Solifugae (Wind Scorpions or Camel Spiders)

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Picture of unidentified spider

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It was found in the living room.

  • Submitted by: 
    sruff
  • Submitted: Sep 12, 2023
  • Photographed: Sep 11, 2023
  • Spider: Solifugae (Wind Scorpions or Camel Spiders)
  • Location: Havre, Montana, United States
  • Spotted Indoors: Other
  • Found in web?: No
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TakeFive

Someone can correct me if I’m wrong but this looks like a Solifugae (camel spider or wind scorpion). Something I did not know until now is that they be found in North America, very nice find!

TangledWeb

Welcome Take Five! Here’s another surprise for both of us. About half of the US has Solifugues! And Canada has them too! https://bugguide.net/node/view/7570/data The link is to Solifugue sightings data on Bugguide.net. They have about 20 years of photo submissions. They only identify bugs for continental North America, but have a much broader range of arthropods. We attempt to ID spiders of the entire Earth. Please don’t worry too much about incorrect identifications, we aren’t doing this the correct scientific way, we make educated guesses. Curiosity and enthusiasm are what’s important. I’m working on learning the Moderator controls through experimentation.… Read more »

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