Trying to identify an insect. Looks like a spider, but it has two front claws like a scorpion.?

Question

Insect is about 1/2 CM long, body of a spider, front two legs have scorpion-like claws. These claws are functional. Photo available. Location: indoors, Southern CA, USA

Answer 1

it's probably a pseudoscorpian

http://forest.mtu.edu/kidscorner/ecosyst...

Answer 2

Sounds like a false scorpion or pseudoscorpion. They are arachnids, like spiders.

http://www.kendall-bioresearch.co.uk/fsc...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoscorp...

Edit: Apparently they sometimes hitch a lift on a fly! (see first link)

Answer 3

ahh, firstly, you must tell how many legs do this thing has, my guess was the Myrmarachne plataleoides-Kerengga Ant-like Jumper, it's a spider:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrmarachne...

Answer 4

Upload the photo to flickr and link it.