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Huntsman

Palystes castaneus

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Huntsman
Palystes castaneus Palystes castaneus


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I reset this back to arthropods again, seems it slipped back to "other" on the update.

ladyeowyn1
ladyeowyn1 10 years ago

Thanks everyone! Glad to know what he/she is!

Maria dB
Maria dB 10 years ago

Nice spotting; I moved this to the arthropods category for you

Wendy Clapham
Wendy Clapham 10 years ago

This is what his Cape Town cousins look like: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/423...

Wendy Clapham
Wendy Clapham 10 years ago

His clypeal moustache and ventrally banded legs give him away...go Movember!

Could it be a Huntsman - check this page http://www.spiderzrule.com/huntsman1.htm...

MattWilliams2
MattWilliams2 10 years ago

Great photo!

ladyeowyn1
ladyeowyn1 10 years ago

Probably 4-5cm body, 8-10cm including the legs

Looks like a type of Garden Spider, can you give an idea of size of body and legs, it helps the experts.

ladyeowyn1
Spotted by
ladyeowyn1

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

Spotted on Nov 17, 2013
Submitted on Nov 17, 2013

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