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So our Juliane has now been Google-ized!
With that sort of recognition maybe now her hubby will let her get another snake!... |
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09-15-2005, 06:30 PM
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LOL!
So our Juliane has now been Google-ized! 
With that sort of recognition maybe now her hubby will let her get another snake!
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09-15-2005, 10:27 PM
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what no camel spiders yet? 
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09-16-2005, 06:17 PM
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Not YET, but someday. They're actually known as solifugids, cause they're not spiders at all. Other names they go by are camel spider, sun spider, wind scorpion, and solpugid. Like mantids and phasmids, one of the reasons they're not that common as pets is because they only live for about a year. If I see any for sale at a reasonable price, you can bet I'll buy it though 
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09-16-2005, 07:03 PM
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Funky looking little critters. Not really my cup of tea (its that issue with critters with more than four legs thing I have), but interesting to look at from the safety of the other side of the monitor.
So are they related to any creepies folks in general might be familiar with are are they in a whole group unto themselves? How big do they get? Where are they native too? How easy will they be to breed? What sort of enclosure do you keep them in and can they all be kept together or do you need to separate them? Gee, for not being my cup of tea, I have tons of questions about them...............
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09-19-2005, 08:16 PM
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I really like the tailess whip scorpions. Nice addition
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09-19-2005, 08:58 PM
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the myth of the camel spiders is that they bite the your leg in the middle of the night and inject a numbing agent and by morning you have no leg left. there was a couple pictures floating around a while back about the soldiers in iraq fighting these things off one picture showed what apeared to be one devouring another as a soldier was holding them in the air. not sure I really believe the biting your leg off thing but I know im not going to find out first hand
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So are they related to any creepies folks in general might be familiar with are are they in a whole group unto themselves? How big do they get? Where are they native too? How easy will they be to breed? What sort of enclosure do you keep them in and can they all be kept together or do you need to separate them? Gee, for not being my cup of tea, I have tons of questions about them...............
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Vinegaroons are in the class Arachnida, the same class scorpions and spiders are in. While spiders are Order Aranea, and scorpions are Order Scorpionidae, vinegaroons are in the Order Uropygi, along with tailless whipscorpions.
This species gets about 6 inches long including the tail and legs. Giant vinegaroons are native to the southern US, like Texas, but they're hardly ever seen. As for breeding, very few people breed these, so I'm not sure how easy it will be. If I'm successful, I'll be one of the few people in the country that do it. I keep them in Sterilite bins, and they can be housed together as long as they're similar in size.
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Wow, Matt, you really are addicted to creepy crawlies... I find them fascinating as long as they're contained (except for the millipedes *shudder* please keep away the millipedes! LOL)
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hey matt how long do the vinegaroons live?i saw some camel spiders for sale and a wholesale spot I went to, for work,(they were about half a inch long)but I didnt buy one because of there short lifespan, vinys live longer than the camels??
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Vinegaroons have a very slow rate of growth. I'm not sure of the exact number of years, but its been estimated at being between 5-9 years.
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