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Body consist of two main parts, cephalothorax (prosoma) and abdomen (ophistosoma), which connected by pedicle. Ophisthosoma smaller than prosoma. Hairy structure can be found almost part of body surface. Having a pair of chelicerae, pedipalps attached to the prosoma. Claws can be found on the tips of the legs. As what have been observed, this animal can cause human dead. A pair of fang (figure 3rd) can be seen from ventral part.
Lower area of Java Island - found in the ground.
Some legs are broken at the tips, so this one can be easily captured.
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Possibly Selenocosmia javanensis.
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Stefan Phalagorn -Theraphosids of Southeast Asia
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Compared to Acacia leaves under the body, it possibly 8 or 9 cm at that position, and may be about twelve or more cm for its spread legs. Actually I'm not record the size, sorry :(
What is the diameter of its spread legs..?
Thank you very much KarenL
Wow! What a beauty!