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Damon diadema
Amblypygids range from 4 to 10 inches in size, including legspan. Their bodies are broad and highly flattened, with a solid carapace and a segmented abdomen. They have a pair of median eyes at the front of the carapace, located just above the chelicerae in a manner somewhat similar to crustaceans, and three smaller eyes placed further back on each side, for eights eyes in total.
Found in Central Africa, Kenya and Tanzania where it lives in caves and crevices, and fallen logs. This one was found in a pitch black underground cave in Zanzibar.
This is not a true spider. It belongs to another arachnid group and has no venom and no fangs. It has no spinnerets and makes no web.
Spotted on Sep 2, 2012
Submitted on Sep 4, 2012
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