Insect or Invertebrates Identification

[arks]

Can anyone help with ID for these insects? the first two were seen in my garden in Darling in late September 2016

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3. Seen at Stranfontein (Cape Town) in late Septemer 2016.

[okie]

I woke up last night with this little creature crawling over my face

Lots of them around here , and especially this time of the year , with the drought , hot and dry conditions , there seem to be even more of them .
They come into the house in the evening , scooting over the floor hunting for insects ,and its amazing how fast they can move

[Flutterby]

Is that a Red Roman?

Also had one walk across my face once!

[Lisbeth]

It looks rather dead by now

Is it a spider? I went through all the spider pics in our Spider Book, but have found nothing like it

[okie]

That's correct FB In Afrikaans also Roman spinnekop , rooi roman .
Also baardskeerder ( beard shearer ) , haarskeerder ( hair shearer ) - due to old belief that they bite off/cut your hair , especially while you are sleeping --- like when the crawl over your face
They have a tendency to stand up on their hind-legs in a menacing pose when you approach them , and quite often they would rush towards you as if wanting to attack you
But that is , because they avoid bright light/sunlight , and they prefer shade , so , when they charge you , in fact , they are actually just running towards you in order to hide in your shadow

Lis , look up Solifugidae on the internet .

[Lisbeth]

Will do and then place it in the Spider Book..........if it is not there

[Lisbeth]

I have found it in our book; there is a whole page

[Richprins]

Wow, okie! You own R5!

[Lisbeth]

How do you know, That it's his own

[Richprins]