We live in Lancaster CA about and inch long. Found in laundry room. Looks sick or about to die. Large abdomen.
I Have Just Found A Camel Spider In Our House. Are These Spiders Dangerous?can They Be Killed With Insecticide?
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How cool!
They are not truly dangerous, but they can bite and make you bleed. They do not have any venom. Camel spiders are arachnids but not true spiders; technically they are called solifugae (singular, solifugid.)
They usually don’t live around people’s homes. If they do, they can be rather a pest, as nobody likes being bitten. In another sense, they are beneficial to humans as they eat a lot of insects and even scorpions. The California camel spiders grow to be about 3 inches across, not 5 inches like the Iraqi camel spiders.
A key factor in controlling camel spiders would be to eliminate the bugs they eat. This would make them look elsewhere for a place to live.
LOL don’t listen to kelsey’s funny stories! 30mph!
Venom controversy
While the absence of venom in Solifugae is a long-established fact[1], there is a single published study of one species, Rhagodes nigrocinctus, carried out in India in 1978 by a pair of researchers who did histological preparations of the chelicerae, and found what they believed to be epidermal glands[3]. Extracts from these glands were then injected into lizards, where it induced paralysis in 7 of 10 tests. While this study has never been confirmed, and while other researchers have been unable to locate similar glands in other species, this particular species does appear to possess venom, although it is not known if there is any mechanism for introducing it into prey (recall that the researchers manually injected it into lizards).
Camel Spiders aren’t exactly venomous, and most likely won’t affect a human much. I think their venom contains an anesthetic. However, if you were bitten, it’s always best to check with a doctor.
I wouldn’t suggest insecticide–they can run up to 30mph; it’d probably be easier to squash it with a shoe.