Olios giganteus
(Giant Crab Spider)

Picture ID 62143

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Abdomen was larger than my thumbnail. Would guess about 2 inches in diameter. At first I thought that 2 of its legs were missing but on closer inspection it seems that the two closest to its mouth are just smaller in size?

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chicost8
Submitted: May 24, 2019
Photographed: May 4, 2019
Spider: Olios giganteus (Giant Crab Spider)
Location: Chico, California, United States
Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Dorsal

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Chicost8

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May 25, 2019 12:02 am

This beauty crawled out from under the edge of my house and up the garage wall. Bigger than anything I’ve seen in Northern California. Pregnant maybe? At first I thought wolf spider but it doesn’t match any photos. What say the experts?