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    Huntsman spiders, members of the family Sparassidae (formerly Heteropodidae), catch their prey by hunting rather than in webs. They are also called giant...
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    huntsman spider (Heteropoda maxima) is a species of the huntsman spider family Sparassidae found in Laos. It is considered the world's largest spider...
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  • Brown huntsman spider may refer to: Heteropoda venatoria, a pantropical species of spider Heteropoda cervina, a large Australian species of spider Other...
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    Heteropoda venatoria is a species of spider in the family Sparassidae, the huntsman spiders. It is native to the tropical regions of the world, and it...
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    Delena cancerides, the communal huntsman, flat huntsman or social huntsman, is a large, brown huntsman spider native to Australia. It has been introduced...
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    Micrommata virescens, common name green huntsman spider, is a species of huntsman spiders belonging to the family Sparassidae. This species has a Palearctic...
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    the largest spider in the world by mass (175 g (6.2 oz)) and body length (up to 13 cm (5.1 in)), and second to the giant huntsman spider by leg span....
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    wheel spider or golden wheel spider (Carparachne aureoflava), is a huntsman spider native to the Namib Desert of Southern Africa. This spider is distinct...
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    spider, Large Huntsman spider, Giant Huntsman spider, Grey Huntsman Spider Neosparassus spp., Badge Huntsman spiders and Shield Huntsman spiders Pandercetes...
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    of spiders for their larvae to feed on, covering nearly all free-living spider families, including tarantulas, wolf spiders (Lycosidae), huntsman spiders...
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    centimetres (1.2 in) body length. The flat huntsman spider (Delena cancerides), called the Avondale spider in New Zealand, was accidentally introduced...
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    "Once a leg is lost, a recluse spider does not regenerate a new one with subsequent molts",(p 57) unlike the huntsman spider, which does regenerate autotomized...
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    Tarantula (redirect from Tarantula spider)
    (all being mygalomorphs) but fall into different families from them. Huntsman spiders of the family Sparassidae have also been termed tarantulas because...
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    Pandercetes gracilis, also called the lichen huntsman spider and the lichen spider, is a huntsman spider found on New Guinea, the Maluku Islands, Sulawesi...
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    Heteropoda davidbowie is a species of huntsman spider of the genus Heteropoda. It was described from the Cameron Highlands District in peninsular Malaysia...
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    prey on Tegenaria funnel weaver spiders, and are known to attack and eat redback spiders, huntsman spiders and house spiders. Pholcids may be beneficial to...
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    by jumping spiders of the family Salticidae (which can distinguish colors) and the huntsman spiders of the family Sparassidae. Wolf spiders are unique...
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    Eusparassus (category Cosmopolitan spiders)
    of huntsman spiders, known as the stone huntsman spiders, it was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1903. They are medium to large huntsman spiders...
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    rechenbergi, also known as the Moroccan flic-flac spider and cartwheeling spider, is a species of huntsman spider indigenous to the sand dunes of the Erg Chebbi...
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  • Wood spider may refer to: Huntsman spider, a spider in the family Sparassidae, some of which are also called wood spiders because of their attraction to...
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  • North and South America Banana spider myth, an urban legend regarding huntsman spiders Bannana, a genus of goblin spiders from China This page is an index...
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    The common rain spider (Palystes superciliosus), formerly P. natalius, is a species of huntsman spider native to Southern Africa. It is the most common...
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    Micrommata ligurina (category Spiders of Europe)
    Micrommata ligurina is a species of huntsman spider. It was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1845. In the females of Micrommata ligurina the body...
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    Holconia immanis (category Spiders of Australia)
    commonly known as the Sydney huntsman spider and giant banded huntsman,[citation needed] is a species of huntsman spider found in eastern Australia. It...
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    Olios giganteus (category Spiders described in 1884)
    Olios giganteus is a large species of huntsman spider in the family Sparassidae. It is found in the United States and Mexico. This species is harmless...
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    Black house spider Children's python Golden silk orb-weaver spider Goliath stick insect Huntsman spider Net-casting spider Redback spider Spiny leaf insect...
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    (Araneae) The largest species of arachnid by length is probably the giant huntsman spider (Heteropoda maxima) of Laos, which in 2008 replaced the Goliath birdeater...
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  • Look up huntsman in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A huntsman is a hunter, especially a fox hunter. Huntsman or huntsmen or variation, may also refer...
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    Palystes (redirect from Rain spider)
    Palystes is a genus of huntsman spiders, commonly called rain spiders or lizard-eating spiders, occurring in Africa, India, Australia, and the Pacific...
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    Cerbalus aravaensis is a huntsman spider found in the southern Arava Valley of Israel and Jordan. The species was first described by Gershom Levy of the...
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