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Solifugae is an order of arachnids known variously as solifuges, sun spiders, camel spiders, and wind scorpions. The order includes more than 1,000 described species in about 147 genera . Despite the common names, they are neither true scorpions (order Scorpiones) nor true spiders (order Araneae ).
Drider – Half-Drow half-spider, a "monster that looks like a centaur only with the bottom half of a spider instead of a horse." [20] Gnoll – Vicious part-hyena part-men creatures. It debuted in Dungeons & Dragons and then spread to other franchises including Warcraft and Pathfinder.
Arachnura, also known as drag-tailed spider, scorpion-tailed spider and scorpion spider, is a genus of orb-weaver spiders that was first described by A. Vinson in 1863. [2] They are distributed across Australasia , Southern and Eastern Asia with one species from Africa . [ 1 ]
Miss Spider Spider Miss Spider: David Kirk: Miss Spider: Spider James and the Giant Peach: Roald Dahl: Seven flies Fly: The Brave Little Tailor: Traditional. The plot of this famous fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm is set in motion by the fact that the tailor kills seven flies in one blow. When he brags about this people assume he is talking ...
The vinegarroon shoots acetic “vinegar” from its whip.
Arachnura higginsi, known as the tailed spider or scorpion tailed spider and the scorpion orb weaver, is a common Australian spider belonging to the family Araneidae ...
Amblypygi is an order of arachnids also known as whip-spiders or tailless whip-scorpions, not to be confused with whip-scorpions or vinegaroons that belong to the related order Thelyphonida. The name "amblypygid" means "blunt tail", a reference to a lack of the flagellum that is otherwise seen in whip-scorpions.
The common name scorpion spider is derived from its distinctive flat back and carapace orange colouring. [2] This colouring is evident around the mouthpiece and on the anterior aspects of the legs. [2] These similar features of the genus Platyoides in comparison to a scorpion is often why this genus is referred to as the scorpion spider. [2]