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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

Camel Spiders are

Further broken down into the Solifugae

Order

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

-Larson, N. (n.d.). Solifugae (solifuges, solifugids, solpugids). Retrieved November 4, 2014, from http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/arachnids/solifugids/

- 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

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