Badge spider - Neosparassus diana

The Badge Huntsman is widespread across all of Australia in woodland and dry to moist eucalypt forest, less common in the tropical north and the arid areas. It is a large spider, active at night, hunting for prey on tree trunks or on foliage. It has a daytime retreat, sometimes made from leaves woven together, occasionally under bark. The female is fawn to orange to pinkish brown. There is a distinctive black shield with two white spots on the underside of abdomen, usually with an orange stripe.. more