Camel Spider
Camel Spider
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OMG!!!!!!! camel spiders are sooo darn gross looking, but yet soo cool i wanna see one but i don’t want to touch one!!!!!
hey does any body know any good sell lines for camel spiders or if you can keep them as pets
dude those camel spider are freakin awesome man i wouldn’t want one as a pet but they are pretty cool
Hello i am hear to tell you the facts of camel spiders for they live in my village just south of bagdad they can run from 10 to 14mpg they can get from 8 to 15inches in diameter I have treated many people who have been mauled and attacked by camel spiders and they can eat the fatty corpusle of your skin they do not eat underneath the skin(most of the time) and there are a spider not to be trifled with they get there names for eating the stomachs of camels not while they live!! but after they die they crawl inside and lay there eggs so when the babies are born they can eat the inside of the camel I have seen american soldiers fight them against scorpians and only afew times have I seen the camel spider win if you are attacked by a camel knock it off or yell yell only if it completely paralyzed you I have had a patient who was attacked by three of them and they jumped on his chest bit him and he had to scream for a little vige boy came with a broom and knocked the spider off his parylyzed bodie. thankyou for your time and remember be careful around camel spiders dont try to catch them alone and its stupid to fight them against other creatures.
i also doing a report on camel spiders and im terrified of spiders, but those things are soooo wicked man
Are they venomous ?
Can they spin a webs like REAL spidres ?
I’m in the guard and these spiders freak me out my brother told me about these things hes in the core
I’m doing research on the camel spider and this page really helped a lot! I got some very good information, so thanks!
Wow camel spider’s are crazy! Why would you want one as
a pet?
Me and my father were feeding my snake and we saw a camel spider we were freaked out cause we didn’t know what it was we thought we found a new species or somthing
my older brother was in iraq and a camel spider went for him so he squished it
Um yea, I’m a PFC in the U.S. Army and these camel spider things are just a fake myth made up to make Iraq seem like a even more dreadful place then it is. Yea it’s true that you can see marines and soldiers having fights with camel spiders and scorpions on youtube, and in all truth, camel spiders are a little bit smaller than your hand. In all truth their not even a spider and you are more likely to be hit by an I.E.D. than you are to be bit by one of these suckers; in fact I do not know anyone who has ever heard of a camel spider biting.
I completely agree with the writer. The first time I saw a camel spider was when I was 10 years old. They can move as fast as I run back then. Unlike public belief they are not nasty killer spiders, as a matter of fact I used to play the shadow game with them when I was a kid.
I heard they feed on scorpion but never saw one do it. However, in the north western Iraqi desert both animals are known to be abundant.
Used to catch these when I lived in Turkey. One bit my mother on the toe when it was hiding in the couch. It makes 4 rather large holes but it is cool to watch it eat things. Wicked nasty bug!!
I think the reason why people get huge wounds from the bites is possibly because the spider’s fangs are dirty.It eats insects and they all carry some kind of parasites.
i think i would injoy having one of these because they are interesting.Some of them look so nasty.I dont believe that they do have 10 legs
Man I’m not usally scared of spiders but since reciving the email and pics of the two Camel spiders from a family member (the bottom spider is eating the top one) Even though I worked out that it was a trick to make them appear bigger I’m still scared, my email also said that they inject novocaine and may gnaw at you all night, along with chase your shadow screaming, run at 15mph and can jump 1metre. It’s enough to make me think twice about signing up with the Australian Army. True or not, I most surely wouldn’t want 1as a pet.
I dont know much about spiders but I am deadly afraid of them!!!
while hangin out with my friend Fawn I saw a camel spider, we were cutting roots with scissors and the spider was hiding in the corner next to me! I didnt see it and reached over to grab some more roots then before I could see it Fawn grabbed me and pulled me back, at first I though it was a scorpion then I realized it wasnt we ran inside to get my mom and her boyfriend Fred.
He told us it was a brown spider common in Yuma,Az where we live he stepped on it and we thought nothing of it, but today when I got on the computer and looked it up I reallized it was a Camel Spider! My mom was fretting when we found about if it was a camel spider but Fred said no they werent found here. The couldent see the spider well from where they were standing so they didnt know what it really looked like.
Please Help! Should we be worried about more? I know im not a genius when it comes to spiders but I am sure it was a camel spider!
How did it get here???
please if you know email grizzlygirl89@yahoo.com!
