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Huntsman spider

Heteropoda venatoria

Description:

Was a pretty big spider however the one being held is dead. There were a whole lot more just like this one all over the place.

Habitat:

tropical forest


No species ID suggestions

2 Comments

KelseyCleland
KelseyCleland a year ago

No its not a shed skin because thats what I thought two. We found out that it really was a dead spider. I saw shed spider skins along the way as well, and they all looked different from this one.

keithp2012
keithp2012 a year ago

That might be a spiders shed skin, not an actual dead spider.

Johor, Malaysia

Lat: 2.79, Long: 104.17

Spotted on Jan 7, 2012
Submitted on Jan 7, 2012

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