The burrowing creature in this YouTube video is called a sun spider because of its appearance, but it actually belongs to an arachnid family called Solifugae. This sun spider looks like it can ...

a team of researchers has uncovered the mysteries surrounding camel spiders (Solifugae), by successfully establishing the first-ever comprehensive molecular tree (phylogeny) of this enigmatic ...

The camel spider is an eight-legged arachnid, but it’s not a true spider. Belonging to the order Solifugae, it sits between spiders and scorpions as a separate group within the arachnids ...

Astri Leroy, chairman of South Africa’s Spider Club, said Pedro had encountered a solifugae – a creature that’s been called both a spider and a scorpion, but in fact is neither. Article ...

A close-up of a camel spider's multifaceted mouthparts ... diggers that usually only come out at night. (The word "solifugae" is Latin for "those who flee from the sun.") During the day, they ...

A spider wrangler of sorts ... Cushing lovingly refers to the eight-legged Solifugae as the "spawn of Satan" because they are so difficult to learn about. "They are an understudied, poorly ...

the jaws of solifugae contain most of the relevant information. "The last time there was a major publication of this kind on camel spiders was in 1934, which, considering how conspicuous and ...

A BRITISH tourist stumbled upon a "half-spider, half-scorpion" while on holiday ... sharp little teeth and two beady eyes." The largest solifugae grow to around six inches, including legs.