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Solifugae Research

Posted 3/8/2011 12:03 AM by Paula Cushing | Comments
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Cushing and her collaborator, Jack Brookhart, are involved in a National Science Foundation funded project to study weird arachnids called camel spiders (arachnid order Solifugae). These arachnids are important predators of insects and small vertebrates in desert and semi-desert habitats around the world.

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