Huntsman Spider at Watson, ACT
Identification history
| Isopeda sp. (genus) | 5 Jul 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Isopeda sp. (genus) | 22 Oct 2020 | BIrdsinCanberra | ||
| Isopeda sp. (genus) | 20 Oct 2020 | KimPullen | ||
| Sparassidae (family) | 9 Oct 2020 | BIrdsinCanberra |
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I first noticed the legs of this huntsman spider sticking out from under some bark, and they looked big. I think the tree was a box gum so the bark was in a long strip that I could fold away to the side without destroying the spider’s hiding spot. The spider was very calm, not reacting to all the camera flashes nor scampering off when I disturbed the bark. The spider was probably at least a good 12 centimetres across in the first photograph. The comparative size of the sugar ant gives a good indication of how big the spider was. The spider may have been eating the sugar ant, because that insect was not visible when I initially photographed the spider. When I finished taking photographs of spider I made sure to fold the bark back gently to the original position to cover the spider back up. I do not think that I had disturbed her because she was still under the bark, with her legs just showing, when I returned past the tree a little later.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.078317-35.293295
- Altitude 571.3m
- Maps Lake Burley Griffin West
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 3 Oct 2020 08:26 PM Recorded on
- BIrdsinCanberra Recorded by
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Spiders Huntsman spiders (Sparassidae) BIrdsinCanberra
Additional information
- 50mm or larger Animal size
Species information
- Isopeda sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Huntsman Spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1027.44m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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