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David Bowie's Huntsman Spider - Heteropoda davidbowie  David Bowie's Huntsman Spider,Geotagged,Heteropoda davidbowie,Huntsman Spider,Singapore,Spider,Spring Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

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  1. Do you know if it was perhaps's named this because of David Bowie's backing band, "The Spiders of Mars"? In any case - cool spider. Posted 8 years ago
    1. This is the reference from Wikipedia :

      Taxonomy
      Heteropoda davidbowie was first described by Peter Jäger in 2008, based on a specimen collected by G. Ackermann in 2007 in the Cameron Highlands of peninsular Malaysia. The species name honors David Bowie, with particular reference to songs such as "Glass Spider" (from the 1987 album Never Let Me Down), and the resemblance of the frontal view of the spider to the singer's painted face in his early career.
      Posted 8 years ago

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''Heteropoda davidbowie'' is a species of huntsmenspider of the ''Heteropoda'' genus. It was described from Cameron Highlands in peninsular Malaysia and named to honor singer David Bowie and not to increase awareness about conservation as thought.

Similar species: Spiders
Species identified by Albert Kang
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Uploaded Jun 14, 2017. Captured Apr 1, 2014 22:33 in 114 Windsor Park Rd, Singapore 574178.
  • NIKON D5200
  • f/22.0
  • 1/200s
  • ISO400
  • 55mm