Monday, October 20, 2008

Sun Spider--Solpugid--Wind scorpion


Another interesting insect has visited our home. When we began our treatments for scorpion control we were informed that there was a spider that consumed scorpions, the sun spider. Unfortunately the spray for the scorpions would also terminate the spiders as well. I have not read online that they consume scorpions. Ozzie discovered this spider last night near a paper sack. We quickly covered it with glass. Eager to identify it I went to the computer and sure enough it was the sun spider. "Not a true spider nor a scorpion, though it is also called a wind scorpion, but an arachnid (8 legs) called a solpugid."--http://azgronseth.blogspot.com/2008/09/sun-spider.html

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