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Description:

Looks like a cave spider, but I need help identifying the right species. Am I on the right track? Is it something else? Got a bit freaked out the first time I saw one, and tried to kill it with bug spray, but it didn't do anything besides making it angry and the thing jumped at me.

Habitat:

I live in Costa Rica, and have only encountered these ugly things in warm, humid places; as opposed to cooler, higher-altitude locations.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago
Whip Spider
Amblypygi Amblypygi


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2 Comments

ramirez20202011
ramirez20202011 9 years ago

It looks like the daddy long legs

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

Class Arachnida, but despite the names whip spider or tailless whip scorpions it is neither a spider nor a scorpion!
There are many similar looking ones around, so closer ID is probably not possible from a picture alone. A common family is Phrynidae.
http://museum.wa.gov.au/catalogues-beta/...
http://eolspecies.lifedesks.org/pages/40...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/markus_oul...

AndrésBermúdez
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AndrésBermúdez

Heredia, Costa Rica

Spotted on Apr 5, 2014
Submitted on Apr 5, 2014

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