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[CA3LE]

I've lived in Arizona my whole life and I've never seen one of these.  Until now I thought they were only in the Middle East but apparently they are here as well.

They are called Sun Spiders here according to my research.  This one is over 3 1/2 inches long stretched out.

I put a cockroach in with him and after he calmed down from the initial capture I went to check on him, he was using his front antennae to try to escape... apparently they secrete a gluey substance that enabled them to grapple with prey and climb stuff..... anyways, I shook the container to get him off the wall and all of a sudden he struck the roach and started immediately devouring it... within 5 minutes the roach was nothing more than wings.

Sorry for the audio, there was a fan in the background.

[mudmanc4]

Geesuz man hahaha , never heard of the camel spider , but he's tight !  Damn , three plus inches , how the hell did you catch him , and those front feeler antennae things  , imagine if we had those , you could cop a feel from across the room , turn some of that sooper sticky gunk out and pull the girlfriend to ya hahah

Anyhow , hope he's still alive

[CA3LE]

Yeah, it's still alive... I caught a gecko a little bit ago and am trying to get it to eat it.  But it just ate that roach that's like 1/4 to 1/3 of it's weight so I don't think it'll be hungry for a while.  Hopefully I get it on video... otherwise I'll take a picture of what's left.  The gecko is about 2/3 his size so I think there's a good change it'll eat it.

check this out...



That one is much bigger.... but so is the lizzard, so I think it'll happen.

And don't post animal cruelty comments anyone... this happens in the wild, it needs to eat before I can release it out in the desert... I'm just trying to capture it on video.

[dlewis23]

Nice little friend you got there... lol... What did you do with him after he ate his lunch?

I came across this spider the other week. He was about 3 1/2 inches long or so.

Edited by dlewis23, 07 September 2010 - 06:41 AM.

[tdawnaz]

awesome...glad you didn't kill it...but i knew you didn't when i first read about your new friend on fb...

i seen a lot of these in my lifetime...they don't hurt you...you can play with it...even if it bit you...they have no venom...love them

[tdawnaz]

but please let the gecko go and just give him bugs...he loves bugs

the gecko is scheduled for his next screening for geico commercial

[mudmanc4]

geezus man , if you feed the lizard to him you gotta get it on film shit  , these things are freaking wow , they dont just eat bugs and shit , they eat meat dammit hahahah


sounds like mama here is petitioning you , cool , two things to watch unfold hahahah

[Roco]

Thanks . but no thanks ,

BTW , we don't have any spiders or snakes that are harmful to humans in the UK , only politicians

[tommie gorman]

Roco, on 07 September 2010 - 04:22 PM, said:

Thanks . but no thanks ,

BTW , we don't have any spiders or snakes that are harmful to humans in the UK , only politicians

..... and those seems infectious world wide. Hope they come up with a spray to rid of those soon.

[tdawnaz]

well mud...his agent called and wondered where he is...said they're gonna lose the whole geico deal if he doesn't get back on set

[CA3LE]

It still hasn't eaten that gecko.  I put a grasshopper in with him earlier and he ate it within a few seconds.... I think that maybe only the huge ones in Afghanistan will do that or something... it's like they became friends or something, lol.

[Conuck]

CA3LE, on 08 September 2010 - 12:56 AM, said:

It still hasn't eaten that gecko.  I put a grasshopper in with him earlier and he ate it within a few seconds.... I think that maybe only the huge ones in Afghanistan will do that or something... it's like they became friends or something, lol.

Hunting partners!

EDIT: Is that spider related to the dreaded Camel Toe?

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[CA3LE]

mmmmm, that's my favorite kind of camel.  That's an especially nice one too  

Conuck, on 08 September 2010 - 06:56 AM, said:

Hunting partners!

EDIT: Is that spider related to the dreaded Camel Toe?

Dreaded?  

[mudmanc4]

gee ,  << yes , I said gee , like leave it to beaver........... anyhow

if i found a spider with a beaver...... I mean camel toe like that  I'de be feeling it........ i mean feeding it a lizard too   

[tdawnaz]

well look at the head...mandible on it...guess that's why they call it  a "camel" spider...definitely a "camel toe head"

[EBrown]

So wait, I paused Metallica for this? Wow.

Anyway, nice catch.

Thanks,
EBrown

[CA3LE]

EBrown, on 11 September 2010 - 04:05 PM, said:

So wait, I paused Metallica for this? Wow.

Anyway, nice catch.

Thanks,
EBrown

Still trying to nail down exactly what it likes to eat.  He chows down on roaches, moths and grasshoppers but I got some crickets at the store... it ate one and must not like them because they're just chillin' in there with him.  Moths are cool to watch it eat.  It grabs them in mid-air with those front antennae.  Like I said before, the tips of those secrete a kind of glue that it uses to capture and grapple with prey.  Very cool.

I picked up an aquarium for it, I just need to get it all setup for the little guy.  But if I can't get it enough of the food that it likes I'll be releasing it in the desert.  Sucks that it doesn't like crickets, those are easy to get at PetSmart or Petco... I've had to go out every night and hunt for it.  haha.