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Old 08-31-12, 10:52 AM   #31
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NO WAY!!! BB, you lucky bugger, where did you get one>??? I totally want a camel spider! Is it as nasty and fast as everything you read on them says?
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NO WAY!!! BB, you lucky bugger, where did you get one>??? I totally want a camel spider! Is it as nasty and fast as everything you read on them says?
I got it at a local reptile specialty store. They have more, AND they ship (hint hint wink wink). So far it isn't nasty, but it's VERY active. I would say it's definitely faster than your average bug.

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This is the image I found when I googled "camel spider"... please tell me it won't get this big:

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Definitely a molt, but without seeing the head section I would have to take the photographer's word for whether on not it belongs to a solifugid -- though I am very sceptical. Based on the photo, I would have to say "no, this does not belong to a solifugid". Why? One there aren't enough "legs" While soli's do have eight actual legs, they appear to have ten due to the pedipalps extreme length. In addition, the feet do not look right. If anything, I would say that this is a picture of a sea spider (a crustacean, not truly a spider).

As for the size, this would be extreme although there are some good sized soli's out there. (Again, the size puts the organism above in the typical range for sea spiders.) Just as there are snake species at both ends of the size spectrum, so there is a range of sizes amongst the various species of solifugids. Most are quite small -- around the size of a typical field cricket ... with some even smaller.

This. Although I couldn't identify what it was. It doesn't look like a camel spider to me. No, it won't get that big.
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Old 08-31-12, 01:10 PM   #33
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We had a pet tarantula for awhile found it dead at my friends house it was actually very cool got me over my fear of spiders and such! For the most, still hate centipedes those are just nasty!
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Originally posted by DragonsEye: Definitely a molt, but without seeing the head section I would have to take the photographer's word for whether on not it belongs to a solifugid -- though I am very sceptical. Based on the photo, I would have to say "no, this does not belong to a solifugid". Why? One there aren't enough "legs" While soli's do have eight actual legs, they appear to have ten due to the pedipalps extreme length. In addition, the feet do not look right. If anything, I would say that this is a picture of a sea spider (a crustacean, not truly a spider).

As for the size, this would be extreme although there are some good sized soli's out there. (Again, the size puts the organism above in the typical range for sea spiders.) Just as there are snake species at both ends of the size spectrum, so there is a range of sizes amongst the various species of solifugids. Most are quite small -- around the size of a typical field cricket ... with some even smaller.
Yeah, I thought the shape seemed a bit odd for a solifugid, but I assumed it was because it was a dried molt. It does look a bit more like a crab-type creature honestly.
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