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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Windscorpions (Solifugae)
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Spider Scorpion Combo
Copyright © 2012 dnroach

Spider Scorpion Combo
Fritch, Carson County, Texas, USA
June 27, 2012
Size: 1"-2"
Looks like a spider and a scorpion got busy and made this.
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Contributed by dnroach on 29 June, 2012 - 1:48pm
Last updated 29 June, 2012 - 5:21pm

Eremobatidae
This is in the family Eremobatidae (Kraepelin, 1899).
… Patrick Casto, 19 April, 2013 - 4:24pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Welcome to BugGuide!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 29 June, 2012 - 5:21pm login or register to post comments

do you live next to a power p
do you live next to a power plant?!?!

just kidding, it's a solpugid :)
… widowman10, 29 June, 2012 - 3:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Solpugid
Do you know what kind or if they are poisonous? I guess this is commonly called a camel spider?
… dnroach, 29 June, 2012 - 3:34pm login or register to post comments

 
i'm not sure of the species (
i'm not sure of the species (some can be extremely difficult to ID to that level, maybe this one is not?).

they do not possess venom glands. just might give you a good pinch with those hefty chelicerae is all.
… widowman10, 29 June, 2012 - 3:38pm login or register to post comments

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