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female

ca. 70mm

Opistophthalmus holmi and
Opistophthalmus flavescens

The prey is a O. holmi and the predator an O. flavescens

about 60mm

Mating dance of male (the yellow one) and female (the brown one)

this nice Opisthophlamus is about 80 mm long, found in the Tsauchab valley, we did not find it in literature

Living in loose sand of the Kalahari with Acacia-Trees

Male of about 210 mm, in comparison with a book with the same length

170mm long female

ca. 160 mm long, this tall species with long and thin pincers look very like O. gigas. Although gigas should only live in south Namibia. It was very shy and went quickly between boulders of granite.

Male and female in mating dance