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Funnel spider

Description:

Comes out at night!

Habitat:

Outdoors

Notes:

Very Big Spider

1 Species ID Suggestions

Brown Huntsman Spider
Heteropoda venatoria Brown huntsman spider


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12 Comments

Moved to Arthropods category

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 12 years ago

Can you please switch the organism's category to arthropods.
It is currently categorized under plants.

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 12 years ago

It's a Huntsman Spider, Sparassidae.

p.young713
p.young713 12 years ago

Yes, Ha ha!!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

What we can do in presence of a Grizzly bear...!!

p.young713
p.young713 12 years ago

This are the largest spiders I have seen in Florida, They are very shy and run away!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

I feel its an important member in Web of Life..!!

p.young713
p.young713 12 years ago

Thanks Emma, I used the flash for this night photo!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Its common spider in deciduous forests..!!

p.young713
p.young713 12 years ago

Oh Good! Thank you for the ID! Do you have them in your country too?

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

Wow pyoung! Great pic!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

I think its a Funnel spider..!!

p.young713
Spotted by
p.young713

Tampa, Florida, USA

Spotted on Jul 16, 2011
Submitted on Jul 16, 2011

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