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huntsman spider...
AJ this is for you BUT I don't like being surprised by them either...
This is one of the surprises or is that 'prizes' we get when collecting wood. This one was easily as big as the palm of my hand. It and a mate (just as big) were rescued and placed in a safer place. They are a sluggish spider and are famed for turning up on the inner walls of our houses!
'Huntsman Spiders are found living under loose bark on trees, in crevices on rock walls and in logs, under rocks and slabs of bark on the ground, and on foliage. Dozens of the social huntsman species, Delena cancerides, can be seen sitting together under bark on dead trees and stumps but they can also be found on the ground under rocks and bark slabs.'
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huntsman spider...
AJ this is for you BUT I don't like being surprised by them either...
This is one of the surprises or is that 'prizes' we get when collecting wood. This one was easily as big as the palm of my hand. It and a mate (just as big) were rescued and placed in a safer place. They are a sluggish spider and are famed for turning up on the inner walls of our houses!
'Huntsman Spiders are found living under loose bark on trees, in crevices on rock walls and in logs, under rocks and slabs of bark on the ground, and on foliage. Dozens of the social huntsman species, Delena cancerides, can be seen sitting together under bark on dead trees and stumps but they can also be found on the ground under rocks and bark slabs.'
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