Description
You may have heard about Spiders called the Sun Spider or the Wind Scorpion. However, their popular name is the Camel Spider. Yet the debate continues by experts about them. Are they really Spiders or are the Scorpions? For now they will stay in this classification but future research may cause them to be moved.
One argument people make is that this Spider features 10 legs. While it may certainly look that way it isn’t so. What they do have is very long pedipalps that allow them to use the benefits of sensory persecution. They are longer than in other species of Spiders. They also do look very similar in terms of size and length to their limbs.
This particular Spider can grow from 3 to 6 inches long. They are well developed internally, more so than most other species of Spiders. This is one more reason why some don’t think it is really a Spider. They feature very large eyes and the males are extremely small in size compared to the females. Many people think they are seeing young ones when they are actually viewing fully mature male Camel Spiders.
You will find them in a range of colors from tan to dark brown. They have a tendency to really blend in nicely with their surroundings. That is what will have a huge influence on the coloration that they display. They often have black on the tips of the limbs as well as under the abdomen.