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Solifugae (Wind Scorpions or Camel Spiders)

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Picture of unidentified spider

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Is it even a spider (scorpion-like)?

  • Submitted by: 
    LaB
  • Submitted: Jun 2, 2019
  • Photographed: May 25, 2019
  • Spider: Solifugae (Wind Scorpions or Camel Spiders)
  • Location: Votsalakia (Kampos), Greece
  • Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.),Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
  • Found in web?: No
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LaB

Found: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solifugae

Solifugae is an order of animals in the class Arachnida known variously as camel spiders, wind scorpions, sun spiders, or solifuges.

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LaB

Solifugae is an order of animals in the class Arachnida known variously as camel spiders, wind scorpions, sun spiders, or solifuges.

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LaB

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solifugae

Found it myself. :’)

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Ex-arachnophobe

You are right, this is not a spider. It’s a non-venomous relative, a solfugid. They are usually called wind scorpions or camel spiders.

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LaB

Thanks! In the meantime I found the answer myself also. But replies here seem te vanish…

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ItsyBitsy

I found them in the spam filter. I don’t know why. Only guess is being new and sharing links.

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LaB

Thanks anyway!

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