My friend just found a camel spider at a high school in Colorado! WTF!?

Question

Ok so i thought camel spiders were from iraq, what is one doing in colorado? It isn't very big right now but i heard they can get pretty big. So apart from that what do they eat because my friend wants to keep it.

Answer 1

Most Solifugae inhabit warm and arid habitats, including virtually all deserts in both the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, excluding Australia. Some species have been known to live in grassland or forest habitats.

There are many different species of solifugae, some are smaller then others.

Solifugae are carnivorous or omnivorous, with most species feeding on termites, darkling beetles, and other small arthropods, although Solifugae have been videotaped consuming larger prey such as lizards. Prey is located with the pedipalps and killed and cut into pieces by the chelicerae.

In other words... feed it little bugs.