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Can anyone identify this?


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15 years 11 months ago #6171 by Schalk du Plessis
Can anyone tell me what spider this is??

The carapace looks somewhat like a violin spider to me, but I am not sure.
It is quite fast and approx 3cm LS.
Found it close to the braai area at the game farm I visited the other day.
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15 years 11 months ago #6172 by Schalk du Plessis
Reference of Violin spider.
I know our local species are obviously different looking, but not as venomous as the US species.

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15 years 11 months ago #6173 by Schalk du Plessis
Found pictures of the huntsman spider. Looks more like that from what I can tell.
Even the darker thicker hairs on the leg.

www.msn.ve.it/index_light.php?pagina=pro..._view&id=4&idprog=37

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15 years 11 months ago #6174 by Schalk du Plessis
Last one.
This is what the "locals" there said it was:
rain spider
lizzard eating spider
Hunting spider

www.biodiversityexplorer.org/arachnids/s...assidae/palystes.htm

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15 years 11 months ago #6175 by Ceratogyrus
Replied by Ceratogyrus on topic Re:Can anyone identify this?
Not from the family Sparassidae. The hairs on its body and diagnostic spinnerets make this a Gnaphosidae or commonly known as a mouse spider.

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15 years 11 months ago #6178 by Schalk du Plessis
Ceratogyrus wrote:

Not from the family Sparassidae. The hairs on its body and diagnostic spinnerets make this a Gnaphosidae or commonly known as a mouse spider.


Thanks Cerat :D

Seems there are quite a few species in this family.
species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scotophaeus

The Scotophaeus blackwalli looks very similar, but it not a South African spider, seems to be from the UK.

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