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Brown huntsman spider

Heteropoda venatoria

Photo by LarinaPacheco
Published on Project Noah
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21.2848, -157.793

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Habitat:

Honolulu

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Comments (6)
Apple
The wiki link is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_huntsman_spider The picture there is almost identical.
Apple
No problem, glad I could help. Guess I was obsessing on this one. Glad to know what it is. :)
LarinaPacheco
Hi apple! Yes, that looks very similar to this spider. I think you identified this scary guy :) Thanks for all your help!
Apple
It looks very similar to this spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6862582
Apple
Even if it is a photo and far away I find that it frightens me a bit...
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2012

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