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Posted: 9:06 AM- OGDEN - This was no itsy-bitsy spider.
An Ogden woman says she found a camel spider scurrying across her living room floor. If she's right, it would be unusual because that species is not native to Utah or even this hemisphere. Camel spiders can grow up to 6 inches long and are native to the Middle East.
Lynnelle Carson says she thought it was "kind of cool" at first when she saw the big spider, but that changed when the creature reared up at her as she tried to pick it up.
Carson did get a picture and sent it to an extension agent, who try to determine whether it really was a camel spider or just a big specimen from a more local arachnid family.