Your help is apprecieated!
camal spiders arent poisenes they only eat flesh
god i hate camel siders they make me so scaredL(
its ugly!!!
ok id think twice before geting camle sp[ider its extreamly dangerous so yeah you could wind up hurt ask anyone whos lived in bagdad some of our U.S. trops found them in there sleepingbags they are very dangerous so please think twice
yeah think twice or else
i have alot of diff. spiders and my largest is bird eater about 12” wide eats sm.rats every 3 mnths.i would love to have a camel spider so if anyone knows of any way i can get one i would like to have one.thanks
U guys y would u want a spider that size anyway?
Living in Australia and having 8 out of the top ten deadly snakes and 4 of the deadliest spiders in the world, it’s amusing what people will say and believe to get a reaction – a little like the old “chinese whispers” game……..
that is the biggest spider i have ever seen wow!
Don’t camel spiders only bite for defense? If you tied them up for atleast an hour and then let them go would they bite you? If you did nothing would they still bite you? The reason why I asked that question is because I had a nightmare that there was a camel spider in my house and it was chasing me and I got on a chair and it came on the table and rapped it’s leg around me and almost bit me, but I flung it off before it could bite me. Don’t camel spiders only live in Iraq? If they do I feel bad for Barack Obama because he’s going to go to Iraq and I feel so bad for him.
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Camel Spiders not dangerous???
If I saw one of those guys come flying at me, I’d drown I HATE spiders! I HATE anything that looks like a spider. When I lived on a farm many years ago, a giant huntsman spider blocked the exit from my room and I couldn’t bring myself to duck under it… so I reached into the cupboard, pulled out my 4-10 baby shotgun and blew the thing away… It also killed 2 walls, a ceiling and some iron roofing – but that learned it.
thats so awsome dude amazing late
man i have read up on these things omg i will totally freak if i see one. ok thanks for the info
they are so cool my bro went to iraq and ha s a photo of him holding a dead one
If you want a camel spider as a pet you are not to smart and I have no sympathy if you get bitten so don’t come crying about it later. Camel Spiders are NOT your friends, they are not like a puppy and will not differentiate you from it’s food. So be careful in the middle of the night because it’s numbing and you won’t know that it’s been chewing on you all night until you wake up and find skin and tissue missing. If you want a cuddly pet get a dog or a cat instead of being an idiot. Military personal wouldn’t be afraid of them for nothing. By the way this is coming from a woman who is in the military, please take my word for it!
I live in the Black Forest area of Colorado Springs, Colorado. My wife uncovered a Camel Spider in our garage the other day. I did not realize what it was and never seen one before. I thought it was a spider. I did not kill it because I am a big spider fan. Should I have killed it? I know that they are being listed as an invasive species. Where would be the best places to look for these critters? I want to know what are they doing to the eco systems? What do they eat, where do they nest etc….Thanx for your help!
Unfortunately camel spiders cant be sent in the mail from iraq or anywhere here in the middle east. Customs would go berserk on you for even trying to send one. Ive been here 5 months already and havent seen one. As for using them for target practice thats really unlikely. Rules of Engagement are really strict here and if you shot one or missed for practice and it killed someone else youd be in a world of hurt. Plus the military is really strict on usage of rounds and all that. I have to count my rounds after every convoy I go on. Sorry I didnt have much info on camel spiders but I wanted to dispel a little bit about what we as soldiers do here in Iraq and the middle east as a whole.
People are freaking out about these things if you look at it on youtube.I would want one to look at but I’d freak out if it were alive.:D
k. so you guy’s want camal spiders, big deal! they’re just solifugae. there’s nothing cool other then they’ll chase your shadow for shelter and can run fast.
camal spiders aren’t spiders! they’re of the same family as spiders and scorpions, but are neither. they have their own little group in the arachnid familly. they have their own name as stated above in my blog(solifgae). camal spiders are hard to take care of and need room to move or they’ll go crazy.
I have known three people that were bitten and died… never play with these creatures… I kill them every time I see them… they are called “Matavenados” (Deerkillers) in spanish… never leave them alive…!!!
Are there any recipies calling for Camel-Spiders?
We have quite a few of these in Southeastern Arizona. Sure they run fast, but never at people. Never heard of a dog or cat bitten by one much less a human.
I am in the Army, and i will be sent to Iraq soon. This information is helpful.
hi those camel spidere are crazy to why would you wanted one as a pet?
Medy #49,
I’m currently in Afghanistan and see camel spiders all the time. They aren’t poisonous, a little aggressive when they feel threatened, but practically harmless. The substance tha dissolves flesh is actually called hemotoxin and contains enzymes that dissolve tissue. Rattlesnakes and certain species of spider, like the brown recluse, carry this venom. The camel spider does not.
