Curicaberis

Picture ID 9779

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Was in a wood pile that was covered in a tarp for the past couple of months.

Submitted by:
scootersays
Submitted: Apr 16, 2018
Photographed: Apr 16, 2018
Spider: Curicaberis
Sex:
Male,
Maturity:
Adult
Location: Malibu, California, United States
Spotted Outdoors: Under rock, log, or debris
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Dorsal

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Disco

April 16, 2018 9:35 pm

I believe this is likely a male Olios giganteus

BugmanDan

April 16, 2018 9:58 pm

A male golden huntsman.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/231148/bgimage
https://www.buzzfeed.com/jennaguillaume/reasons-the-huntsman-spider-is-your-new-best-friend?utm_term=.tcVDkAkXZo#.jhvydedGAM
One of my favorite spiders, Welcome to he site.

ItsyBitsy

Moderator

April 19, 2018 1:33 pm

Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 This is a Giant Crab/Huntsman Spider (Sprassidae) in the genus Curicaberis.

scootersays

Photo Owner

April 19, 2018 2:18 pm

Thanks everybody! My boyfriend told me he found a brown recluse at work, I kindly and quickly let him know how highly unlikely it was. Unfortunately, I couldn’t declare victory until I got a positive ID on his suspect. I feel like Google really dropped the ball on this one by only showing the female version of this spider in the search results. So thank you all for your help with the ID!

BugmanDan

Reply to scootersays

April 19, 2018 4:50 pm

Well,I was close but dropped the ball myself, I overlook these,the difference is gold huntsman have near black mouth parts and a mottled abdomen, yours has distinguishable chevrons and light mouth parts. Still cool spiders.