COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. --Some of the camel spiders are being spotted in Colorado Springs, Denver's KMGH-TV reported. Some think the spiders may be coming home in the gear of soldiers as they return to Fort Carson.
Tracy School has found three of the spiders in her home in Fountain. But the ones she found were about the size of a quarter, not a man's leg.Experts say these spiders have been in Colorado all along."We have them locally; they are an arid terrain spider," said Louise Steer from the May Natural History Museum. "They'll eat every bug in your house; they're the good guy," Steer says.They can grow up to 2 inches in size in the United States, but are much smaller in Colorado.Camel spiders are also called double jawed spiders, sun spiders, sun scorpions or wind spiders and are not really spiders at all. They are solifugids, large non-spider arachnids commonly found in arid regions. They don't have venom and eat other insects, not camels.The original photo of the camel spiders began circulating on the internet around April 1, 2004. The University of Washington's Burke Museum investigated the photo and also offered an explanation of the spiders and the original e-mail.
they probably do. i seen one today outside of my apartment. i live in valdosta Georgia right on the Florida border.
no camels perfere the desert more than the tropics
only small ones
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no camels live in the desert or a zoo
camels can live 60 years
Yes, they live Northern and Southern Asia, and Arabian camels live in Arabia.
Camels obviously live on land, but drink from water sources.
Yes they do The ones from India could, but not the people we also call Native Americans.
Yes, Bactrian Camels live in Mongolia but are becoming extinct
Bactrian Camels (two hump) DO live in cold climates
Yes they travel everywhere together!
Yes, camels do live in the mid east. As long as there is a desert, there is a camel. Although, they do live in the mid east, they are rarely seen there. New York City is 1/8 part of the mid east, but NYC is rather cold so camels do not live here.
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No. They live in the deserts of Africa.