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Also Known As	camel spider • Solpugida • sun scorpion • sun spider • Solifugae • wind scorpion

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Sunspider (order Solifugae).

Chart titled Diversity of arachnids comparing a Silurian fossil scorpion and 11 living groups, including spiders, scorpions, mites, daddy longlegs, sunspiders, whip scorpions, and false scorpions. Illustrations show their varied forms and typical size ranges from 0.1 millimeters to 210 millimeters; fossil anatomy labels identify pincers, pedipalps, legs, and body sections.

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arachnid spider scorpion acarid tick daddy longlegs mite false scorpion whip scorpion tailless whip scorpion

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