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Australian Huntsman Spider
sparassidae formerly heteropodidae
-34.7991, 138.686
Field Notes
Description:
Huntsman spiders (Sparassidae, formerly Heteropodidae) is a family of spiders also known as the giant crab spiders, due to their appearance. Larger specimens of these spiders are also sometimes referred to as wood spiders
Habitat:
due to their preference for inhabiting woody places (forest, mine shafts, woodpiles, wooden shacks). They are known as rain spiders in southern Africa.[1]
These eight-eyed spiders are found in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Southeast Asia, the Mediterranean, Florida, and Hawaii, and possibly in many other tropical and semi-tropical regions.
Notes:
All the Huntsman spider i have photographed, have been found inside my house.
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