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Kingdom=Animalia
Phylum=Arthropoda
Class=Arachnida
Order=Araneae
Section=Entelegynae
Superfamily=Sparassoidea
Family=Sparassidae
Genus=Neosparassus
Species=calligaster ID by Robert Whyte www.arachne.org.au
Binomial name=Neosparassus calligaster
Common name=Shield Huntsman
I don't support the hunt but my family do and every boxing day they insist I join them at the boxing day hunt meet. As we were staying with my brother in Hampshire, we went to a different meet than usual.
It is usually good for photo oppourtunities, unfortunately the sun was behind the big country house where the meet was held so everything was in shade.
I got lots of strange looks and one lady was rather rude! I think they thought I was a sab!
I kinda think this version is better, even though the red/green combo in the colour is cool
A pale-coloured huntsman spiderlig that I found inside a big spider's curled leaf sac.
Name: Araneomorphae > Entelegynes > Sparassidae Sp.
Size: About 9mm (pedipalp excluded)
Gender / Sex: Male
Area Found: Forest of Bukit Gemuk, Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia.
Orange huntsman (Sparassidae). More tropical spiders: orionmystery.blogspot.com/2012/01/tropical-spiders.html