Isaiah Rosales
Heteropoda davidbowie
When you're named in honour after David Bowie, you command respect! 😎
After seeing photographs of specimens online some odd years ago, Heteropoda davidbowie for a long while have been amongst my list of most admired/favourite invertebrates... So when my local invert shop had a couple adult females on display, I couldn't help myself in taking a stab at getting a portrait. 😌
The species is a huntsman spider of the genus Heteropoda. First described by Peter Jäger in 2008, based on a specimen collected by G. Ackermann in 2007 in the Cameron Highlands of peninsular Malaysia. The species name honours David Bowie, with particular reference to songs such as "Glass Spider" (from the 1987 album Never Let Me Down), as well as the 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, and the resemblance of the frontal view of the spider to the singer's painted face in his early career.
Distributed in West Malaysia (Cameron Highlands), Singapore, Sumatra and possibly southern Thailand.
Adults are often seen on tree bark. Juveniles have been found on leaf litter and leaves on shrubs.
(Captive reared specimen)
Heteropoda davidbowie
When you're named in honour after David Bowie, you command respect! 😎
After seeing photographs of specimens online some odd years ago, Heteropoda davidbowie for a long while have been amongst my list of most admired/favourite invertebrates... So when my local invert shop had a couple adult females on display, I couldn't help myself in taking a stab at getting a portrait. 😌
The species is a huntsman spider of the genus Heteropoda. First described by Peter Jäger in 2008, based on a specimen collected by G. Ackermann in 2007 in the Cameron Highlands of peninsular Malaysia. The species name honours David Bowie, with particular reference to songs such as "Glass Spider" (from the 1987 album Never Let Me Down), as well as the 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, and the resemblance of the frontal view of the spider to the singer's painted face in his early career.
Distributed in West Malaysia (Cameron Highlands), Singapore, Sumatra and possibly southern Thailand.
Adults are often seen on tree bark. Juveniles have been found on leaf litter and leaves on shrubs.
(Captive reared specimen)