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Short article with four images from the Biodiversity Explorer.
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Solifugae This group of arachnids has various common names most of which suggest that they are spiders, which they are not. The only similarity they share with spiders is the fact that they have eight legs. Solifugids have no venom glands...Jonathan Leeming's article about sunspiders (Solpugidae).
http://home.global.co.za/~quagga/solpugid.htm
Images and discussion of associated myths.
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Urban Legends Reference Pages: Photo Gallery (Camel Spiders) Photograph shows camel spiders found in Iraq. Status: Real picture; inaccurate description. Example Collected on the Internet, 2004] From someone stationed in Baghdad. He was recently bitten by a camel spider which was hiding in his sleeping bag. I thought...Information and illustration from the Emirates Natural History Group.
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Solifugae (Camel Spider) There is a large number of arachnid species in UAE but perhaps none has more respect in the popular imagination as the solifugae, or camel spider. There is an excellent example (under glass) in the Group's Workroom. These creatures are...Information articles concerning the solpugid known as the camel spider also other arachnids.
http://www.camel-spiders.net