Unidentified

Picture ID 11746

Picture of unidentified spider - Dorsal

Comments & ID Thoughts

Spots on the underside of the legs, light/tan coloration on the top.

  • Submitted by: 
    BooBoo
  • Submitted: May 5, 2018
  • Photographed: May 5, 2018
  • Spider: Unidentified
  • Location: Dubbo, Australia
  • Spotted Outdoors: Low foliage (shrubs, herbs, garden, excluding flowers),Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
  • Found in web?: No
  • Attributes: Dorsal
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BugmanDan

Hi. All I can say is your little friend is one of the jumping spiders in the Saltiidae family.
This is a huge family, so this one I am not familiar with.
https://australianmuseum.net.au/jumping-spiders

Disco

This appears to be a Sparassidae of some kind from what I can make out, likely Heteropoda venatoria based on location, but I could be mistaken.

BugmanDan

That might be a good call, H.venatoria is not found in Australia, more likely Holconia genus.
Holconia immanus (banded huntsman) is one of the largest of Australian huntsman.
Quite harmless in spite of their size.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbXlAJSNvyo

Disco

Indeed they are harmless, but H. venatoria are indeed found in Australia quite commonly. See http://eol.org/pages/1207459/overview and https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:c35d8cd0-a078-43bd-825a-1c7ddacf9f6c

BugmanDan

Well, I concede, My lack of extensive research with Sparassids the last 5 years is getting obsolete. 2011,they were known globally in tropic and sub tropics except for Australias.
(Jäger/Henderson et all) Peter Jäger is a personal friend, helped me a lot researching huntsman. Likely ‘the’ authority on these.
This still looks more banded huntsman than brown huntsman. Best I can do with a poor monitor.