Heteropoda venatoria
(Huntsman Spider)

Picture ID 56291

Comments & ID Thoughts

Thinking possibly a fishing spider or nursery web not sure though

Submitted by:
disteriea
Submitted: Apr 8, 2019
Photographed: Apr 7, 2019
Spider: Heteropoda venatoria (Huntsman Spider)
Sex:
Female,
Location: Lancaster, Ohio, United States
Spotted Indoors: Other
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Lateral, Accidental adventive

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BugmanDan

April 8, 2019 4:30 pm

Hi. I was able to clean this up enough to see dark fishing spider, Dolomedes tenebrosus.
This a pet or outside wall?

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Disteriea

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Reply to BugmanDan

April 8, 2019 11:14 pm

It was captured at my fiancees brother’s job in a warehouse he has it in a tank currently

ItsyBitsy

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April 8, 2019 5:47 pm

Hi, do you know where the spider came from or can you manage a clearer image? It looks suspiciously like a Huntsman Spider (Heteropoda venatoria) which isn’t native to Ohio.

Disteriea

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Reply to ItsyBitsy

April 8, 2019 11:18 pm

It was in my fiancees brother’s workplace he said it was a huntsman and I disagreed thinking it was a dark fishing spider, but I can’t let him know because he has me blocked unless i find the Instagram he made for it.

Disteriea

Photo Owner

Reply to ItsyBitsy

April 8, 2019 11:29 pm

Just found a better picture and posted it

BugmanDan

Reply to Disteriea

April 9, 2019 3:15 am

Hi. if this is the same spider, Itsy bitsy is correct, a Heteropoda venatoria huntsman spider.
The white bands didn’t show in your firs photo.
Odd these are not found north of the Carolinas and then only coastal states.
Likely a hitchhiker.
Also cool spiders, there are keeping guides for these, I question it would survive that far north.
ps: they are called cane spiders in Hawaii.
http://arachnoboards.com/threads/suggestions-for-caring-for-huntsmans.245930/