Camel Spider
Camel spiders live in the desert
Southwestern U.S.
Around The World
The Camel spider can be found the in United States desert. Arazona, Nevada, and California.
Chad, Egypt,Iran, Kuwait, Libya,Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, India, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are among other countries with vast desert housing the Camel spider.
The Camel Spider Is an Arachnid
Arachnids are 8 legged invertebrates
Further broken down into the Solifugae
The Nevada Camel Spider
Other Names include....
Solifuges, Solifugids, Solpugids, Wind Scorpions, Sun Spiders, and Camel Spiders.
Camel spider Diet
1.The camel spider is a carnivore that feast on centipedes, insects, small lizards, spiders and scorpions
2. Contrary to popular belief Camel spiders do not produce a venom
On the Hunt...
1.Camel spiders will either stalk and pounce on their prey from well shaded and hidden position, or run down their prey and kill it.
3. Camel spiders possess sharp teeth and strong jaws that allow them to bite onto, and then consume, their victims.
2. The camel spider uses it extremely powerful from jaws to tear and rip apart its prey while still alive.
Reproduction
The male seeks out a female, using its suctorial organ he rips the female from her retreat, males use their pedipalps to coerce the female into a frozen state, and sometimes massages her abdomen with his chelicerae while he deposits a spermatophore in the female's genital opening.
Reproduction
About 20 to 200 eggs are produced and hatch within about four weeks.
The females usually burrow under rocks and logs or burrows up to 230mm deep when laying there eggs.
Habitat
Camel spiders are solitary animals living in scraped out sand retreats, often under rocks and logs or burrows up to 230mm deep.
The spiders chelicerae are used for digging while the body bulldozes the sand out or alternately the hind legs are used to clear the sand.
Random facts
Camel spiders are nocturnal creators that seem to be solitary. Camel spiders are not known for traveling in packs or being territorial creators.
Reference
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- Meijden, A., Langer, F., Boistel, R., Vagovic, P., & Heethoff, M. (2012). Functional morphology and bite performance of raptorial chelicerae of camel spiders (Solifugae). Experimental Biology. Retrieved November 2, 2014, from http://jeb.biologists.org/content/215/19/3411.full#aff-2
-Sha, L. (n.d.). Solifugae; Overview Sun Spiders. In Encyclopedia of Life (p. 8547).
-Solifugae, wind scorpions, sun spiders, camel spiders, wind spiders. (1997, January 1). Retrieved November 2, 2014, from http://www.bumblebee.org/invertebrates/Arachnida.htm
-The Arachnid Order Solifugae. (n.d.). Retrieved November 3, 2014, from http://www.solpugid.com/site map.htm