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Initially thought it might be a Wolf Spider. Suspect this killed a scorpion last week
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- Submitted: Mar 31, 2019
- Photographed: Apr 1, 2019
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Thumrait, Oman
- Spotted Indoors: Garage or shed
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Body approximately 1.25 inches, over all diameter 5+ inches
Yea, they can about cover my hand holding them.
Has 8 eyes same size. Two at top, four below and öne each side
Hi. This is a giant crab spider Sparassidae family. don’t know middle east species well, but this looks like our Olios species.
They are all harmless. Some welcome these for pest insect control.
One of my favorite spiders