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Student of the obvious
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Phoenix
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And tonight's Arizona creature of the night is... a wind scorpion.
As I was walking toward my desk I saw this thing dive under my file cabinet. Thought it was "just" a scorpion. A few seconds later it jumped out. Yikes! I think I'd prefer a scorpion. Turns out it's a solpugid or wind scorpion. Apparently they can get up to 5" long in the middle east!
I lifted the photo from the web as I didn't want to take the lid off the jar and risk this thing getting loose in my house again. It's about as big as my thumb, but its attitude is much larger! 
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06-30-2008, 07:45 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Houston TX
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Don't let it clamp on to you...it doesn't particularly hurt...but you'll never get it off (They have the MMA jaws of the insect world).
Oh, you can search on "sun spider" as well to get more info 
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06-30-2008, 07:52 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
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Just what I do not need around my house!
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2013 Jag XF, 2002 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins (the workhorse), 1992 Jaguar XJ S-3 V-12 VDP (one of only 100 examples made), 1969 Jaguar XJ (been in the family since new), 1985 911 Targa backdated to 1973 RS specs with a 3.6 shoehorned in the back, 1959 Austin Healey Sprite (former SCCA H-Prod), 1995 BMW R1100RSL, 1971 & '72 BMW R75/5 "Toaster," Ural Tourist w/sidecar, 1949 Aeronca Sedan / QB |
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