The camel spider is also known as a wind scorpion, sun spider, and wind spider.

They are found mostly in the southwest U.S. and in southern Africa -- usually in desert areas.

Camel Spider Myths

There are many myths surrounding camel spiders, most of which are blatantly untrue.

I think my favorite is the one about how camel spiders can run after you at 30 mph while screaming!

My second favorite is the one that says a camel spider's venom is an anesthetic and that they inject humans with it and chew big bites out of them, and that the human will not know they've been bitten till they wake up.

Okay, granted they are ugly little buggers, I'll be the first to admit that. However, most of the stories attributed to camel spiders are not true. Most are merely urban myths.

There are several stories, pictures and videos online pertaining to the camel spider -- many of these are out of Iraq. Here are 2 videos that show the camel spider in action:

So, if those are the myths, what are the facts about camel spiders?

We tend to mention home staging often here on The Fun Times Guide, probably because it works. 

For example, in Tips For Staging Your House To Get The Highest Selling Price, Lynnette explains why home staging is so important:

If the home you're selling is brand new (or a flip), you should count on spending 1% of your home's asking price on "staging". In return, you can expect to get 10 times that back!

Still, house staging is quite an elusive creature.  How exactly do you stage a home?  What are all the items in the home you need to look at?  How much does it really cost to stage a house?

Have you seen the price of bath products lately? You know the ones I mean, bath salts, bath oils, those cute little round ball bath bombs.

Now, have you looked at the ingredients as well? I have, and let me tell you neither the price nor the ingredients in them makes me want to buy them. Far too many of the products we use these days are loaded with chemicals I can't even pronounce, let alone understand exactly what it is that they do.

Because of that, when I became interested in aromatherapy it wasn't much of a stretch to think about making my own bath products using my favorite essential oils. Not to mention the fact that you can save oodles of money making your own, rather than using store-bought. Plus, homemade bath products make great gifts for Christmas and birthdays!

So, how can you make your own bath products? And what kinds of things will you need? Well, it depends on what products you want to make. I'm going to share with you how to make your own bath salts, fizzy bath bombs, and homemade bubble bath.