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Solpugid
16.73, -92.93
Field Notes
Description:
"Sun Spiders" or "Camel Spiders" are usually found on the ground in hot dry environments. This one was up in the leaves of a large bush feeding on a Click Beetle. This area is hot but not particularly dry, the forest is tropical with dry-wet seasons. It is not desert and it was not on the ground. About 2 cm long. Order Solifugae, Class Arachnida. There are 12 families with more than 1000 species.
Habitat:
Found on bushes along the highway between San Cristobal de Las Casas and Tuxtla Gutierrez, Km 18.5, 1164 meters.
Notes:
See this great article by Bug Eric:
http://bugeric.blogspot.mx/2010/08/desert-demon-solifuge.html.
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedAugust 6, 2016
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