I live in West Texas ( Big Bend) area and yes, they are here! The largest I’ve seen here is about 4″ long. They really are disgusting!! We have to worry about everything from a rattlesnake to scorpions, centipedes, (which my neighbor just found in her backyard this evening) all the way to camel spiders. We see Camel Spiders just about every day..anyone interested (seriously interested) my husband can find out the details of shipping these critters and possibly get them to you…I’ll check this again soon to see if n e one’s interested.
-Loree
I have a pet camel spider. 3rd one I have found in about a month at my house in Fernley, NV. First one was very small. A wolf spider ended up eating it. The second one I still have. About an inch long. The third one, one of my huskies stepped on on my front patio.
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Wow those spiders look and sound fun to shoot at but they look creepy and i dont know why any one would like on of these for a pet just imagine it escaped and left your house to make a nest a lay eggs. Then they will over populate your area and then start to spreed to diffrent areas that will suck really bad.
the camel spider looks more like a scorpion
If it annoys you, when a sun spider follows your shade, don’t try to get rid of it by passing a group of rocks, hoping it trades shades.
Chances are a whole bunch of them is hiding underneath those rocks, waiting for the next bus.
Best thing to do is briefly socialize with one of your mates, preferably a chubby one.
camel spiders ewww
we caught a camel spider n flashbanged it, it went crazy man
hey geuss what for all u people who want a camel spider i caught one in rio rancho,new mexico about the size of a fifty cent piece this little thing is creepy lookin hahaha
Hey Guys!!!!!!!!!! Do nto be fooled because there are Camel Spiders int the USA in North Carolina…My son found one about 12 years ago. They have either migrated to the USa or come in a shipment from overseas. They do like the shade and I am glad he did not get bit!
I own a pet camel spider he is ugly! But for some reason he does not bite me! I put him on my hand all the time and he acts so sweet!
He just crawls around my hands and he dosent even run! Hes a real cutie i named him Critter.
i just found a dead one in my slipper earlier, and i was just bitten about ten minutes ago by a 2 1/2 inch one that was hiding in the bag i use for chainmail rings, that really stung, they arent just in the southwest, they reach up to way north colorado
well we just founf a camel spider in our house. we live in sw idaho. it was in the kitchen. my son went in the kitchen and the next thing you know he comes running out and said a spider just tried to attack him. he said the spider jumped about 12 to 18 inces off the floor and came at him. we captured the spider and resurched the net and discovered it to be a camel spider. not sure what we will do with it yet.
Hey all! Camel spiders aren’t that hard to find. I live in Wyoming and found one in my bedroom the other night. I have been keeping it in a jar and feeding it other spiders and bugs that infest my house. Its pretty handy. They do have huge beak-like pinchers and its pretty sweet to watch them eat! No one should be scared of them. They are harmless!
Alright… So not to be the one that rains on everybodies parade here.. But I am slightly concerned about the kids on here who claim to want a wind scorpion as a pet.. It’s not the pet that worries me.. Not even the children/people asking for one… It’s more the people who are offering to send you one. The names and stories they tell sound a little funny… I have a really bad feeling about a few of them… They sound “suspicios”. I have had a bad experience, personally, with online predators… I would just suggest that these kids be very VERY cautious as to who they are chatting with in attempt to obtain a camel spider. In order for them to send you one.. expecially a LIVE one.. It is nearly impossible.
I do not know any postal service worker who would in their right mind after hearing all the stories whether they be true or false.. Or even one who has no idea what type of spider it is… They would not willingly deliver… And in the case that they have no idea what they are delivering.. There would be no way for the arachnid to breathe… Not would they really take into consideration the “fragile” sticker on the package unless it were specifically delivered as a living thing. Your best bet in getting one of these creatures is to NOT give out an address to anyone over the internet.. Including websites.. And to discuss how to get one from someone in the military that you know on a personal level.. If you have no direct friends/family members in the military.. I’m sure you can find SOMEONE who does.. Why would anyone seriously send you a camel spider? It would be dead before you receive it.. Or lost in the post office and I’m sure someone will get blamed for endangerment… They are already in the U.S… wait for vacation and suggest one of their current more local habitats.
I can only imagine the only way one of these would be able to survive a journy by mail would be already dead… Or as an egg… But if any of you do decide to give out your address to a stranger over the internet.. Good luck with getting your spider, and I hope fate guides you in a positive direction…
camel spiders are so ugly..!
can they seriusly get really really big..?
i hate that people have to stay around something like that
in iraq..! so i really hate them..! they are huge and the bites look really painful..!
