Comments on: Camel Spider http://www.badspiderbites.com/camel-spider/ Easily identify spider bites and view pictures of what spiders can do. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:53:40 +0000 hourly 1 By: Don http://www.badspiderbites.com/camel-spider/comment-page-3/#comment-53670 Don Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:06:20 +0000 http://www.badspiderbites.com/camel-spider.php#comment-53670 I saw my first camel spider 3 years ago outside my condo in Las Vegas. I had just happened to walk outside and had my camera phone on. I took video and could not believe how fast it was!! Since then I've seen a dozen more. These things are so nasty looking. They are fast!! I've killed several inside my house. I saw my first camel spider 3 years ago outside my condo in Las Vegas. I had just happened to walk outside and had my camera phone on. I took video and could not believe how fast it was!! Since then I’ve seen a dozen more. These things are so nasty looking. They are fast!! I’ve killed several inside my house.

]]> By: Phil R. http://www.badspiderbites.com/camel-spider/comment-page-3/#comment-53631 Phil R. Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:00:04 +0000 http://www.badspiderbites.com/camel-spider.php#comment-53631 These camel spiders are very aggressive! A few years ago I turned the light on in my bathroom and saw this big ugly thing about 6 foot high up the wall. I call it "thing" because I didn't know what the hell it was. Looks like a big Spider Scorpion apparition. Anyway, this thing was reared up on its hind legs with its front appendages held up in an aggressive fashion ready to attack. I ran to the kitchen to get the bug spray and went back to give it a good shot. Soon as I sprayed, the thing got pissed off and jumped right on me. I frantically brushed the thing off and ran out the bathroom running into the door jamb as I looked behind me. The thing was really pissed off now and chased me through the bedroom and halfway down the hallway. This happened in a matter of seconds. I collected my composure and attempted again to spray it thinking I was not going to let this thing get away or run loose in the house. As I approached it, the thing came after me again! This time I held my ground and saturated it with raid. This is not a normal bug you can easily get with your shoe. They are FAST! Best thing to do is back off when you see one and if it chases you, RUN. They are very smart and aggressive and will go after you if they are threatened. These camel spiders are very aggressive! A few years ago I turned the light on in my bathroom and saw this big ugly thing about 6 foot high up the wall. I call it “thing” because I didn’t know what the hell it was. Looks like a big Spider Scorpion apparition. Anyway, this thing was reared up on its hind legs with its front appendages held up in an aggressive fashion ready to attack.

I ran to the kitchen to get the bug spray and went back to give it a good shot. Soon as I sprayed, the thing got pissed off and jumped right on me. I frantically brushed the thing off and ran out the bathroom running into the door jamb as I looked behind me. The thing was really pissed off now and chased me through the bedroom and halfway down the hallway. This happened in a matter of seconds.

I collected my composure and attempted again to spray it thinking I was not going to let this thing get away or run loose in the house. As I approached it, the thing came after me again! This time I held my ground and saturated it with raid. This is not a normal bug you can easily get with your shoe.

They are FAST! Best thing to do is back off when you see one and if it chases you, RUN. They are very smart and aggressive and will go after you if they are threatened.

]]> By: cal http://www.badspiderbites.com/camel-spider/comment-page-3/#comment-53575 cal Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:46:44 +0000 http://www.badspiderbites.com/camel-spider.php#comment-53575 in Franklin NC we have them but here we just call them crickey spider. in Franklin NC we have them but here we just call them crickey spider.

]]> By: steph http://www.badspiderbites.com/camel-spider/comment-page-3/#comment-52011 steph Thu, 24 Nov 2011 06:39:50 +0000 http://www.badspiderbites.com/camel-spider.php#comment-52011 I live in south Texas and I found one today maybe about 1 inch long. I have it in a little cage thing with some dirt so it can burrow its pretty cool I saw it eat a bug today these little guys are so interesting! :) I live in south Texas and I found one today maybe about 1 inch long. I have it in a little cage thing with some dirt so it can burrow its pretty cool I saw it eat a bug today these little guys are so interesting! :)

]]> By: chardé http://www.badspiderbites.com/camel-spider/comment-page-3/#comment-52001 chardé Thu, 24 Nov 2011 01:24:31 +0000 http://www.badspiderbites.com/camel-spider.php#comment-52001 Just to clear things up...camel spiders can technically feed off of a human as a last resort in the desert and the only reason I know this is that 3 years ago when my uncle went to Iraq with the paras he was asleep at night before his shift when he was awoken by feeling something by his ear (this being one of the legs) he woke up to find a camel spider next to him scuttle away with a small hole (but noticeable) on his cheek about half an inch long where the spider had taken a small chunk..when he came back I just assumed he got shot or something but guess I was wrong, and the only reason he didn't feel it was due to that numbing thing..not venom..but if it came down to it any carnivorous animal would attack a larger creature if it meant it was its only means of food Just to clear things up…camel spiders can technically feed off of a human as a last resort in the desert and the only reason I know this is that 3 years ago when my uncle went to Iraq with the paras he was asleep at night before his shift when he was awoken by feeling something by his ear (this being one of the legs) he woke up to find a camel spider next to him scuttle away with a small hole (but noticeable) on his cheek about half an inch long where the spider had taken a small chunk..when he came back I just assumed he got shot or something but guess I was wrong, and the only reason he didn’t feel it was due to that numbing thing..not venom..but if it came down to it any carnivorous animal would attack a larger creature if it meant it was its only means of food

]]> By: R.O. http://www.badspiderbites.com/camel-spider/comment-page-3/#comment-51994 R.O. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:41:43 +0000 http://www.badspiderbites.com/camel-spider.php#comment-51994 I served in the Middle East, and in Arabic, their name means "Angel Face" Saw one of these bad boys kill a small snake outside my room. Scary little buggers. I served in the Middle East, and in Arabic, their name means “Angel Face”

Saw one of these bad boys kill a small snake outside my room. Scary little buggers.

