Solpugids??

[presurcukr]

Not sure where to post this question so I'm posting in both forums .Are camel spiders (Solpugids)venomous?

[Rick McJimsey]

completely wrong forum
they are not T's..
or scorps..
try the true spiders/other arachnids
also, a simple google search would have answered your question

[RottweilExpress]

....and it's Solifugids.

[OxDionysus]

http://aim.search.aol.com/search/redir?src=image&clickedItemURN=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comixconnection.co m%2Fuploaded_images%2Fspider-camel-700146.jpg&moduleId=image_details.jsp.M&clickedItemDescription=Image Details....and it's Solifugids.

[Moltar]

Yes, wrong forum but i'll tell you anyway. No, they're not venomous but do have a very nasty bite. They are unbelievably fast also. I've heard they're a little tricky to keep.

[RottweilExpress]

Yes, wrong forum but i'll tell you anyway. No, they're not venomous but do have a very nasty bite. They are unbelievably fast also. I've heard they're a little tricky to keep.

Which ones? The splogufudides or the "camel sider"?

[Widowman10]

Which ones? The splogufudides or the "camel sider"?

hahaha, love the shpeliing. camel spiders/sun spiders/windscorpions/solpugids/whatever you call them are not venomous, although i believe there is maybe one species from africa that is capable of injecting venom. not sure of the species. other than that, no. just a nasty bite. very nasty from the sound of the crunching exoskeleton of the unfortunate prey item ;P

oh- and not too terribly hard to keep, only to breed IME.

[Tarantula_Hawk]

although i believe there is maybe one species from africa that is capable of injecting venom. not sure of the species.


The species is from India, and its a member of the Rhagodidae called Raghodes nigrocinctus;) . Other than this particular case, there has been no other record about venom in any camel spider. Just a powerful bite and a possible nasty infection.