I found a camel spider. I am going to keep it. But i dont know what to feed it. but my brother and I put a cocaroach in the cage and after a couple of days i look and the roach which had died and the butt was torn off of it and it was empty inside. But i dont know if it had just rotted away or the spider did that because I cant find anywhere that is says they eat cocaroaches. If anyone sees this comment and knows the answer please email me at jtlmonkeyboy @ gmail.com Thank you
so they dont have poison because i have seen them in my house at night and i saw 3 tonight, should i do something?
i think these creatures are very prehistoric looking. here in california (and not in the desert) we have what are called “potato bugs”. not the little black bugs that roll up when you touch them. no, these potato bugs are almost the same thing as the camel spider. only smaller. but seem to be just as mean.
i catch the potato bugs here and put them in jars and feed other bugs to them. it’s like national geographic right here in my own house. as for the camel spider and the potato bugs (and anything like them), i do not think everything evolved from the prehistoric times. like aligators i think some things just stayed.
Found one in my home in Las Vegas. The Iraqi invasion has begun!
I found a camel spider where I work and if anyone is interested in buying it email me at vestrada1026@yahoo. com.
I have a spider , but don’t know what kind?
It is brown , and a creamy white . It is also a femal and it is
pregnet . it is also so small . Exapt the but .
but spiders are gross so gross . I need to find
out what kind it is .
kallie
I hear a camel spider on a stick is gooood eat’s too!
well im in the army stationed at ft bliss and it just so happens that last night my wife got scared while capturing a camel spider wow now in elpaso wondering if they are native to this area
hiii
well i just have to say this….i think spiders are kwl but only when thay are not on me….thats a different story
i have been bite by a spider 4 times but not by a camel spider i would be lucky lol
na i was bite by a black widow :O
it was nasty neally died
andway cnt spell the other spiders name lmao to hard
yh but when ppl say aww i love spiders good on ya but u still dnt know how it feels being bite by one it will change ya life
bye lizzy
XxX
I caught this camel spider following me last night while I was on guard patrol in Tucson Arizona, it was about 4 inches long! I have attached a picture below:
Good god thats a big spider. Those types are the exact reason why I’m not going to Iraq. God bless America, which is where I’m staying
I am interested in having one of these as a pet. I have a Vietnamese Centipede and a Goliath Bird Eater tarantula, and I’m looking for something a bit meaner. If anyone in Iraq is willing to send me a live Camel Spider, I’d really appreciate that. I’ll pay for it + S&H if needed. I’ll check this page often for replies
Or if anyone can, please e-mail me @ vietslikz at sbcglobal.net Thank you.
I am a little confused with the camel spider information. The stories say that the spiders have a soothing numbing agent that they inject into its victims so that no pain will be felt when they start to eat your flesh, tissue etc… Is that true? Do they have a numbing agent?
Also obviously any spider bite should be treated or it could get worse, but how often do these spiders bite a human and its deadly? Is it capable for them to bring down a beast like a camel or a horse?
Thanks so much for your information and help!
I live in Joshua Tree California, and we’ve been finding these things in our house like crazy. First we’d just see little tiny ones, but now we’re finding some that have bodies fatter than my pinky.
We currently have 2 in a cage with 2 scorpions and a cricket! I guess we’ll have to wait and see who’s still alive in the morning. These things scare the crap out of me but my husband is fascinated with them and just keeps putting them in jars! Ha!
They might not get as big out here as they get in Iraq but they’re big enough to give you the creeps when you turn around and it’s just staring at you with its big pinchers!! Ew!
Hi All,
I am insects collector from Pakistan, during my collection trip in May I collected many camel spiders, any researchers want these just let me know.
I wouldnt want one as a pet, but i wouldnt mind seeing one up close. God bless our troops!!!
I would be willing to waste a lot of expensive ammo shooting at a camel spider chasing me.
I don’t think they would survive well being kept as a pet. They live in the desert and hot areas for a reason. Plus you would have to feed it a lot.
Also, if they get out… I would be full auto shooting in the house, then drop a grenade and cart wheel out of the house just as it explodes to destroy any eggs it may have laid.
Well, my husband, a Marine who has done 3 tours to Iraq, says that they are not quite as big as in the famous picture, but almost!!
The ones in northern Iraq are relatively small compared to the ones in southern Iraq, which can be nearly as big as shown. He estimates the speed at about 10 mph, not 25 or 30 as often said.
