Bruno D'Amicis / Wind scorpion / Camel spider (Galeodibus sp?) backlit, Sahara desert, Morocco, NW Africa

Solvin Zankl / Camel spider / Wind scorpion {Solifugae} close up of mouthparts, Namib Desert, Namibia

Alain Dragesco-Joffe / Sun spider / Camel spider (Galeodes sp) adult with a full abdomen after a copious meal, Tenere, Sahara, Niger.

Emanuele Biggi / Camel spider (Galeodes sp.), captive.

Chris Mattison / Camel spider / Wind Scorpion / Sun Spider (Solifugae). South Africa, October 2012.

Roy Mangersnes / Scorpion (Parabuthus raudus) in the central Kalahari desert, with sand blowing, Botswana, November

Bruno D'Amicis / Wind scorpion / Camel spider (Galeodibus sp?) Sahara desert, Morocco, NW Africa

Bruno D'Amicis / Wind scorpion / Camel spider (Solifiguda} Sahara desert, Morocco, NW Africa

Solvin Zankl / Camel spider / Wind scorpion {Solifugae} feeding on insect prey, Namib Desert, Namibia

Solvin Zankl / Camel spider / Wind scorpion {Solifugae} preying on dragonfly, Namib Desert, Namibia

Albert Lleal / Solifugid (Paragaleodes sp) photographed under ultraviolet light showing fluoresence, native to Africa and Asia

Mark Moffett / Wind Scorpion (Eremobates constricta) being caught in a glass vial by researchers in the desert, Baja California, Mexico