Heteropoda sp. (genus)

Huntsman spider at Capalaba, QLD

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Heteropoda sp. (genus) EathanDouglas 21 Oct 2024
Sparassidae (family) YumiCallaway 14 Oct 2024
Lycosidae (family) CarbonAI 29 Feb 2024
Unverified TimL 29 Feb 2024

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Expect the unexpected. The first image shows a small fungus amongst the leaf litter, the result of recent rains. There's a small spider hiding in plain sight on the lower left edge of the cap. This spider is shown in greater detail in the second image. Hiding out of the rain beneath the cap was a second spider, as seen in the final two images.

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   21 Oct 2024
given it's in Brisbane, this is likely H. jugulans, genus is good for now though as procera has appeared in places around the suburbs before too :)

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  • 2 Abundance
  • 10 Feb 2024 11:12 AM Recorded on
  • TimL Recorded by
  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size

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