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Huntsman_Spider_Babies Heteropoda cervina (Brown Huntsman)<br />
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<a href="http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=949" rel="nofollow">http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=949</a> Australia,Geotagged,Heteropoda cervina Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

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  1. Ridiculously cool, duly impressed with Australian spiders know, and your skill in finding them. Posted 9 years ago
  2. According to Robert Whyte, the author of http://www.arachne.org.au/, this is more likely Heteropoda jugulans.
    The two species are very similar. Do you have a photo of the female to have a better look?
    http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/Find+out+about/Animals+of+Queensland/Spiders/Modern+Spiders+Infraorder+Araneomorphae/Huntsman+Spiders/Brown+Huntsman+Spider#.Vy86RbX7NT4
    Posted 9 years ago

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''Heteropoda cervina'', commonly called the brown huntsman, is a large species of spider in the Sparassidae family often found in leaf litter in Australia. The species was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1875.

All huntsman spiders are nocturnal, and ''H. cervina'' shelters under bark during the day, emerging in the evening to find prey, often on tree trunks. They are also known to enter houses, though they are extremely timid, and their bite – while painful – is only.. more

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Species identified by Christiane Geissler
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Uploaded Mar 13, 2016. Captured in 256 Wonbah Rd, Wonbah QLD 4671, Australia.