Heteropoda venatoria
(Huntsman Spider)

Picture ID 8738

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Adanson’s House jumper??

Submitted by:
arachnewbie
Submitted: Apr 6, 2018
Photographed: Apr 5, 2018
Spider: Heteropoda venatoria (Huntsman Spider)
Location: Puunene , Maui (at the Friends of Library Bookstore), Hawaii, United States
Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Lateral

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BugmanDan

April 6, 2018 3:48 am

Hi, and welcome to the site. Your little friend is a Heteropoda venatoria, one of the Sparassidae family. In Hawaii, these are known as cane spiders. Yours looks to be female.
One of my favorite spiders.