There are not many Hunstman Spiders that I would call beautiful but this one surely is. It belongs to the Sparassidae family and is known as the Shield spider or Badge Hunstman (Neosparassus diana). It hunts at night, usually on tree trunks and among foliage. By day it will be hidden away under some loose bark or even under stones. It has been known to occasionally come into houses. I've certainly had them on my back screen door but, fortunately, they have not yet learned how to pull the handle :-)
These spiders are fairly widespread in Tasmania and also occur on the mainland. The colour can range from yellowish brown to orange. The female’s body length can be up to 22mm and the male 17mm. It has two straight rows of eyes with the eyes at the back being smaller. Between the two rows of eyes are some yellowish white hairs which to me gives the appearance of eye brows.
Further Reading:
- Whytre, Robert and Anderson, Greg (2017) A Field Guide to Spiders of Australia - CSIRO Publishing
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It has pretty eyes ;-)
It certainly does. Thanks for viewing.
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awesome detail shot
nice info on huntsman spider @mostly.nature
thanks for sharing
nice photos good posts @mostly.nature
keep it up
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Wow! They seem like a larger spider than I'm used to. Very pretty though, even if I don't want to meet it.
We have some much bigger ones than that :-)
This is a pretty Huntsman spider! I love the vivid colour. Most of the ones I see around our homestead are either brown or black. Not very exciting, but they do eat some pests so I'm okay with that...
Same here. This one is quite exceptional for a huntsman.
Good posting
Thank you.
Unique picture! Thank you @mostly.nature for pleasure to explore the nature of your region with you!
Thank you for viewing. It's a pleasure to share it here.
Nice article, a really good read and thumbs up for the macro shoot! Followed!
Thank you. Glad you found it interesting.
Details are incredible
Thanks. Glad you liked it.
What a beauty!!!! I love spiders!
Same here. Next time I will try to get a shot of the underside.
Good job!
Very informative post and a nice macro picture. Thanks :)
Thanks very much. Glad you enjoyed it.
Quite a big spider by what you show in the photo, the badge under is always an interesting feature in spiders @mostly.nature
Wow great photo. What macro lens do you use? Just getting into macro photography myself. So much fun
wounderful info, thanks for sharing &&&&&&&&&7 as always from you, FAB picture <3