Spiders

[sandrewn]

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Rowdy Reader]

So this is 11 years of running spider jokes and images?  Very interesting. Is there a reason for this or just fun?  Just curious. 

[sandrewn]

 

13 minutes ago, Rowdy Reader said:

So this is 11 years of running spider jokes and images?  Very interesting. Is there a reason for this or just fun?  Just curious. 

If you go back to the very first page of entries, Zombie(16 Nov 2013) answered the very questions you are now asking.

 

take care,

[Rowdy Reader]

Of course by asking I angered the spider gods and found a huge garden spider in my shower.  If I only had my saddle I could’ve rode that sucker. 

[sandrewn]

 

 

 

I just kept scrolling and this the first spidery thing I  came across:

 

 

[dannyportwersburghuk]

Spiders are cool I love them. They trap all the bugs and are well cute.

[sandrewn]

 

Camel spider (Solifugidae)

This is the head (prosoma) of an excessively nervous and fast moving creature. It has eight legs, a spider-like body, but enormous chelicerae with vertically placed pincers (like crabs have) and just two 'compound' eyes (aggregated ocels). It is not a true spider but a solifugid (Solifugidae). Found it in broad daylight hunting on arthropods (any) in an open grassy spot in the miombo forest (Lubumbashi, DR Congo). Prey is cut to bits with the massive pincers and body parts are sucked in after being partly liquified. It's a scary creature.

 

 

(An oldie, but goldie)

 

 

[Bill W]

3 hours ago, sandrewn said:

 

Camel spider (Solifugidae)

This is the head (prosoma) of an excessively nervous and fast moving creature. It has eight legs, a spider-like body, but enormous chelicerae with vertically placed pincers (like crabs have) and just two 'compound' eyes (aggregated ocels). It is not a true spider but a solifugid (Solifugidae). Found it in broad daylight hunting on arthropods (any) in an open grassy spot in the miombo forest (Lubumbashi, DR Congo). Prey is cut to bits with the massive pincers and body parts are sucked in after being partly liquified. It's a scary creature.

Now that's one scary spider-like creature.  I wondered if they might be found in the US or other places.  The can be found in parts of California, especially the southwest of California. y They are most common where it is dry, such as a desert, but they can also be found in other places.  They are also found in Colorado's drier areas under 7,500 feet (2286 m).  Camel spiders are also found in the southwestern U.S. and Wyoming.  
https://www.dmns.org/science/zoology/research/north-american-camel-spiders/ 

Camel spiders are also found in Mexico, the Middle East, North Africa, and western Asia.  Camel spiders live on every continent except Antarctica and Australis.  

I also wondered if it ever bites human, and if it does, how bad is the damage caused by it.  I found out that they do bite humans and their bite is painful, but not deadly, although their bite is deadly to insects, rodents, lizards, and small birds. 

[Ron]

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Meanwhile in Colorado. A free to read article found in The Boston Globe.

[sandrewn]

 

 

 

still (and probably forever and ever)

 

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