The sun-   avoiding spider (Latin name : Arachnid Solifugae), also known as sun spider, wind scorpion, sun scorpion, camelSpider , mainly living in tropical, subtropical, arid and semi-arid wasteland, Gobi, desert. A non-toxic ferocious arthropod with a narrow connection between the cephalothorax and abdomen, a pair of single eyes, no poisonous line, huge and strong claws, no claws but with suction pads for grasping, the base of the last pair of feet has many Sensitive sensory organs. Mostly nocturnal. Live in burrows, rock crevices, or other creature's dens.

The body is about 7 cm long. The tarsus of the first pair of feet is 1, and the tarsus of the second and third pairs of feet is 4. Except for the first pair of feet, the other feet are relatively smooth . Because the living place is secluded and desolate, few people care about it, even if there are not many foreign breeders, there are also very large Species

Chinese name: sun-avoiding spider

Chinese alias: sun-spider, sun scorpion, wind scorpion, camel spider

English name: Sunspider

Kingdom: Animalia

Department: Arthropoda

Class: Arachnida

Order : Helianthus

Family: Helianthaceae

Genus: Heliotrope

Species: Helianthus

Distribution: Living in hot and dry areas, most species are golden brown

The abdomen is hairy, round, and the front is attached Limbs like scorpions. Body length 10 to 50 mm. Extremely gluttonous, the largest species can kill even small vertebrates. Chelicerae (first pair of appendages) large, pincer-like and toothed. The tentacles (the second pair of appendages) are foot-like and have suction cups at the ends for prey. The fourth pair of feet has a racket-shaped organ (balance bar), which is a sensory organ. Common in Africa, India, Indonesia and North America and other places in western China.

Sharp Teeth

This female sunshade spider (hair claw) The sun-avoiding spider) looks like a monster crawling out of a child's nightmare, full of aggression. The Sun Spider moves as fast as lightning. Although rarely more than five centimeters in length, sun spiders can easily bite grasshoppers in half. The sun-avoiding spiders, scientifically called solifgids, live in the desert regions of Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas.

Nowhere to hide

This male sun-hiding spider was originally hiding under a rock in Baja California. After the disguise was discovered, it quickly fled to a new hiding place. Some species prefer shallow sand dunes, while others live on the edge of rugged hills or hide in desert scrub. In North Africa, there is a superstition that a person sleeping on the desert floor may have his face eaten, his legs dissolved, or his eggs laid under his skin. While these fears are nonsense, the creatures do release an enzyme that dissolves their prey.

Dangerous Situation

A male sun spider in heat touches the female sun spider (right) with palps and giant claws, causing her to enter a hypnotic state and stop All actions. During the entire mating process, the female sun-avoiding spider was in a state similar to "suspended death" until the male sun-avoiding spider left. The whole "romantic affair" is fraught with danger for a male sunarachnid, and an unwilling female sunarachnid might attack it and swallow it as a meal.

Meal together

In a rare case, a male sun-avoiding spider and a female spider band together to capture a prey, and they also share the meal together. Great meal. This is very rare and only occasionally occurs in places where food sources are very plentiful, such as in well-lit areas that are more attractive to insects, and it is common for sun-hide spiders to hunt each other for food.

The   environment is sinister

The sun-avoiding spider is indeed a worthy hunter, but they are not the boss of the desert world. Here's a spiny-tailed sand scorpion (right) that is synonymous with death for sun spiders. Sunshine spiders are not really scorpions, so they cannot Sting with the tail. Some spiders, insects, reptiles, birds and mammals will Feeds on sunshade spiders, and even some wasps, clown fish and ants Can eat sun-avoiding spider eggs and larvae.

Big Stomach

When it comes to nutrition, the sun-hiding spider follows a low-carb, high-protein diet, as can be seen from a bird in California's Mojave Desert. It can be seen on the female sun-avoiding spider of the Great Desert Night Walk lizard . Sunshade spiders are nocturnal and use a variety of chemical and mechanical means to detect prey. Their fibrils (leg-like appendages) are equipped with sensory organs and end with adhesive suction cups that help them grasp prey and climb. They usually eat living creatures, but can also eat dead animals.

Large claws, an almost voracious appetite and a runner's speed, it's all about On display, this highly aggressive desert dweller is a natural killer. In the rising sun in the desert of Israel, a strange little creature stared at me and slid back into its cave. Round eyes, hairy limbs, protruding arms like giant claws, it all seems like a scene from a nightmare. I approached it very cautiously - although sun spiders are not venomous, they can be extremely painful to bite into and fatal to their prey. This avid carnivore will attack some insects, rodents, lizards, snake and birds, use themselves to reach their bodies A third of the giant pincers capture them. In terms   of body proportions, this "big mouth" is one of the best in the animal kingdom .   They wield pincer-blade-like claws, chewing their prey to pieces like a saw, and then secrete an enzyme that dissolves them into a liquid that is sucked into their stomachs.

The sun-hunting spider was called the "official spider”. One soldier described it as "the most peculiar-looking creature", and legends have spread around it. For example, some say the creatures can run at speeds of up to 40 kilometers per hour and cry like a baby; they crawl into the stomach of a camel and eat until the camel's stomach bursts. None of these rumors are true. In fact, the sun-avoiding spider can only run about 1.6 kilometers per hour without making any sound, and it eats small desert creatures such as insects and lizards. Its terrifying appearance has long surprised armies in the region: during the First World War, soldiers stationed in Egypt held a sun-avoidant contest they caught and wagered on the outcome.