishana National Reserve - Iquitos - Peru. - SuperStock Whip Spider / Tailless Whip Scorpion (Amblypygida). Allpahuayo Mishana National Reserve - Iquitos - Peru. - SuperStock](https://www.superstock.com/cdn/4220/Comp/4220-20086162.jpg)
Whip Spider / Tailless Whip Scorpion (Amblypygida). Allpahuayo Mishana National Reserve - Iquitos - Peru. - SuperStock
![A new species of whip spider, Weygoldtia hainanensis sp. nov., from Hainan, China (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Charinidae) | Zootaxa A new species of whip spider, Weygoldtia hainanensis sp. nov., from Hainan, China (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Charinidae) | Zootaxa](https://mapress.com/public/journals/1/article_44656_cover_en_US.jpg)