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Giant Crab Spider

Heteropoda venatoria

Description:

Large. Very actively moving.

Habitat:

Scurrying on the bathroom floor.

Notes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heteropoda... http://www.southindianspiders.org/south-...

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 8 years ago
Huntsman Spider
Heteropoda venatoria Heteropoda venatoria - photo | Reptarium


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8 Comments

SukanyaDatta
SukanyaDatta 8 years ago

I checked...always do. We do have them in India.http://www.southindianspiders.org/south-indian-spiders2.htm
THANKs again, bayucca.

bayucca
bayucca 8 years ago

Me too, at least when I have found an ID, but, please, always check them, you never know ;-)

SukanyaDatta
SukanyaDatta 8 years ago

Thank you so much bayucca
I am always happy to learn the name of a species I have spotted.

SukanyaDatta
SukanyaDatta 8 years ago

Thanks, Wild Things...will do.

Wild Things
Wild Things 8 years ago

check for a huntsman spider, Sparassidae family.

SukanyaDatta
SukanyaDatta 8 years ago

Thanks, Ganesh R Mandavkar...any idea about the species? Is it dangerous?

funnel web spider

SukanyaDatta
Spotted by
SukanyaDatta

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Spotted on Mar 29, 2016
Submitted on Mar 29, 2016

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