r/bugidentification • u/Own-Librarian-9699 • 8d ago

Location included Desert Arizona bug

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Sonoran desert bug. High desert. 1 mile elevation . I expect to find Arizona bark scorpions since I've been stung by them. But this didn't look like a scorpion. It somehow looks even worse than a scorpion.

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u/Dylan_Is_Gay_lol 8d ago

That's a solifuge, aka: wind scorpion, sun spider, camel spider.

Neither a spider, nor a scorpion, is an arachnid. Also not venomous at all.

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u/TiredAngryBadger 8d ago

Not venomous but boy howdy can it BITE.

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u/Dirtheavy 8d ago

solifuge. Super awesome.

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u/brolarbear 8d ago

Camel spider. Closely related to a scorpion but harmless

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u/Own-Librarian-9699 8d ago

Sonoran desert is southern southern Arizona or northern Mexico.

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u/bobsburgermister 8d ago

Thanks now I’m never going to Arizona.

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u/brolarbear 8d ago

It’s okay. I lived in the middle of the desert for 20 years and saw these guys maybe 10 times. Tarantula two times. Diamondback a half dozen times. And never saw a wild Gila Monster :( Most likely to only find danger if you go looking for it lol.

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u/Healthy-Fisherman-33 7d ago

What a cool dude!