Comments & ID Thoughts
In Southwestern Colorado at the time he was found on my bare leg in a rented condo. We are from the gulf coast of Florida and had just brought in from the car several boxes of Legos. I can’t say where the spider is from. Saved it just in case it had bitten me as my leg hurt where I swatted it off. Wanting to ID just in case.
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- Submitted: Jun 28, 2019
- Photographed: Jun 28, 2019
- Spider: Solifugae (Wind Scorpions or Camel Spiders)
- Location: Durango, Colorado, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal
Found crawling up my leg. Worried he had bitten me.
Well, that’s unusual! It may be a type of camel spider, I don’t know if we’ve seen this before.
I agree – it’s a camel spider (I prefer wind scorpion, as they are spider relatives, but not spiders at all). Perhaps Eremobates. If it did bite, you’re not likely in any danger: they don’t have venom glands as far as I know.