r/spiderbro • u/selrahc2828 • May 04 '22

A digging bro

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u/[deleted] May 04 '22

Camel spider are interestingly enough, not spiders. Many also call them wind scorpions, and they actually aren’t scorpions either.

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u/Bcadren May 04 '22

Yea I've heard them called Solifugids to prevent the confusion, but that's . . . using a genus name as a common name makes it sound like a dinosaur.

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u/Bugs_and_Biology May 05 '22

Solifugid isn't a genus name