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Windscorpion/Sun Spider/Camel Spider

Solifugae

2 Species ID Suggestions

Windscorpion/Sun Spider/Camel Spider
Solifugae Order Solifugae - Windscorpions - BugGuide.Net
Eremobatidae Kraepelin 1899
Eremobatidae indet. Family Eremobatidae


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5 Comments

catgrin
catgrin 9 years ago

Great find! windscorpions are really fast so they can be hard to get a pic of!

Also, windscorpions are arachnids, so this little guy doesn't qualify for the "True Bugs" mission. True bugs "Hemiptera" are a class of insect with sucking mouth parts - like a straw - and six legs. Here's a page on 'em:

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

beaker98
beaker98 10 years ago

These are so cool, yet they kinda creep me out:) Great spotting.

Nice one! Unfortunately you will most likely have to settle for the Order as the Family and higher is difficult to determine using photographs.

Donald Ruzek
Donald Ruzek 10 years ago

Thanks for the info

AshleyT
AshleyT 10 years ago

It's a type of Solifugid, hopefully someone can help you more than that though.

Donald Ruzek
Spotted by
Donald Ruzek

California, USA

Spotted on Jun 9, 2013
Submitted on Jan 26, 2014

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