The Picture Thread Mark III

Sock puppet path said:
Yeah that's the right family ToR in the states the colloqial term for them is wolf spiders.
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wolf spider is a different set altogether:

"Wolf Spiders
Family Lycosidae

Wolf spiders are found throughout Australia. They are robust, agile hunters that live on the ground in leaf litter or burrows. They are often found in lawns and gardens.

Habitat and Biology
Wolf spiders are found in habitats ranging from dry inland shrublands and woodlands to wet coastal forests and alpine meadows. Some species, such as the Lycosa furcillata and L. godefffroyi are common in suburban gardens. Two of the commonest Australian species are Lycosa godeffroyi and L. leuckartii, with a wide range in the temperate parts of the continent"


"Huntsman Spiders
Common Huntsman spiders: Isopeda, Isopedella
Banded Huntsman Spiders: Holconia
Badge or Shield Huntsman spiders: Neosparassus
Tropical or Brown Huntsman spiders: Heteropoda
Flat Huntsman Spiders: Delena

Australian Huntsman spiders belong to the Family Sparassidae (formerly Heteropodidae) and are famed as being the hairy so-called 'tarantulas' on house walls that terrify people by scuttling out from behind curtains. In fact, they are a diverse and relatively harmless group of spiders, with 13 genera and 94 described species"
 
dont you love phoneutrias? i mean, look at this thing!
it is not the same as the one i found, but the one i found would do something like that, it scared me!
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Isn't it curious that while we humen are much more powerful yet alot of us would be scared to death by such a large spider... It must be quite fast, how did you capture it?
 
Maybe huntsman is a eeh... group name like funnel web spiders. The huntsmen group would then contain all the spiders which chace down prey by running/jumping.
 
Yeah, I bet that's it Kunax. The Australians must call the spider that fills the hunting niche a huntsmen and the Americans call it a wolf spider. Wolf spiders tend to be very hairy, too. I don't think any of them jump, though.

Jumping spiders are amazing.
 
Kunax said:
Maybe huntsman is a eeh... group name like funnel web spiders. The huntsmen group would then contain all the spiders which chace down prey by running/jumping.
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It is a group name, all the details re huntsman, wolf spiders and funnel spiders and more are in the link I provided.
 
ToR, yea i see that now, i gues was still a sleep when i posted, im going back to sleep :)
 
OK it is spider season again in the basement. I am calling this a norwegian tarantula and anyone who disagrees with me is an agent of the zionist conspiracy.

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Nice one, how big is it?

p.s. you gave it fotoeyes or what ever its called in Eng. (red eyes from the blizz)
 
Looks like your assassin bug got stepped on.

Do Brazilian entymologists seperate hemiptera and homoptera? I remember when I was IDing bugs, and trying to tell juvenile hemis from homos was a fucking chore. The Brits I was working with told me that Britain ended up classifying them in the same order. Lucky bastards.
 
yes... im affraid my little friend doesnt have a lot to live :(

we differenciate hemipteras and homopteras based on the wings and shielding... it is very confusing though
 
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