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- Submitted: Oct 7, 2024
- Photographed: Oct 7, 2024
- Spider: Solifugae (Wind Scorpions or Camel Spiders)
- Location: Querétaro, Mexico
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Solifugae (Wind Scorpions or Camel Spiders)
Picture ID 201572
Aug 12, 2024
Aug 12, 2024
Peridot, 
Help identify this spider
A solifugid. An arachnid, but not spider or scorpion. Called wind scorpions, sun spiders, or camel spiders, they are quite harmless, produce no venom, In gardens and scrubland, their speed, they run down their prey, then with those powerful mouthparts, they cut their prey into manageable pieces and consume. If grabbed in the hand, they can likely give a hefty pinch.
Your little friend here is a male, most likely Eremobates genus, the most widespread in Mexico and US.
Genus Eremobates – BugGuide.Net
The website’s programming only allows for Solifugae as a category. I haven’t yet attempted to break it into lower taxons.
Solifugae on bugguide is much limited to north America. You would need an identification guide to cover all the different keys to species and there are many.
It would be a lot of work.
I would get them in my Las Vegas house around autumn. stop them with a broom, they are quick, just sweep out the door. Might become a little combative.