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Huntsman

Neosparassus

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

Large (90mm) fast spider pale brown legs and thorax, darker and slightly greyer abdomen (female) large shiny black fangs. Mostly smooth with few short fine hairs.

Habitat:

Eucalypt forest but will regularly enter houses.

Notes:

These are excellent to have visit the house. They will methodically clean up mosquitos, flies, vibrating spiders and any other small edible creatures. They feel quite rough when you rub them on your face.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Mark Ridgway
might be martinl - I didn't turn him over for a look :) (very possible actually because we get so many of those)
MartinL
Is this a badge huntsman with the dots underneath?

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International Spider Survey
Photographed
PublishedDecember 8, 2011

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