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Subject: Re: 10 Legged Spider From: Acheron posted Tue, Apr 26 2005, 10:07pm  Odd, could have sworm I already made a reply... I'm absolutely sure I saw five pairs of legs. 100% sure. All ten were the same color, length and thickness, so far as I can tell. I'd swear in court it had ten legs. Although, I'm not an entymologist, so an error on my part is possible. But I highly doubt it. Such as how you see the group of four legs on either side in the diagram on the link you sent me, this spider simply had five on either side. As far as the spider goes, I see a ton of spiders that look similar to it in color, but not in size. The abdomen and the front section were visibly the same size, and both were dark brown with no markings I could discern. The legs were of a slightly lighter color, but still falling under what I'd call "dark" brown. The legs were considerably thick, so thick, in fact, that I probably could have measured them on an imperial ruler. That's something for over here. And of those two spiders, it's very unlikely to see either of those spiders here unless someone had allowed their exotic pets to escape. Both require a substantially drier and warmer climate than is available here. The sun spider also bears little physical resemblence, being that the abdomen is a much different shape than the front sectionn. The camel spider also seems to be substaintially larger than the spider I saw. I thought "Mutation" because it seemed to run oddly. If it didn't have /extra/ limbs, I would have said it had a limp. Like it wasn't used to 10 legs, but then I wondered how it could survive to grow large if it had such an impairment. So I came on here, to see if it probably was a mutation or if there are spider-like species with 10 legs. Subject: Re: 10 Legged Spider From: A. Troll posted Wed, Apr 27 2005, 7:50pm  Could be a cave cricket? Subject: Re: 10 Legged Spider From: Acheron posted Wed, Apr 27 2005, 11:53pm  Judging by the images returned on google, I'd say not. Subject: Re: 10 Legged Spider From: black_wolf posted Fri, Apr 29 2005, 8:15am  I would go with mutation. Arachnids are specific in their normal of 8 legs. And they like insects and other lower life with their lesser DNA strands are much more suceptable to mutations. In the enviroment today with all the pollutions and weather changes man has introduced mutaions are being more ane more common. ie. 5 legged frogs and toads, If you happen to see it or one like it again I would catch it and take it to a college or univeristy where it could be fully checked out and possibly find out why it was a mutant. Subject: Re: 10 Legged Spider From: Tiran posted Fri, May 13 2005, 7:58am  Camel Spider and Sun Spider are the exact same thing. They also go by Wind Spiders, or Sun Scorpions. And I found a bunch of "Legendary Claims" about them, all of which are false. (found on snopes.com) Camel spiders can grow to be as large as dinner plates. Camel spiders can traverse desert sand at speeds up to 25 MPH, making screaming noises as they run. Camel spiders can jump several feet in the air. Camel spiders eat the stomachs of camels, hence the name "camel spider." (Legend includes the detail that camel spiders eat camel stomachs from either the outside in or the inside out. In the former case they supposedly jump up from the ground and grab onto camels' bellies from underneath; in the latter case exactly how spiders allegedly as large as dinner plates get into camels' stomachs intact remains unexplained.) Camel spiders are venomous, and their venom contains a powerful anesthetic that numbs their victims (thus allowing them to gnaw away at living, immobilized animals without being noticed). U.S. soldiers were said to have been attacked by camel spiders at night but remained completely unaware of their plight until they awakened in the morning to find chunks of their flesh missing. Of course, all those claims are false. and if you're interested, here's a link: Camel Spider page Subject: Re: 10 Legged Spider From: Dream Smasher posted Wed, Jun 8 2005, 4:17am  Good lord look at the size of those things!!! Subject: Re: 10 Legged Spider From: ecodoc2b posted Wed, Jun 8 2005, 6:28pm  A little hint from a biology major, pick up a good field guide (I suggest Audobon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders) at a book store or library they come with great pics and descriptions of just about anything you will find that is native to North America... happy hunting Subject: Re: 10 Legged Spider From: KarmaPhoenix posted Tue, Jun 28 2005, 6:26pm  I'm glad I'm not the only one!!! 2 years ago in Fl, my bro and I were cleaning out the shed. We lived on the naval base (across from a place thats top secret gov't testing, btw) and among other VERY strange bugs, found a 10-legged spider, in its web. We caught it in a jar and kept it as his pet for a bit, then let it go. We did find this unusual, but at the time, chalked it up to a mutation from the test site. Now I'm inclined to think otherwise....

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