
Comments & ID Thoughts
what spider is this
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- Submitted: Mar 18, 2024
- Photographed: Mar 19, 2024
- Spider: Heteropoda venatoria (Huntsman Spider)
- Location: Lombok, indonesia, Indonesia
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
what spider is this
Your friendly neighborhood huntsman spider. A male Heteropoda venatoria
Very harmless and good to have around.
Species Heteropoda venatoria – Huntsman Spider – BugGuide.Net
so it’s fine for this boy to be around in my room?
These are a tropical huntsman and pandemic, found in all tropic regions. They are fast if spooked making catching by hand a challenge. They are kept like pets, welcome in multitudes of homes. I had one just like him that lived in my room most of a season. That was in south Miami bach Florida. Great moth and roach catchers, even in total dark. There is even a facebook australian huntsman group. In Hawaii, they are called cane spiders and folks build little hidy huts for them in cane fields. Not really wanted in your home, here is a solution:… Read more »