Due to their flat appearance, they are also called six-eyed sand spiders. Even without food or water, Sicarius spiders live an incredibly long time. Some last up to 15 years.

The long list of stolen items sounds like an arachnophobe’s nightmare. Rhinocerous roaches. Six-eyed sand spiders. Red spot assassin bugs. Zebra tarantulas. Desert hairy scorpions. These rare ...

Most people try to stay far away from hissing cockroaches, desert hairy scorpions, and venomous, six-eyed sand spiders. Not the team of thieves that hit the Philadelphia Insectarium and Butterfly ...

Six-eyed sand spider buries itself in shingle and disappears from sight within seconds. Its legs move frighteningly quickly as it shifts red sand from around itself ...

Even though many plants and creatures in Africa have looks that kill, some are more elusive, like the six-eyed sand. Let’s say you’re on safari in Southern Africa.