Just killed one of these in my house...

[Chico&Zeus]

http://www.myrmecos.net/images/Solpugid1a.JPG
Solpugid or "Sun Spider"...I just read that they are harmless but I thought it was a scorpion at first. I also had sudden flashbacks of that DAMN Camel Spider video that was posted here the other day. I wanted to get a picture but I didn't want to take my eyes off of it to get the camera. Anyway, he met his demise to one of my wifes flip flops and then the big flush. Hope he didn't invite his friends!

[Racey]

For being non harmful they are freakin nasty scary lookin things, we get em every once in a while up here in Boulder.

[RitcheyRch]

One ugly mofo right there.

[Nord]

Move................

[topless]

Do you have plans tonight? I have a mouse in my car that needs killing.

[Jyruiz]

Cool looking.

[AZJD]

Can we quit with the spider pics! I am gonna have to move if I find one of those things in my house.....
Lived on 5 acres at Pima and Dynamite for 4 years and never saw one of those. Have seen everything else though.

[ahhell]

Look, He's smiling
we got monster Vinegaroons chasing us all over the place....seriously will run after you...
http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:xrAgi6LBxK2DVM:http://www.nmpest.com/images/WhipscorpionT.JPG

[2Driver]

I think he'd still leave a mark. :jawdrop:

[boatsnblondes]

Do you have plans tonight? I have a mouse in my car that needs killing.
Turn your volume up...enjoy!!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpAa1QMtl9Y)

[AZJD]

Look, He's smiling
we got monster Vinegaroons chasing us all over the place....seriously will run after you...
http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:xrAgi6LBxK2DVM:http://www.nmpest.com/images/WhipscorpionT.JPG
Flip flop ain't gonna cut it! You better shoot that mother f'er!:eek:

[topless]

I need one of those for my car. At least this is better than your last spider bite vomit video.:eek:

[DILLIGAF]

http://www.myrmecos.net/images/Solpugid1a.JPG
We had one of those at the house this weekend. had the girls screaming...and shit :)
Heavy D was out and he caught it. Instead of killing it (which I would have done) he threw it over the fence towards the neighbors house....lol
After that he caught this massive moth. It was actually nice looking. After that the girls had enough.
Later while we were all drinking and so forth I saw what I thought was a big lizard at the bottom of the pool. They looked (remember we were all drinking) and said it was a leaf. I was like OK.... In the morning I went out and fished out the BIG lizard :)
Needless to say the girls were getting concerned about all the bugs. They were all outside though.
Part of living in the desert

[boatsnblondes]

I need one of those for my car. At least this is better than your last spider bite vomit video.:eek:
that was nuthin.....check out the Scarlet Pimple...... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91jCmmSz4d4):devil:

[RiverRatMike]

I had one on my patio last week about the size of the one in the picture. A can of raid got rid of him quick!

[HocusPocus]

Although these harmless creature may seem fierce and intimidating they perform some good to mankind by keeping scorpion, spider and insect populations in check.
they are still nasty looking creatures!

[Mrs.Racer277]

http://www.myrmecos.net/images/Solpugid1a.JPG
Solpugid or "Sun Spider"...I just read that they are harmless but I thought it was a scorpion at first. I also had sudden flashbacks of that DAMN Camel Spider video that was posted here the other day. I wanted to get a picture but I didn't want to take my eyes off of it to get the camera. Anyway, he met his demise to one of my wifes flip flops and then the big flush. Hope he didn't invite his friends!
So that is what those lil bastards are called. :confused: I had one in the garage about 3 inches long sitting on hubby's shoe when I arrived.:eek:
Look, He's smiling
we got monster Vinegaroons chasing us all over the place....seriously will run after you...
http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:xrAgi6LBxK2DVM:http://www.nmpest.com/images/WhipscorpionT.JPG
We have had 2 of these in the garage....When I spray them with the bug killer they start chasing me :mad:

[OnlyMoney]

I'll knock on wood before i say this, but we've had those in our garage...DEAD. :) Wouldn't want to see one alive. And that black thingy....Dia please tell me you're telling stories. Please! :jawdrop:

