Ok guys...any clue what this thing is?Attachment 91636
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Ok guys...any clue what this thing is?Attachment 91636
Camel spider.
What he said^^^.
Squished?
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It's a a Sun Spider, aka Wind Scorpion. Not a true scorpion. Related to camel spiders but not as large as the camel spiders found in the middle east.
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Common Name:
Wind Scorpion, Sun Spider, Camel Spider Scientific Name:
Eremobates species
Order and Family:
Solifugae, Eremobatidae
Description:
Their hairiness and rounded opisthosoma (abdomen) are spiderlike, while the front appendages somewhat resemble those of a scorpion. Body length is 1/2″ to 2″ (10-50 mm). The chelicerae (first pair of appendages) are large, toothed, jawlike pincers, and the leglike pedipalps (second pair of appendages) have suctorial tips for seizing prey. Unique racket-shaped organs (malleoli) on the hindmost legs may be sensory.
Food:
Insects, and some smaller animals such as lizards are many times larger than the predator.
Life Cycle:
Females lay eggs in a burrow they dig in the sand. They will lay about fifty eggs at a time and guard them with veracity until they hatch. The small wind scorpions are active only at night, while the adults are more active at night but will also hunt and move around in daylight hours. Most species thought to have only one generation per year.
Habitat:
Primarily in arid to desert regions, (one species in Florida). Most abundant in Africa, particularly in the Horn of Africa.
Range:
California to West Texas and as far north as North Dakota and adjacent areas of Canada.
Discussion:
Wind scorpions are predators, but they have no poison to help them catch their prey. They are very aggressive hunters, stalking and capturing prey in their arms rather than with poison. They eat insects and some smaller animals such as lizards who are many times larger than the predator. Wind scorpions live independently of each other, and only the females with young will live in a group. They are very often regarded as beneficial because they feed on insects and can keep homes insect-free. The wind scorpions’ appearance is quite fierce, yet they are perfectly harmless to man.
It’s a “Burn down the goddamn shed” spider….
What Bert said!!!!!!!
Damn, I've only ever seen those things down here in Southern AZ.
Look at him from the front, that's the scary end. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...74afdb93c8.jpg
Found it on the stairs I’m my parents place in Durango
I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by BPTactical
Ok, so it?s the ?Burn down the goddamn house to kill it? spider?.Quote:
Originally Posted by WETWRKS
There?s more of them there ya know?..
We often find Solifugids in and around our house outside Palisade. They like dark concealed places and can enter through small openings under door seals. Same with small scorpions. I recently found two 2 1/2 inch scorpions in our dining area. I kill 'em all and fortunately have never been bitten or stung.
Wasps and hornets are my real bane. Last month I got stung on the lip and chin by a wasp, and yesterday a hornet stung me 9 times before I knew what happened. The yellow-jacket and bald-faced hornets are really aggressive now.
While I have yet to find one at my home in NE Colo Spr, I recall about 19 years ago they found a wind scorpion in my building on Peterson AFB. They sent warnings out to everyone in the building about the presence of these bugs as if it were a prolific venomous spider. Made a lot of folks worried for a while.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hummer
As to Bald-faced hornets.... On September 17th my neighbor told me there was a wasp nest in the tree in my yard. I went to investigate and found this bald-faced hornet nest (hard to tell from the pic, but the thing is about the size of a volleyball). I had mowed under this spot 1 week prior and it hadn't been there. Facing the wrath of these very angry insects, I sprayed inside the nest repeatedly and saturated any of the wasps falling out (they say bald-faced hornets are actually wasps and not true hornets - but they're territorial and mean). I then clipped branches that were in the way and put a trash bag around/over the nest, then clipped the branch it was on - and saturated the inside of the bag with wasp spray). I didn't get stung even one time but karma has a way of catching up with you.
Last Saturday, the 24th of Sep (a week after finding and removing the nest), I was on my way to pick up dinner and driving with my windows open. I heard a "thwack" on the rear of the drivers door window frame then immediately felt a severe burning sensation across my left jaw and neck. It took everything I had not to lose control of my truck. A minute later I was sitting at a red light and used my mirror to check out my jawline - there was a 1/8th" stinger and venom sack on/in my jaw. I never saw the actual bug but it had to have been large and the sting hurt like hell for a few days. Karma really can be a bitch.
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Bees leave stingers & venom sacks behind when they sting, they commit subside when they sting. Wasps do not, that is why wasps and hornets can sting you multiple times.
I have left a bag of mothballs out in my driveway for months now. It was in the bed of my truck to discourage rabbits from eating the insulation off the trucks wires. I have noticed a really large reduction in the amount of insects around the front of the house lately. The other animals seem to dislike it too. Just my private observations and YMMV.
Ordinarily I agree that it was likely a bee that got me, but it was just the stinger/venom sack that exploded out of the bug and into me after colliding with my truck window frame.Quote:
Originally Posted by SideShow Bob
Due to the impact you got the wasps venom AND jizz load……Quote:
Originally Posted by theGinsue
Was pronghorn hunting down by La Junta this past weekend and I wasn't seeing any pronghorn so Saturday evening I drove down south of La Junta along 109 to see if I could find any of the tarantulas that are out this time of year.. I found a ton of them, they were everywhere and as it got dark it was hard to drive down the highway without hitting them..''
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Some random kid that was holding one..
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Being born and raised in La Junta, we used to love this time of year for tarantulas, and 109 South was where we would go.Quote:
Originally Posted by def90
My wife is from Lj and the kids learned that not all bugs are nasty after we got some tarantulas. The first time I saw a scorpion was in Lj. We get a very large wolf spider migration in Castle Rock about every 5 years. Some are large enough to hear hiss at you.
This is a fun thread.
I caught a wind scorpion at work a couple weeks ago. I let it go outside. I think they're cool bugs. My fondest memories are of shaking them out of my boots at Twenty-Nine Palms. Those things would hit the deck and you could hear Marines scream like little girls.
Tarantulas are cool too. They kind of tickle when they crawl up your arm. I don't handle wind scorpions. Although not poisonous, I heard due to the size of their jaws, they still have a painful bite, and unlike tarantulas, are much more likely to do so.
Not that I get a cut from the Travel and Tourism folks but if you are into the tarantula thing, plenty of activities to do in that area on 10/7 and 10/8. I'm sure some of you will want to travel to enter the "hairy legs contest" and the "8 legged race." Seriously - its a thing. [Flower]. I'd wager a bet that there are one or two folks on here who could probably walk away with that hairy legs contest...
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Kid found this in the garage yesterday.
I held Rosie at the butterfly pavilion. Was a really cool experience. The feel of their feet was interesting.Quote:
Originally Posted by def90
As for the spider in the original post...I let it go outside. Ended up catching g a second about 2 nights later in the same area. It too went free outside.
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On the front porch this weekend. Hidden behind some frilly red shit that my wife decorated the front porch with.
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That's racist!!![blaster]Quote:
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