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Spotting

Description:

large spider; a tarantula expert tells me it is not a tarantula

Habitat:

sitting quietly on the leaf of a prickly pear cactus

Notes:

could this be a Polybetes?

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2 Comments

carol.peters
carol.peters 12 years ago

Thank you, ChunXingWong. Nice to know I'm on the right track.

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 12 years ago

Nice spotting.
I don't know whether it is a Polybetes or not but it is in the right family -Sparassidae.

carol.peters
Spotted by
carol.peters

Salta, Argentina

Spotted on Nov 16, 2011
Submitted on Nov 18, 2011

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