[Froggystyle]

we got monster Vinegaroons chasing us all over the place....seriously will run after you...
You ain't kidding...
1997... Niland, CA. Camp Billy Machen. SEAL Team One Echo platoon, Desert Warfare and Land Warfare training block.
I had been shooting and doing IAD's all day, blowing stuff up etc... and was tired as all get out. We have a nice air conditioned facility out there in the middle of nowhere, and basically have the run of the desert between Calipatria and Palm Springs, and we fire into the Chocolate Mountains. With the temperature well over 105 most days, and us in full gear, you tend to drink just gallons and gallons of water to stay hydrated. Unfortunately, that means middle of the night bathroom breaks.
2:00 in the morning, I stumble into the bathroom and see a vineagaroon the size of a silver dollar in between me and the pisser. So, I start to sidestep the bastard... it moves with me, blocking my path again. I go the other way, it again blocks my path... stupid claws all up like it wants some, and pissed off looking. Then, I go around the wall to go to the stalls... I figure this monster has a thing for the urinal area, so as far as I am concerned, he can have it. IT BLOCKS ME AGAIN!!!! So, I did the only thing a bare-footed 175 pound Navy SEAL could do.
Went to another bathroom... :D
I am firmly convinced that vineagaroons are a failed alien experiment. It doesn't jive that they are from this planet. What I think it is was a Predator-style destroyer sent from the outer rim galaxies to dominate Earth, but they screwed up the scale of it.
If those things were 40 pounds, I would have to say that nothing on earth could take it. Pound for pound, it has to be the baddest creature on the planet.
I won't even get into the steel cage matchups we used to do with those things... but I have told the story on here before I think. Two creepy bugs enter... one creepy bug leaves.

[Ziggy]

You ain't kidding...
1997... Niland, CA. Camp Billy Machen. SEAL Team One Echo platoon, Desert Warfare and Land Warfare training block.
I had been shooting and doing IAD's all day, blowing stuff up etc... and was tired as all get out. We have a nice air conditioned facility out there in the middle of nowhere, and basically have the run of the desert between Calipatria and Palm Springs, and we fire into the Chocolate Mountains. With the temperature well over 105 most days, and us in full gear, you tend to drink just gallons and gallons of water to stay hydrated. Unfortunately, that means middle of the night bathroom breaks.
2:00 in the morning, I stumble into the bathroom and see a vineagaroon the size of a silver dollar in between me and the pisser. So, I start to sidestep the bastard... it moves with me, blocking my path again. I go the other way, it again blocks my path... stupid claws all up like it wants some, and pissed off looking. Then, I go around the wall to go to the stalls... I figure this monster has a thing for the urinal area, so as far as I am concerned, he can have it. IT BLOCKS ME AGAIN!!!! So, I did the only thing a bare-footed 175 pound Navy SEAL could do.
Went to another bathroom... :D
I am firmly convinced that vineagaroons are a failed alien experiment. It doesn't jive that they are from this planet. What I think it is was a Predator-style destroyer sent from the outer rim galaxies to dominate Earth, but they screwed up the scale of it.
If those things were 40 pounds, I would have to say that nothing on earth could take it. Pound for pound, it has to be the baddest creature on the planet.
I won't even get into the steel cage matchups we used to do with those things... but I have told the story on here before I think. Two creepy bugs enter... one creepy bug leaves.
The way you discribe it I think it was not a failure, it made you leave his area... :D:D:D
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Personally, the worst feeling for me is walking blindly into a web, you have no idea where that damn critter might be but for some reason it feels like its running down your shirtback, no wait now its by my ear, oh shit now it feels like its on my arm.................AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH H!!!!
Running down the street like a madman helps though lmao:)

[Mrs.Racer277]

I'll knock on wood before i say this, but we've had those in our garage...DEAD. :) Wouldn't want to see one alive. And that black thingy....Dia please tell me you're telling stories. Please! :jawdrop:
I wish I was.....:devil: :( They have only been in the garage soooooooo far. But those ugly black ones really do chase after you.. Freaks me out.:eek:
Froggy you made me LMAO at work :D :D