Heteropoda sp. (genus)

Huntsman spider at Capalaba, QLD

Heteropoda sp. (genus) at Capalaba, QLD - 10 Feb 2024
Heteropoda sp. (genus) at Capalaba, QLD - 10 Feb 2024
Heteropoda sp. (genus) at Capalaba, QLD - 10 Feb 2024
Heteropoda sp. (genus) at Capalaba, QLD - 10 Feb 2024
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Identification history

Heteropoda sp. (genus) 21 Oct 2024 EathanDouglas
Sparassidae (family) 14 Oct 2024 YumiCallaway
Lycosidae (family) 29 Feb 2024 CarbonAI
Unidentified 29 Feb 2024 TimL

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Expect the unexpected. The first image shows a small fungus amongst the leaf litter, the result of recent rains. There's a small spider hiding in plain sight on the lower left edge of the cap. This spider is shown in greater detail in the second image. Hiding out of the rain beneath the cap was a second spider, as seen in the final two images.

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EathanDouglas wrote:
   21 Oct 2024
given it's in Brisbane, this is likely H. jugulans, genus is good for now though as procera has appeared in places around the suburbs before too :)

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  • 10 Feb 2024 11:12 AM Recorded on
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