Camel Spider
Actually, the camel spider should not be present here at venomous spiders, since its a well established fact, that it hasn't any venom. Also, even if its an arachnid it isn't a spider, since not all arachnids are spiders. The camel spider belongs to the Solifugae and is an arachnid but not a spider.
Since the camel spider is the most widely used name we will call it spider in the following text, even though we don't like calling it a wrong name. It's included here because its an exciting arachnid.
Appearance and abilities
The size of the spider is up to 12 cm / 4 inches. The strength of its chelicerae's makes it dangerous since the mechanical effect of a bite will cause a huge wound which will be subject to all kind of infections caused by bacteria. The spider is very fast and can run at the same speed as humans. Several soldier has felt that they were attacked by the spider, but this has probably not been the spiders intention, since it only attacks prey smaller than itself.
The bizarre look in conjunction with their speed of movement has made them more feared than necessary, although some caution is required for soldier in the desert as well as the local Iraqi population.
The spider produces a hissing sound when approached and has quite powerful claws, it's no wonder that people gets frightened when encountering a camel spider.
This picture of a camel spider found in a sleeping bag has been around on the internet for a long time. If you look closer there's actually 2 spiders and the photographer has made the photo in a way so the spiders looks larger than they really are.
A legend about the Camel Spider
In Arab countries it's a legend that camel spiders eats human flesh and actually are very fond of human flesh. This is only one of the myth entomologist meet when asked about the camel spider. In the section about spider bites we've added some photos of bites caused by the camel spider.
This picture is better and more to the point.
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