#rhagodima

[herpsandbirds]

Black-ringed Camel Spider or Black-ringed Sun Spider (Rhagodima nigrocincta), family Rhagodidae, Karnataka, India

These creatures are nor spiders, but are in another order of arachnids, Solfugae.

The creatures in this order are referred to as: sun spiders, camel spiders, wind scorpions, and solfuges.

They are not venomous, but have sharp tearing chalicerae.

photographs by harshitjtv

[snototter]

A solifuge of the genus Rhagodima in Tamil Nadu, India

by deepakdeshpande