Camel Spiders
Welcome to the Camel Spider resource guide, the place to learn everything about the elusive camel spider. By coming to this website you're probably wondering "are camel spiders real?". If you asked yourself those questions, then the answer is yes, but the truth is very different from what may have heard from your friends.
Our goal is to educate and inform people about the misunderstood, solpugids otherwise known in folklore as camel spiders. Stories of camel spiders injecting people with local anaesthestics and eating portions of their flesh are far from the real truth. What people know about camel spiders in United Status is derived from what humour websites post. Those humour related websites, in turn, got their information from US servicemen who were stationed in Iraq during the Persian Gulf and during Operation Iraqi Freedom. If you want to know the real truth about camel spiders, then keep reading.
The myth of the camel spider is largely propagated in Arab countries and is not well known in western countries such as the United States. The real truth about the camel spider is that it really isn't a spider, but rather an order of non-spider arachnids called Solifugae.
Some common camel spider myths about their size, speed, behavior, appetite, and lethality will be discussed on the camel spider myths page.
For more information on the camel spider and other arachnids check out the Camel Spider Articles, Camel Spider Pictures and Camel Spider Videos.
Please select one of the many articles about camel spiders, spiders, arachnids and insects from the list below. It will teach you many things about arachnids and myths surrounding them. Take a look at the arachnid glossary if you are unfamilar with the terminology, or browse through the FAQs we often receive about both camel spiders and arachnids in general. From basic spider information to tips for treating spider bites, the following articles make for one of the most comprehensive databases of spider information available.
Most of the pictures from Camel Spiders have been taken by soldiers who are stationed in Iraq or Afghanistan. Take a close look at those camel spiders.
Observing Camel Spiders on video is probably a good way of learning their habits. Take a look at these exciting, action-packed videos featuring camel spiders.
The following text is an except from an email that engulfed the internet during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Please keep in mind thats origins and validity have not been verified. The content is merely provided as an example of the personal accounts and stories shared by some service men and women returning from military service in the Middle East.
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