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Camel spider ... or the beast from hell!

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Feb 25, 2019 15:00 |  #1

I'm not sure if it is really a macro as this horror is about hand-sized. It is one of the camel spiders, arachnids of the order Solifugae. We met this one close to the Kruger Park. I really don't think that even his/her mother could love this one!

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Feb 26, 2019 00:14 |  #2

Lovely find and shot

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Feb 26, 2019 07:47 |  #3

Lovely capture Ed.

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Feb 26, 2019 08:11 as a reply to  @ Lester Wareham's post |  #4

Thanks Brian and Lester. To both of you ... I am not certain that lovely is the word to describe it. Very few animals give me the creeps, but this one did. And it can move like greased lightning.

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Feb 27, 2019 13:36 |  #5

not something you'd want in your sleeping bag but interesting find.

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Feb 27, 2019 15:32 |  #6

ECC233 wrote in post #18818965 (external link)
.. ... I am not certain that lovely is the word to describe it..

I was thinking the same thing as I read this thread.

An amazing sight to behold, yes!

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