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In South Africa it is called a Roman spider
Spotted on Dec 26, 2012
Submitted on Jan 6, 2013
2 Comments
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solifugae
Here in North America we call them Windscorpions, Sun Spiders, Camel Spiders or Solifugids they are from Order Solifugae. They are really neat and not closely related to spiders or scorpions.
I am not familiar with the species in your area so I can't help out more with ID. I would love to find one in real life. I just think they are amazing looking creatures!