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Hunstman Spider

Description:

A big Huntsman Spider having a meal

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8 Comments

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 9 years ago

Thanks, @Wild Things :)

Wild Things
Wild Things 9 years ago

Lovely spotting!

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 9 years ago

Thanks for the details info, @Chun :)

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 9 years ago

According to the Spiders Of Borneo guide book by Joseph Koh (published this year - 2014), it still could not be identified. Modern arachnologists have already collected specimens, studied the male and female and recorded their habitat and distribution. However, instead of declaring it a new species and giving it a name, they still need to find out whether it has already long described. This takes a lot of time because many scientific reports on discovery of new species are written hundreds of years ago. Many of these original descriptions are not written by official scientist so the descriptions are poorly detailed.

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 9 years ago

Thanks, @Maria dB :)

Maria dB
Maria dB 9 years ago

Good action shots!

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 9 years ago

Thanks, @Chun for the info.
So it is still an undescribed specie?

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 9 years ago

This species can be found From Singapore to Borneo.
Arachnologists are well aware of this species but they still could not publish a species name for it yet.

AlbertKang
Spotted by
AlbertKang

Malaysia

Spotted on Jun 30, 2014
Submitted on Jul 9, 2014

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