Few desert animals are as perplexing or alien-looking as the solifuge. Just like the terrifying human outlaws of the Old West, the arachnids of the order Solifugae go by many an alias: “camel spider,”“sun spider,”“wind scorpion,” and “solpugid” among them. They have a reputation...
The camel spider is not dangerous and typically does not bite humans unless it is on accident or they feel threatened as is the case with other spiders.