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Huntsman

Palystes castaneus

Photo by ladyeowyn1
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Huntsman

Palystes castaneus

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Wendy Clapham
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Comments (9)
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
I reset this back to arthropods again, seems it slipped back to "other" on the update.
ladyeowyn1
Thanks everyone! Glad to know what he/she is!
Maria dB
Nice spotting; I moved this to the arthropods category for you
Wendy Clapham
This is what his Cape Town cousins look like: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/42387028
Wendy Clapham
His clypeal moustache and ventrally banded legs give him away...go Movember!
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
Could it be a Huntsman - check this page http://www.spiderzrule.com/huntsman1.htm
ladyeowyn1
Probably 4-5cm body, 8-10cm including the legs
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
Looks like a type of Garden Spider, can you give an idea of size of body and legs, it helps the experts.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2013

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