He has many pictures of them, on floors and walls with people visible in the pictures. No tricks of perception were used and they were huge! No one he knows was bitten, but many were “chased” and the spiders often crawled over them all while they slept – he would often be woken up by the sensation of one scuttling across his feet or arm.
Unfortunately, because of the high number of Middle East deployments in the past five years, our base is crawling with them, because they hitch rides over in packs, equipment, and vehicles. I have seen two this week alone, one in the sand and one actually inside my work.
Although large for a spider (and we see plenty of tarantulas out here too, so I am used to large spiders!!), neither was as large as some of the pictures. But then, they may have been babies for all I know!!
Hi Folks
I’m one of the unlucky people who have been bitten by one of these spiders.
It was in Afghanistan last year April 07 while i was working at the airport in Kabul. I didn’t know it had bitten me until I felt some pain in my right leg behind the knee. On investigation i found that i had been bitten 9 times.
The Doctor gave me intravenous injections twice a day for seven days to kill the infection. As i was clearing land mines at the time i suppose its part of the job.
I’m now working in the nLebanon and have seen Camel Spiders here on two occasions. I have been left with some reasonable scars on my leg as a result of my meeting. I was wearing long pants at the time so it must have run up my leg while i was standing still.
Keep safe
Mark
When my son was in Iraq they used to dig holes in the ground, throw in a camel spider and a scorpion to fight to the death the spider usually won even when it was 2 on 1
we have a lot of them in our compound in Chad. And almost all of them were killed by us. So, yes, they are fast, but not fast enough for our feet.
I even found one of them in my bed, but happily enough before I went in myself. So after elimination the bed was all mine again.
Please people, this are just rapid moving, scary looking animals. But they aren’t more than that.
Hi my name is SPC Ace and I am currently out in the Laghram providence in Afghanistan. I must say this site really opened my eyes on the camel spider. I currently have one in a aquarium in my room at the barracks. He eats a lot and I am so glad that there is an abundant supply of Ants and other bugs to feed him.
comment #13, you’re a bit touched! Reread your post. What a genius.
I am a Marine out in Iraq for my 3rd time. I have a camel spider as a pet “ButterCup” When I found her she was not screaming for my blood I have held her in my hands with mech gloves and even let her walk on the back of my bare hands. She even loves to eat lizards, Beatles and everyone in my unit comes to check her out every time.
bob,
I WANT ONE!!!!!!!!!
OK Medy, didn’t you read the information about the camel spider here? they are not venomous and they can’t do all that gaping hole stuff so take time and read it again!
Anyone that is bored and lives in the so cal area these spiders can be found all over the river beds in whittier
I used to find them at least once a month about the size of a Susan B Anthony dollar
they do look cudly!
I live in a small town called Hanford, Ca. We see these things all the time. They are only about an inch or two when we see them. They really scare us every time we spot them! I just want people to know that they are not only on the other side of the world or just in the desserts.
so i think all of you who like these spiders are really crazy! You might think that there cute and cuddly but there really not. Blah, they’re gross I hate them
What is your problem…why would anyone think that those things are cool or cuddly i cant even look at them or anything like them
yeah they are pretty cool but the myths surrounding them are overrated. if you look in the photo posted the TWO camel spidders that are being held up are only about as big as his sleeve and they contain no poison. they are still extremely aggressive and can travel pretty fast 10 mph average. and yes you can have them as pets- i dunno about you yanks but over here in the UK you can order them online for as little as ?17 or roughly $40 in your terms. but think wisely before getting one of these as a pet although not poisonous their mandibles are treacherous and can even bite through wire mesh. you must get a tamper proof plastic tank and make it impenetrable. due to there aggressive nature and speed and instinct to seek out shade if they get loose you will be screwed! it unlikely that it will attack you but it may attack smaller pets and will be very hard to find so if you are interested in keeping one it is best you either have some experience with previous aggressive arachnids or do your homework and learn as much as possible. if you treat it with respect it will treat you with…..
it wont get the chance to bit you!
This is the biggest spider I have ever seen since 8 legget freaks. My uncle is in the army and I asked him about these spider and he told me they wher not a threat to the crew.
if any one can give me better info about these please email me a bugtupper @ msn.com
These spiders are amazing lol! I wouldn’t like to come across one tho
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I am just glad they don’t live in England
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yo Tarantula3453, if u have 19 Camel Spiders then do you want to sell one to me? is u do then email me @ hmong_GT_S @ yahoo.com thanks.
ah, now I am scared!
hey, ya i got kind of curious about camel spiders so i thought id find out a little more, and they’re amazing!!!we don’t have them were i live but i wish we did! its the only spider i think i can really tolerate…lol..but these things are awesome and if you are one of the lucky ones that get to hang out with these things then go play!!…lol…
I Have 19 Camel Spiders
These things look so cool i wish i could have one but i already know if i were to get one my parents would kill me. But those who think these camel spiders are creepy looking, you have to admit that they also look so cool.
