# Why are insects getting bigger?

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**Created:** [May 14, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-are-insects-getting-bigger/29307 "2007-05-14T22:26:53Z")
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#### Post date: [May 15, 2007, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-are-insects-getting-bigger/29307/21 "2007-05-15T09:55:21Z")

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I was just about to say. Saw a Dateline/2020 thing on them a while back, about soldiers in Iraq getting f’d by these things, crawling in to tents and in to soldiers beds. ACk!

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If you’ve ever held a tarantula you’ve probably held a bigger more dangerous spider. Their max size is 6" across and they’re non-venemous.

> **[Camel Spiders](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/camel-spiders/)**
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> Does a photograph show camel spiders found in Iraq?

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