]]> By: pr http://www.badspiderbites.com/camel-spider/comment-page-3/#comment-51777 pr Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:39:06 +0000 http://www.badspiderbites.com/camel-spider.php#comment-51777 There is one poisonous species in India, it's quite striking in appearance (kind of a bluish green and beige) and it has been scientifically proven that their saliva has paralyzed lizards (7 out of 10) very quickly. So i know of at least one poisonous species. (Rhagodes nigrocinctus) There is one poisonous species in India, it’s quite striking in appearance (kind of a bluish green and beige) and it has been scientifically proven that their saliva has paralyzed lizards (7 out of 10) very quickly. So i know of at least one poisonous species. (Rhagodes nigrocinctus)

]]> By: Julie http://www.badspiderbites.com/camel-spider/comment-page-3/#comment-51532 Julie Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:57:18 +0000 http://www.badspiderbites.com/camel-spider.php#comment-51532 I caught a camel spider October 20, 2011, in my house in Cottonwood, California. I vacuumed it up and it has survived for a week now. My brave daughter was able to dump the spider into a coffee can. It is still alive. I did not know it was a camel spider at the time. I had never seen anything like it in my life. When we first saw it, my first instinct was that it was not a spider at all, but kind of looked like one. My daughter found pictures of the "spider" on the internet. I have examined the creature very closely, and sure enough, it is indeed a camel spider! It is about 1 to 1.5 inches long. I just fed it a grasshopper to keep it alive. Don't know why, it is really creepy!!! I surely hope it doesn't have a mate around. I caught a camel spider October 20, 2011, in my house in Cottonwood, California. I vacuumed it up and it has survived for a week now. My brave daughter was able to dump the spider into a coffee can. It is still alive. I did not know it was a camel spider at the time. I had never seen anything like it in my life. When we first saw it, my first instinct was that it was not a spider at all, but kind of looked like one. My daughter found pictures of the “spider” on the internet. I have examined the creature very closely, and sure enough, it is indeed a camel spider! It is about 1 to 1.5 inches long. I just fed it a grasshopper to keep it alive. Don’t know why, it is really creepy!!! I surely hope it doesn’t have a mate around.

]]> By: STEVEN http://www.badspiderbites.com/camel-spider/comment-page-3/#comment-51406 STEVEN Sun, 23 Oct 2011 01:19:36 +0000 http://www.badspiderbites.com/camel-spider.php#comment-51406 I live in Las Vegas I was working for a furniture moving company in summer 2010, A coworker and I were picking up some empty clothes boxes for a customer that had just moved to Henderson Nevada about 15 miles south of las Vegas from Idaho, soon as i went into the customers garage i saw something jump of a tall wardrobe box out the corner of my eye i tough I was tripping, Until the customer started screaming ! Right then i knew that i wasn't tripping when I looked back down saw a big ass gigantic bug ! my coworker ran from the moving truck into the garage and when he seen the gigantic bug he tired to stomp on it but his feet was stuck in midair because he was tripping off the size of the insect, ( About 5 inches ) The thing was funnier after all the excitement a took a shovel and smash it ! The customer was happy but she didn't even give us a tip after all that drama, i later found it was a camel spider on the internet. Oh yeah i was scared to go to sleep at nite for a while after that !!! Lol !! I live in Las Vegas I was working for a furniture moving company in summer 2010, A coworker and I were picking up some empty clothes boxes for a customer that had just moved to Henderson Nevada about 15 miles south of las Vegas from Idaho, soon as i went into the customers garage i saw something jump of a tall wardrobe box out the corner of my eye i tough I was tripping, Until the customer started screaming ! Right then i knew that i wasn’t tripping when I looked back down saw a big ass gigantic bug ! my coworker ran from the moving truck into the garage and when he seen the gigantic bug he tired to stomp on it but his feet was stuck in midair because he was tripping off the size of the insect, ( About 5 inches )

The thing was funnier after all the excitement a took a shovel and smash it ! The customer was happy but she didn’t even give us a tip after all that drama, i later found it was a camel spider on the internet. Oh yeah i was scared to go to sleep at nite for a while after that !!! Lol !!

]]> By: Mac Dixon http://www.badspiderbites.com/camel-spider/comment-page-3/#comment-51141 Mac Dixon Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:02:57 +0000 http://www.badspiderbites.com/camel-spider.php#comment-51141 Actually, these little guys are not poisonous at all. The bite they leave actually is simply prone to infection. No poison left at all. Actually, these little guys are not poisonous at all. The bite they leave actually is simply prone to infection. No poison left at all.

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