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This spider was found in my boot one morning. It was fairly fast moving and about the size of my palm.
Tropical rainforest in the Guiana Shield, Suriname.
Spotted on May 22, 2012
Submitted on Jul 19, 2012
6 Comments
Yeah I took that photo at dawn, and it had just plopped out if my boot so it was scurrying everywhere. Being so far from the city I didn't want to risk being bitten if it was poisonous, so that's the best photo I got. That does look similar to it though. Thanks, it's a step in the right direction!
A total stab in the dark: Ctenidae, wandering spiders. Here's an example http://www.photographersdirect.com/papil... (If only there was a more direct front-on view of yours).
Okay, here goes another try... anyone have any idea what kind of South American spider this is? Spotted in Suriname. I've been researching different types of spiders since I got back from my trip and nothing I've found looks much like this. Any sort of help would be appreciated!
I thought since there was a whole mission for spiders someone could point me in the right direction. I've been searching pictures of South American spiders like crazy and I haven't seen anything that looks like it. I wanted to see if it was poisonous or not, since I had my foot in the boot for about ten seconds before I realized something else was in there! Which is why you always! check your boots! before you put them on!
Spider ID are hard to get here. Hope you get an ID, love spiders
So... nobody has any inkling what kind of spider this is? I found it in my boot one morning in South America and it scared me half to death! Way scarier than a tarantula!