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  2. Solifugae - Wikipedia

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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 ).

  3. Solpugidae - Wikipedia

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    Solpugidae is a family of solifuges or sun spiders. Solpugidae have groups of papillae on their pedipalps or sensory organs. The papillae come out of sockets that are characterized with the function of mechanoreceptor, and contact chemoreceptors, which allows them to respond to stimuli such as touch and sound.

  4. Phidippus californicus - Wikipedia

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    The spider seldom initiates hunting behavior to still prey, and interrupts ongoing hunting behavior when the prey ceases to move. When pursuing a prey, it at first moves rapidly, slowing down as it comes near the prey. Within 5 centimetres (2.0 in) of the prey, it presses its body close to the ground and draws the legs in toward the body.

  5. Phidippus adumbratus - Wikipedia

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    A spider survey published in 1999 found P. adumbratus present in coastal sage scrub in the vicinity of San Diego. [8] A spider survey report published in 2022 found individuals in Baja California's Central Desert ecoregion in Sierra Blanca, Ensenada Municipality, Mesa Escondido and San Antonio de Las Minas on the Baja California peninsula. [5]

  6. The 10 Most Common House Spiders to Look Out For, According ...

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    Brown recluse. What they look like: The brown recluse is a brown spider with a distinct “violin-shaped marking” on the top of its head and down its back, Potzler says. Also, brown recluse ...

  7. List of invertebrates of California - Wikipedia

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    Spider crab, tuberculate pear crab ... yellow sun sponge Clathria prolifera: ... California Department of Fish and Wildlife. 12 June 2017

  8. What are those web-like clumps falling from the sky around ...

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    Last week residents in the Bay Area reported web-like clumps hanging from trees, a process scientists say are likely caused by baby spiders dispersing. What are those web-like clumps falling from ...

  9. Hiker rescued from California mountains after possible spider ...

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    A woman was rescued last week after a possible spider bite left her unable to feel the skin on her legs during a hike in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains.