Typostola barbata
Giant Green Huntsman at Dunlop, ACT
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| Typostola barbata | MichaelMulvaney | 17 Jul 2021 | |
| Typostola barbata | JonSteinbeck | 9 May 2020 |
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I think this was a Green-bellied Huntsman. I was not able to get a good shot as the spider was high up in a tree at Aranda Bushland Nature Reserve. The spider was large, possibly 10-15 cm across. I had first noticed the reflection from its eyes, thinking it was a small mammal given the distance I noted the reflection and where it was in the tree. This spider was very obvious on the branch once we shone the torch on it. There is a line of ants behind it in the photograph but they look too small for the spider to consume.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.083307-35.276423
- Altitude 589.1m
- Maps Aranda Bushland
- Places Dunlop, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 24 Apr 2020 07:54 PM Recorded on
- JonSteinbeck Recorded by
- 50mm or larger Animal size
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- Spiders Huntsman spiders (Sparassidae) BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Typostola barbata
Species information
- Typostola barbata Scientific name
- Giant Green Huntsman Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 653m Recorded at altitude
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