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SpiderMAP:		1643
Province:		North West
Country:		South Africa
Locus:		2627AC
Observer:		Boardman Charlene
Date of record:		2012-10-12
Number of photos:		2
Notes:		We have these crazy critters living in our house and see them every year. These are 2 different dates; the one on my sons hand Oct 2012, the other 26 Dec 2010. I know a solifuge is not a spider, but an arachnid, closer to a scorpion, but as it is also called many "spidey" names, put it here
Id status:		Identification pending
Collector's species id:		Solifuge
Institution:		ADU-UCT
Record URL:		https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=SpiderMAP-1643
Links:		• Locus: Summary \| Records • Species: Records \| Distribution map

Comment number:		1
By:		Ethne Engelking
Comment:		Order Solifugae. An order of its own in the class Arachnida. As is scorpions in the order of Scorpiones and spiders in the order Araneae
Date:		2017-07-27 21:17:49
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Species code:		0