LOL
BoBbY jOe WaS HeRe AnD tHeSe ThInGs ArE aWeSoMe!!!
Well for starters I’m not arachnophobic but I don’t like spiders or centipedes or any other crawly leggy spider like creatures I live in Cali and there’s almost always a black widow hiding in a dark spot or a wolf spider near me I’ve been bitten in my sleep a lot,but these camel spiders are so fascinating that I actually want one! It’s crazy but those things are awesome. I’d name it…..Saddam.
can camel spiders be poisonous.
I just can’t believe my eyes! I’m scared!
I think these camel spiders look COOL!
Just to let you all know…. there is a motion picture that is being made about camelspiders with a twist to it. Yes it takes place somewhere in the desserts of Iraq, and it deals with soldiers fighting against them in a horrific way . It might just work, because these things are based on real events.
you need to put camel spider bites on this site so we can see them
man these spiders are so freaking cool send me one
I really want a camel spider. If anyone can send me one or iknow where i can buy one email me.
camel spiders are disgusting i went to iraq in 05 and seen a couple but they were no bigger than 3 inches i nmaybe goin back soon and im dreading it.
I have a camel spider in my house, its pretty intense it steals all my food
I live in South Africa in the area known as the Little Karoo. We have a species of Camel Spider around here too. It has been said by this one culture, that the spider looks for hair at night to make it’s nest. It uses its mandibles to get the hair out from the root; as a result of this; one is left with a hairless spot, which never grows back again. We haven’t actually seen any cases of this type of thing happening. At night those people sleep with stockings on their heads, as to prevent this from happening.
There was one evening a couple of years ago, when the lounge door was left open and this Camel Spider ran in. It had a huge thorax. It was pretty fast and you could hear it running on the linoleum flooring; if you had to tap long fingernails on linoleum flooring, that would be exactly what it sounded like. It had been squashed with a broom. It’s blood was a very egg yolk-like yellow.
Those camel spiders are awesome =} dangerous i will love to have one as a pet!
i think they are very cool. i want one as a pet. i was wondering if anyone has one or can get one for me. thanks.
My best friend and i caught one and thought it would be cool to keep under his bed for his mom to find. The next day i came over and found it feasting on his leg. he woke up and passed out instantly the moment he saw his leg. He went to the doctor and it got carved up pretty bad. Now he’s got a big patch on his leg. Think twice before you get one of these as a pet. If you insist on having a camel spider, make sure it is IMPOSSIBLE for it to get out!
I have two of them,,,their verry expensive to purchase and to keep,,the truth is that their verry boring insects,,a tarantula is much more entertaining,,plus the camel spider is to afraid of you,,my tarantula is so cute,,i have so much fun with it,,,i think it likes me,i only think,,,because i sat on it for 20 seconds and it didnt do anithing,it just waited for me to get up!!well i only wey like 72 kg,, a car ran over one and it was fine,it just sank a bit in the sand!! anywheu the camel spider is verry dumb,just stupid,,it looks col,but a hairy tarantula is much mote fun!
As kids we caught these things in the semi-desert near Kuruman in the Nothern Cape Province, They are not as big as the myth and none of us ever got bitten. We would put them in a can and when we got two together we would shove them into a face off. Invariably the bigger one would kill the smaller one, but would not last a fight with another one.
I Thought they were about 3ft long but after reading this website i found out that they are only about 6in long and i would find it hard to try to battle them w/ a sorwd but it would be sweet to watch them fight each other.
holy smokes! if i had seen one of those spiders eye to eye i’d be terrified three weeks from sunday!!!!
camel spiders arnt spiders looks like a spider and a scorpion together they are called spogulids. names can be misleading such as a sea spider isnt a spider its an ancient group of arthopods from the cambrian period
I hate spiders and everything about them, but the more I look at the bites and the spiders doing this, the more interested I get about them. Its sad to see the pain people are in from these bites, but those pictures just goes to show you, you need medical help if you think you need it. Dont wait until its too late
I believe I’ve seen one of these spiders camping in Orland, CA., on July of 2005. Could be wrong, but the descriptions remind of it and those who’ve seen them in the U.S. make the odds pretty possible.
