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Heteropoda jugulans
The Brown Huntsman is a large spider patterned in brown and black. It has crab-like legs, and is fast moving. Size up to 15 cm across the legs (about a handspan
Houses, forested areas, gardens, rainforest. Found under loose bark on trees, in crevices on rock walls and in logs, under rocks and slabs of bark on the ground.
Food: insects Breeding: lays up to 200 eggs in oval egg sac of white papery silk