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Schmerzlichtod Albuquerque, NM Jul 12, 2010

I've found three of these spiders in my house, and I have no idea what they are.

Some things that may help to know:
1) It doesn't appear to have a thorax, but a cephalothorax.
2) It appears to be hairy like a tarantula (only not nearly as much, of course) and the long thick 'legs' you see near the head are not legs but are actually antennae, or very long palps.I know this because when he was still alive they were fully erect plus he already has 8 legs.
3) It also appears that he has 3 eyes though I'm not totally sure about that.
4) One morning I woke up with tons of itchy bumps cloistered together... though I never found the culprit I've become more and more inclined to believe this is it.
5) Lastly, and perhaps the most odd, I found a shedding that's IDENTICAL to the abdomen of this spider, I'm positive it came from one of them.

For more pictures you can go to the gallery here: http://yfrog.com/bfdsc01803izjx

If it would be easier for me to post the pictures directly on this forum, go ahead and post and let me know, and I'll do so!

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jul 13, 2010

This is not a spider, but a related arachnid in the order Solifugae; they go by a wide variety of common names, including solifuges, solifugids, solpugids, camel spiders, wind scorpions or sun spiders. They most commonly are found in desert/semi-arid regions where they are active mostly at night, hunting for prey (mostly other arthropods, but occasionally small lizards and the like). They lack venom, depending on their strong jaws to subdue prey. They can deliver a painful bite with these jaws if mishandled, but otherwise are harmless to humans. I doubt very much that they would be responsible for the skin bumps that you experienced. See http://tinyurl.com/ytr3gq for more detailed information.

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