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A huge Sparassidae Huntsman Spider covered in light brown hairs. Central body length about 3cm / 30mm. It has 2 rows of eyes, 4 eyes each row. A black line runs through its back. Quite difficult to determine itssex because the palps are hidden, possibly a male. It is easily mistaken as Tarantula by most people. Possibly Gnathopalystes sp.
Between big leaves high up the tree branches. Found in a park in Pekan Nabalu, Kundasang, Sabah, Malaysia.
After lunch in a restaurant in Pekan Nabalu (a small town near Mount Kinabalu), I went to the park nearby to enjoy the view of the majestic Mount Kinabalu. While walking around the park, I saw this spider sitting on a leaf on a tree. This discovery amazes me because this is the first time I saw such a large huntsman spider. >>>Map accuracy : 10m radius.
Spotted on Feb 2, 2011
Submitted on Oct 6, 2011
24 Comments
Amazing series....
Thanks Lori.tas.
Beautiful spider.
Thanks for the comments Gerardo Aizpuru and Jolly Ibañez.
Wow incredible series :)
Awesome series Chun. Beautiful spotting.
New photo added into this spotting.
Photograph managed to be obtained from my father with permission.
Thank you too JulioHarahap.
Thank you too LarsKorb.
Stunning angle on the first shot
Thank you very much Susan.
great series
Yes, but it did not put out it's palps so I cannot determine it's gender.
I could only guess that it's a she because it's palps looks kind of slender in the 2nd photo.
Big hairy fangs and it seems to have palps!
I like the fourth picture ^^
Thank you.
WOW! Amazing spider series!
There are 83 genus of Huntsman spider.
Just thinking of going through all those to find this species ID, phew!
Out of the 5 main genus shown in Wikipedia, Heteropoda is the most likely one.
Any objections? or suggestions?
Great photo and find!!
Wow, great spot! Welcome to Project Noah Chun!
Great spotting, and a really impressive spider!
Yes we have a few spiders here... Even in our house (see http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/705... and http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/706...).... But I haven't seen anything quite as big as your Huntsman!!
Thanks, I am also planning to find more fantastic spiders in the Phillipines when I would have the chance to visit there.
Wow, what a spider! Fantastic photos!