I’ve done my share of time in the sandbox (Central Iraq, near Tikrit) and just like everyone else on this page that has been there, I too have to say that a lot of the stories people spread are false.
They do grow to about 6 or 7 inches (the biggest one anyone in my unit caught was 7 inches), and they do move slightly faster than most spiders (10 MPH is pretty accurate). But the jumping, unprovoked attacks, poison, and all that other garbage is all myth. One thing that scares a lot of troops is the fact that they WILL follow you around during the day, but not to attack. Quite the opposite, really. They are actually trying to stay in your shadow and enjoy the shade you are providing, and are actually rather grateful. They are mainly nocturnal, and are not accustomed to the heat and sunlight of the daytime.
Now, the stories of “Camel Spider Battles” are true. Those I’ve seen take place. Usually troops will try to find the largest ones possible, attempt to keep it fed and battle-ready, and pit them against each other, as well as against lizards, mice, and other small wildlife. Usually a large box or even a garbage can lid can be used as an arena, and I’ve seen many Sunday afternoon battles take place.
As far as bites go, I have been bitten once (I accidentally grabbed an unsuspecting arachnid that was hidden behind a box) and it was a little painful, but nothing excruciating. Unfortunately, I didn’t take a picture of the wound, but they tend to be slightly jagged, and heal fairly quickly if treated immediately.
I would like to know how much someone would pay for a camel spider? I see them around my home all the time. I would sell your readers a camel spider.
12/14/07 at 8:15 PM
I’ve heard a lot about these camel spiders i think they are pretty cool! Whenever somone would tell me more about them i thought that was cool how big they were. One kid in school told me that they were 6ft in length and a sub that i had in school today said he told our class that they were 4ft in body length and 5ft in leg length. I didn’t really believe that though so i went to google.com and looked up Camel spiders an i heard all of your comments and you who have went to Iraq i believe you mostly if you are telling the truth?
One time when i was at my grandparents house at the state border when he walks to his mail box he crosses the border. But anyway i was around his dried up ditch because he didn’t have it running for a few days and i was flipping rocks to see what was under then and it was the first one i flipped and there was a 2″ scorpion, ant, and spider looking thing. I ran and looked for an empty jar and i found a hug kind of pickle jar so i said it works then ran back where the spider was under the fliped rock.
I bet it was looking for shade and it was still there it was all skrunched up and i just picked it up like how people pick up taranchulas. And never went on the web to find out until now and i still have it and i found it about in the year 2003 now it is about 4 and a half inches long i hold it and every thing. I feed it crickets and other bugs its size that wouldn’t hurt or kill it i made it a big forest kind of place for it in a big fish tank.
When it is hungry it goes to the highest point it can and tries to climb. I put a cricket and i either toss it in the cage and it jumps just like a jumping spider and wraps around it and bites it to death. or i hold the cricket in between my thumb and pointer finger.Then it would jump and do the same thing but it would fall but it doesn’t care. but that is my true story it hasn’t had any babies yet i wonder why.
If any one would like to tell me more PLEASE do!!!
Thanks!
That Camel Spider is soooo nasty!!!
i think you people are crazy if you want a camel spider for a nasty freaky looking pet. I hope all the soldiers kill them if they see one……. i would
~ i wouldn’t even take a picture of it…
Medy it actually injects you with something that makes you numb and you wouldn’t even feel it. Imagine that you are sleeping in a tent and you wake up with some body part missing… that is soo sick!
After it bites you you wouldn’t feel it feeding on you….. scary to even think about it.
I live in Alaska, and i don’t really think there are any camel spiders around here because it get pretty cold in the winter… but then again i hope there are none….
Sometimes my cousin would go outside and smoke and there would be spider webs above the window and a spider is near by somewhere and it would be dark outside and moths flying around near the light, he would catch one and throw it on the web and watch the spider bite it or what ever it is doing. then it would role it up and put it off to the side and go back and fix its web…. he would keep catching moths and throwing it in the web….I’ve seen him do that a couple of times and it was soo nasty! he would take pictures of it roling the moth up, but then his wife would delete them…. that was almost a year ago so i don’t know if he still feeds his little friends….well he called them his friends…
Well thats it to it.
i think spiders r not that scary but i hate the little ugly fuzzy things but camel spiders i just got out of iraq and they aint all that bad well when u have a gun anyway but other than that they try to eat just about everything
DUUDE, i want/need one of these camel spiders, it would make an awesome pet to have just roaming in my house, i also think it would be funny to watch it mess with my cats!!! (jk on the cat thing) let me know if they start selling them
I think they’re kind of cute. But of course I wouldn’t sleep with one!!
the camel spider is so awesome i would love to have one to scare my self!
