Tags: Arachnid.
The Wheel spider Golden Wheel spider or Dancing White lady spider (Carparachne aureoflava) is a huntsman spider native to the Namib Desert of Southern Africa. The spider escapes parasitic pompilid wasps by flipping onto its side and cartwheeling down sand dunes at speeds of up to 44 turns per second.Wheel spiders are up to 20 mm in size with males and females the same size. The wheel spider is nocturnal and a free-ranging hunter.
