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Old 05-31-2002, 08:06 PM
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He's an Olios gigantea, a Giant Huntsman Spider. They aren't often seen in captivity... but they're not uncommon in the wild. They get to about 2". They are -extremely- quick and stay flat to the ground which makes them real hard to catch when they don't want to be. This little guy is barely the width of a pencil eraser.

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Here's my male and female wolf spider too... thought I might try my hand at breeding them for kicks. =)

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Hey Rav,

Where is that huntsman spider native to?
Isn't the Daddy long-legs also known as the huntsman?
I seem to remember reading somewhere that the daddy long legs is/is not a true arachnid and that there are several spiders called huntsman? Sometimes common names can be quite decieving.


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Old 05-31-2002, 09:36 PM
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There are several groups commonly referred to as 'huntsman' spiders. Mine is actually a species of crab spider... Sparassidae family. They, as a group, are more typically native to the tropics, but this particular species is native to the southwest US. There are other species that have been imported. Theres another group of huntsman spiders from Australia... and I'm sure others.

I've never heard of the daddy long legs referred to as a huntsman, there is a species called the harvestman - which actually isn't a spider its an 8 legged arthropod, and an arachnid though - which seems to be what you may be referring to. There are also -many- species of true spiders that are inaccurately referred to as the daddy long legs. =)

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