Comments & ID Thoughts
A largish (3")green, somewhat fuzzy spider. Found on the outside of a cement block building in Makuma, Ecuador. It was photographed at 4:45 am.
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- Submitted: Mar 12, 2018
- Photographed: Apr 5, 2011
- Spider: Sparassidae (Giant Crab Spiders)
- Location: Makuma, Ecuador S02 08.75 W077 41.97, Ecuador
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal
Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 This is a Huntsman/Giant Crab Spider (Sparassidae). I’m unsure of the genus at the moment.
@ItsyBitsy. Thanks for the help. I thought I knew that huntsman spiders were “daddy-long-legs.” Obviously you have destroyed what little knowledge of spiders I thought I had 🙂 I will do some digging around and try to educate myself a little more. I appreciate the help. Can anyone take it further than Sparassidae?
@ItsyBitsy. Harvestman . . . Huntsman. I’ve got it now 🙂