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Huntsman

Heteropoda sp

Description:

large spider, about 12.5cm (5")

Habitat:

tropical rainforest

Notes:

I spotted this on a night hike in Tawau hills park.

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9 Comments

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 7 years ago

Thanks Chun and Felix, I've updated with the genus for now.

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 7 years ago

This is definitely a large Heteropoda species. I have found a female before with a maximum legspan of 128mm. This species lives in dark areas like shallow caves, under bridges and inside hollow logs.

Felix Fleck
Felix Fleck 7 years ago

Great pics! It looks like a Heteropoda species.

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 7 years ago

Thanks Chun! It must be a mystery if you haven't found it yet.

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 7 years ago

Cool spotting Dan!
This is a mysterious species which I am still trying hard to identify.

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 10 years ago

Thanks venus, Rob and Mark. I'm quite fearless Mark, but I havent quite worked up the courage to do a huge spider facebug pic. Maybe you could inspire me with one?;)

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Hey Dan couldn't you put it on your face for a new profile pic? :-)

RobThacker
RobThacker 10 years ago

Stunning spider, thank you dandoucette.

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 10 years ago

just amazing, this spider is so cool@ love that barb on his butt in the 4th pic!

Dan Doucette
Spotted by
Dan Doucette

Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia

Spotted on Jan 26, 2014
Submitted on Apr 16, 2014

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