Isopeda

Picture ID 6327

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No idea what this is, unfortunately picture was taken after we spray it, but when I saw it and turn on the light, it will stand with the back legs and going up in an attack posture..would like to know what it is, and not sure what measures to take, since it's a building, 3rd floor and was found on a wall in the bedroom... would we need to have exterminator...thank in advance...regards

Submitted by:
oj2ad
Submitted: Mar 2, 2018
Photographed: Mar 26, 2018
Spider: Isopeda
Location: Mount Waverley, VIC, Australia
Spotted Indoors: Other
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Dorsal

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ItsyBitsy

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March 2, 2018 8:28 am

Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 This is a Huntsman Spider (Sparassidae). It looks similar to this Victorian Huntsman (Isopeda victorialis), but there are a bunch of other options in the genus in range that I don’t know how to rule out. Tentatively filed to genus.
http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=2508