Are camel spiders the biggest in the world?
The previous answers on the biggest spider of all time being the Goliath Bird Eater is accurate. Also, there for a short time a fossil spider called “megarachne”, which was described to be upwards of 3 feet in diameter, but it was soon realized that it was a eurypterid, or “sea scorpion”, and therefore neither a spider or an arachnid (sea scorpion is just a name, they are not related to modern scorpions). I also wanted to clarify what Pat said. The animal in that picture is indeed a camel spider, but everything else he said is wrong. Camel spiders are not spiders, they are relatives of spiders, or Solifugaes. There are actually two camel spiders in that photo attached together. That photo was taken at an angle to make them look bigger than they really are. The guy you see in the background is not holding the camel spiders, and you can see the cuff and hand of the guy holding it, showing that the camel spider is no wear near the size of the guy’s wrist. Camel Spiders only get upwards of