These spiders are REALLY CREEPY-LOOKING! who in their right mind would want a pet that could bite you and suck your muscle liquid? your kids? spouse? medy has the right idea; scream bloody murder and call the nearest exterminator!! By the way, Camel Spiders don’t live in Florida, do they?
yeah cool till it breaks out of the cage and bites your face off
As mentioned in the article, this is not actually technically a spider. It is an arachnid, like spiders and scorpions, but it is NOT a spider! Note the ten legs and the pair of distinctly large chelicerae (the pudgy things that look like mini-legs between their front legs). Spiders have eight legs and (generally) smaller chelicerae.
Also, they do not create a numbing anything! Nor will they eat your face. They won’t even try to attack you unless they feel you’re encroaching upon their territory or doing something equally perceived as threatening. With how odd this creature looks, it’s sometimes tempting to listen to myths. But the camel spider is just getting some bad press. Check into things before making such wild claims. The closest thing to anything these myths have claimed is a study done in India that said that ONE subspecies had venom causing paralysis in 7 of 10 lizards they test-injected, but that test has never been replicated, ergo it’s unreliable.
I lived in Colorado and found Camel Spiders there (Colorado Springs). From what I was told they came back in serviceman’s hold baggage from the middle east. The ones I found were only about an inch in length.
When I was in Desert Storm they were all over the screen of our GP med. Some one caught one and it was about 3in long.
I thought I was the only one that had seen that spider. I thought it was from outer space and I tried to explain the thing to friends but they couldn’t imagine. I wondered for years what that thing was and now I know it was a camel spider. I was in valley center, CA. when I found it.
camel spider are the radest spider on earth the are all most the biggest spider on earth
I was just looking up spiders and I saw the camel spider and I flipped out!
Hi Raegan, you are right about the camel spider, they are pretty cool and I would like to know if they actually have 10 legs as well.
That’s cool. I wouldn’t want one though. It just doesn’t seem natural for a spider to get that big! Yikes!!!
I think these spiders would be fun to research but I would not want one as a pet! Can they really have 10 legs?
Camel spiders are just freaky, my dad had a picture he took with one when he went into the army in Iraq and even he was scared!
thats so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!
You people who want 1 of these spiders must be mental! My friend was in Iraq and he caught some of these spiders and brought them back to England for research he now owns the biggest camel spider farm in England and now has them for sale.
He has only ever had 1 bad experience with these spider 1 actually escaped and he thought it wouldn’t stay around the farm but he was wrong this spider came from the outhouse to his home and caused devastation.
He was in his daily routine checking the spiders and then he went home to go to bed. When he awoke there was blood all over the bed he thought he was dreaming but when he looked down at his leg the spider was still eating away his leg. It injected a numbing agent into the leg and a large section of his leg was missing skin. He rang the ambulance and they came straight away. They ended up having to remove his entire foot!
those things are so ugly and scary
okay so im terrified of spiders i showed this site to my brother and he nearly cried cause it freaked him out so much and nows he is having nightmares so these things are really scary. ugggg there also really gross looking. =( =(
My word! Why would our creator deisgn something so gigantic and ugly?
I did 9 and half months in Bahrain with the Army. These spiders are as big as in the picture. They eat human flesh. They first bite you to numb the area, then after a time they can munch away and you will not feel it. One of my friends went for a shave in the morning, and saw his bottom lip was missing. Another had a big hole in his cheek.
Ewwwwwww! Are those camel spiders really that big? Like that one picture where there are like 2 of them? I have arachnaphobia and it just freaks me out to see spiders THAT huge! I feel like screaming right now!
wow theese spiders r moohoosive
i wonder how big the lagest spider is recorded?
the camel spider is one of the largest spiders that i have ever seen.
it is really actually scary in my opinion.
i was wondering though can they kill you if they bite you?
I’ve been trying to find info on these things for years. I think I can share some with you. These things live in many deserts accross the world actually, including the the american southwest. And many of you might be diappointed (or relieved) to know that they are very hard to keep alive outside a desert environment. They are also known as sun spiders, wind spiders and jerrymanders. And yes, I, wish I could have one too. And they are only dangerous to critters up to twice their size.
Do Camel spiders scream? How loud?
Geez, the only thing people think of are war, money and shooting harmless animals like the camel spider? Why are you so aggressive?
Thank God i live in Holland, we are all peaceful here.
those spiders are super scary.id b scard 2 death if i saw 1 in my house