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Wind Scorpions
By Harmony | April 6, 2009 | 11:57 am
This weekend, while hanging out at Jon’s house with Jon and Jeff, we saw the nastiest insect we’ve encountered since arriving in Africa. It was a spider, 4-5 inches big with huge mandibles. Jeff correctly identified it as a wind scorpion - also known as a wind spider, sun spider, or sun scorpion. We captured the thing in a glass jar, inspected it for a while, then released it outside.
We found a second wind scorpion while the first was confined to the jar. We had plans to capture it as well, but ended up chasing it outside, instead.
I don’t think they have a poisonous venom, but I bet they sting horribly. My mosquito net provided little comfort of protection that night, that’s for sure!
Pictures: Wind scorpion in a jar; wind scorpion in a defensive position as we were readying for capture.
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April 12th, 2009 at 3:39 am
UGLY! I had one in my backyard in the desert…It is enough for you to stand on a chair and scream…lol. Great Stuff Harmony. We at IKON are keeping up with your activities.