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Indian sun spider (aka camel spider aka wind scorpion), Rhagodima nigrocincta, Solifugae
Despite the many common names, these arachnids are neither true spiders or scorpions, but rather belong to their own order, Solifugae, aka the solifuges.
Photographed in India by harshithjv
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and Ramona Grasslands, CA — March 2026
Did you know that scorpions are fluorescent? It's true! We went on a night hike and were using a UV flashlight to hopefully find some cool desert creatures, and we did not find any regular scorpions, but we did run across this very silly little wind scorpion/camel spider instead. Look at those goofy little eyes. What a strange beafst.
Which of these arthropods is your favorite?
Isopod (literally the best)
Dragonfly (so cool)
Ghost crab (highly underrated so cute)
Butterfly (you are not much of a bug person probably)
Springtail (you are awesome)
Tarantula hawk wasp (what the heck, why?)
Mantis shrimp (the GOAT)
Regular mantis (awesome)
Orchid mantis (you like pokemon)
Most spiders (edgelord)
Tarantula (they are misunderstood)
Wind scorpion/Sun spider (😰)
My drawing of a solifugae, some of my favourite arachnids (admittedly there is not a huge range to choose from). These fellas have picked up a surprisingly large number of names.
what do you call these critters?
solifugae/solifuge
sun spiders
camel spiders
wind scorpions
roman spiders
haarskeerders
jerrymanders? (never heard someone call them this before)
other
Solifuge (Gaucha fulvipes)
Photo by paulocesarmotta
Solifugae
Camel spider (Solifugae) in Ocotillo, U.S.
Marshal Hedin
don't think ive shown them off on here yet so here u go - this is my fluffy camel spider, zeldris (my first was called meliodas)
