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Rain Spider
I found this little beauty on the bed this morning and it thankfully obliged me to sit still long enough for me to take a photo. Rain Spiders are part of the Huntsman group of spiders and although their bite can be a little painful, they are not dangerous.
The Common rain spider , formerly ''P. natalius'', is a species of huntsman spider native to Southern Africa. It is the most common and widespread species in the ''Palystes'' genus. Its distribution ranges from KwaZulu-Natal province in the east, then westwards to the provinces of Mpumalanga, Limpopo, and North West in the north, and Eastern Cape and Western Cape in the south. It has a body length of 25–30 mm. The species was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1875.
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