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Heteropoda davidbowie
A large white and hairy spider, about palm sized. Named after the artiste David bowie to create attention towards the spiders at large. Found in the Peninsular region, and thought to be declining in numbers.
Rainforest
This was spotted at night.
Spotted on Jun 12, 2012
Submitted on Jan 15, 2013
35 Comments (1–25)
Cool spider!
Amazing spotting!
very nice congrats!
Very nice - congratulations on your spotting of the day!
Congratulations Kathleen on this wonderful SotD !
Wow, thank you all for the congratulations and SOTD...really honored to be able to share such beauties in this community, and learn from yours as well :) Who knew mixing scientific naming with the media could really do wonders in capturing people's attention?
Awesome spot! Congrats!
Congratulations great spot !
Congratulations!
A music award :-)
Beautiful capture Kathleen,congrats on the SOTD,thanks for sharing
Great photo of a beautiful spider.
That is awesome!
Great spotting!
well done Kathleen!
Congratulations Kathleen!
Amazing! Congrats!
Congratulations !!! this had to get the SOTD .... well deserved !!
Congratulations Kathleen. It is a phenominal spider!
Nice spotting! Well deserved! congos....
Well who would have thought that David Bowie would have such hairy legs! Congratulations Kathleen, this rockin' spider has earned you spotting of the day!
Heteropoda davidbowie is distinguished by its large size and yellow hair. Bowie was selected for the honor because of his musical contribution to arachnid world – the 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.
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Thank you for the links, it has been updated! :)
Hi Kathleen, May I suggest you add a reference link to bolster this, to that part of the spotting. Here is a good one http://www.arkive.org/david-bowie-spider...
Yes, named to raise awareness because of the link to that song http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthne...
Awesome !