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We recently did a cavern tour on private property outside of Tulum Mexico. These spiders are about the size of your hand and live in the dark caves.
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- Submitted: Jul 3, 2019
- Photographed: Jul 1, 2019
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico
- Spotted Outdoors: Cave
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Photo credit to The Gypsy Nesters.
These are arachnids similar to spiders called Amblypygi. They don’t have silk or venom glands and as far as I am aware, are harmless.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amblypygi
They are also gnarly.
Totally! 🙂
Yes! That is it. Thank you. I couldn’t find it and wanted to read more about them. They sent our crew out of the caverns in a tear filled panic. Our guide told us they were harmless but they are SO creepy. Especially the way they move.
I think it might be a species of whip spider