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Huntsman spider

Palystes sp.

Photo by Harsha Singh
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A large spider.

Habitat:

Walls of bathroom.

Species ID Suggestions

Giant Crab Spiders (Family Sparassidae)
HemantKumar
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Comments (11)
Sumukha Javagal
Hopefully suggestive for the Mission "Spiders of India".. http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8065974
HemantKumar
here is another images http://www.flickr.com/photos/urikrishna/730830490/
HemantKumar
hey harsha thx for ur comments on my pic..:) here i found some information about this http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/Giant_Crab_Spiders
Harsha Singh
Size of a man's palm. Or a little more, if it stretches out the legs completely.
Harsha Singh
Thanks. I am glad my phone camera works well at times. I used a torch light too as it was quite dark where I spotted it.
Harsha Singh
No no.. We don't have tarantulas here. It's legs are slender. It's less hairy and has a smaller body.

Spotted for Missions

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International Spider Survey
Mission
Spiders of India

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PublishedAugust 25, 2011

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