#solifuges

[chimerarachnid]

Just a busy, little furry friend very hard at work.

[razehider]

empty threats don't bother me, but "i hope you find a lifer at half past eight in the evening with no external light source on you" is scary. it can happen. fortunately, this iberian solifuge (Gluvia dorsalis) turned out to be cuter in motion in a shitty blurry high ISO phone video than it would've been in any decent photos i couldn't have taken

(August 9th, 2025)

[snototter]

A striped feather-legged solifuge (Solpugiba lineata) in Karatu, Tanzania

by erica_onnis

[jenfoundabug]

Solifuges (aka wind scorpions, sun spiders, or camel spiders) are such an underappreciated order of arachnids. Neither spiders nor scorpions, they're notoriously difficult to study since they don't do well in captivity and they hide very well in the wild. Also they are super fast. But don't let their double bitey mouth scare you - solifuges are non venomous and pose little risk to humans.

[lychens]

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[arachnophanatic]

Not a spider! An Arachnid in the order Solifugae, also called “camel spiders.”

The “jaws” aren’t fangs like spiders would have, but rather two strong vertical toothed pincers (yikes). After finding that out, I had to go get another look at it:

NEAT

[trilobutch]

solifuges (aka sun spiders)

[hallow138]

Those are some huge pedipalps #sunspider #windscorpion #solifuges #camelspider #devilspawn #insect #nature #howmanylegs #entomology #pedipalps #beadyeyes (at Reno, Nevada) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFJEZVIh6Hl/?igshid=1s58kzzcx52f3