Solifugae
Sign in to saveSolifugae is an order of arachnids known variously as solifuges, sun spiders, camel spiders, and wind scorpions. The order includes more than 1,000 described species in about 147 genera. Despite their common names, they differ from both order Araneae (spiders) and order Scorpiones (scorpions). Most species of solifuges live in dry climates and feed opportunistically on ground-dwelling arthropods and other small animals. The largest species grow to a length of , including legs. A number of urban legends exaggerate the size and speed of solifuges, and their potential danger to humans, which is n
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Solifugae are an order of arachnids commonly called sun spiders or camel spiders, comprising over 1,000 species that are distinct from true spiders and scorpions despite their misleading names. These creatures primarily inhabit dry climates where they hunt small ground-dwelling animals, though they are often subject to exaggerated myths about their size and threat to humans.
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17 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Anatomy
- Chelicerae
- Other appendages <span class="anchor" id="Malleolus"></span>
- Habitat and distribution
- Behavior and life history
- Diet and hunting
- Reproduction
- Diapause
- Classification and phylogeny
- Phylogeny
- Relationship with humans
- Urban legends
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Solifugae is an order of arachnids known variously as solifuges, sun spiders, camel spiders, and wind scorpions. The order includes more than 1,000 described species in about 147 genera. Despite their common names, they differ from both order Araneae (spiders) and order Scorpiones (scorpions). Most species of solifuges live in dry climates and feed opportunistically on ground-dwelling arthropods and other small animals. The largest species grow to a length of , including legs. A number of urban legends exaggerate the size and speed of solifuges, and their potential danger to humans, which is negligible.
==Etymology== The order's name is derived from the Latin sol meaning "sun" and fugere meaning "to flee". Put together, it means "those that flee from the sun". These animals have a number of common names, including sun spiders, wind scorpions, wind spiders, red romans, and camel spiders. In Afrikaans, they are known as haarskeerders ("hair shavers"), and baardskeerders ("beard shavers"), in reference to myths that they cut hair to be used as nest bedding.