Spider

[Traveler]

Met up with this spider in the Maluti Mountains. Anybody able to identify?

[Maddoglips]

WRONG H

I hate those critters, you'd not catch me hanging around long enough to take a pic.

[krazy_kameleon]

snakes - fine

these things - ergh!

[Traveler]

Nee man, hy het my nie gebyt nie.

[warrenaken]

Looks like one of the Solifugae?

Solifugae
From Wikipedia,
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Subclass: Dromopoda
Order: Solifugae
Sundevall, 1833
Solifugae is an order of Arachnida, known as camel spiders, wind scorpions or sun spiders, comprising more than 1,000 described species in about 153 genera. They may grow to a length of 7 cm (2.8 in), and have a body comprising an opisthosoma (abdomen) and a prosoma (head) with conspicuously large chelicerae, which are also used for stridulation. Most species live in deserts and feed opportunistically on ground-dwelling arthropods and other animals. A number of urban legends exaggerate the size and speed of Solifugae, and their potential danger to humans

[Toybox]

I had one of those little bastards crawl across my face when I live in Augrabies.

I was dozing (hungover one morning) and felt a thing on my cheek. I casually swiped it away without giving it a second thought. A half a second later I realised what had just happened, leapt out of bed, turned on the light and saw a monster Solifuge scurrying away from the light.

Instant hangover cure.

[Blackadder]

Not dangerous are they...???

[Traveler]

Jona, I've seen them look like that picture you've just posted.

Thinus, ek het 1 maal 1 lekker vet een probeer vang (so paar biere te veel ingehad), en die kalant het my gebyt, dit was nogal seer gewees. Nie gif nie (nie wat ek van weet nie), hulle "knyp" en kou met daai kake.

Thanks Warren, I've never seen that colouration.

[Bosfebok]

Commonly known in South Africa as "Roman spinnekop".

A camel spider, which is also in the class Arachnida with spiders interestingly enough, is not a spider at all. A camel spider is actually a solpugid, and there are about 900 species of them known to date.

http://www.earthlife.net/chelicerata/sunscorp.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Like all arachnids, the Solifugids have eight legs, and their body is in two parts, a 'prosoma' equivalent to a thorax and an 'opisthosoma' or abdomen. Like scorpions, but unlike spiders, Solifugids have no narrow waste or 'pedicel'.

[Bosfebok]

A very nice write up :
http://www.arc.agric.za/home.asp?PID=1& ... temID=1774" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Spartan]

Ek het Sondag amper die huis gerol agv n spinnekop en toe het hy aan sy einde gekom, ek het klaar die geweer uit die kluis gehad maar was nie lus vir al die regmaak na die tyd nie toe gebruik ek maar die Doom

[Bulletjie-3]

Ek vermoed hy kon baie vinnig beweeg. Dit lyk na n jong Roman/ Haarskeerder/ Ja(a)gspinnekop. Is einlik nie n spinnekop nie en is ook nie giftig nie. Die poottasters en voorste paar pote word in die lug gehou soos gesien op die foto. Hulle beweeg "hardloop" gewoonlik baie vinnig en is eintlik op soek na skaduwee. Kom gewoonlik in droee en warm dele voor. Dis n baie mooi foto.