Comments & ID Thoughts
Looked like a small fat scorpion. Only because the way it held its front legs up. It had a spider body.
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- Submitted: Aug 21, 2018
- Photographed: Aug 21, 2018
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Lake Elsinore, California, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.),Desert area
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Ok, I found it.
Sun Spider or Camel Spider by troops in Iraq
Arachnida Order Solpugida (Solifugae)
Defiantly a camel spider had one my kitchen floor
Hi. your arachnid is in the order Solifugae, called windscorpions, neither scorpion or spider.
Your little gal is one of the Eremobates species.
They are not dangerous at all, produce no venom or poison. Worst may be a hefty pinch if grabbed in the hand.
These are plentiful in the arid southwest, My sis found one in her kitchen in Washington, I had plenty in Vegas.
Those first pair of appendages are its pedipalps, long enough to make these look to have 10 legs.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/198075/bgimage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB-J8nI_y78