Beautiful Badge Huntsman
S2, Juvi Female, dorsal
Beautiful Badge Huntsman
S2, Eye arrangement
| Beautiful Badge Huntsman S2, Juvi Female, dorsal | | Beautiful Badge Huntsman S2, Eye arrangement | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Spiders, Scorpions, Mites & Ticks (Arachnida) | |||
| Order: | Spiders (Araneae) | ||||
| Family: | Huntsman (Sparassidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Beautiful Badge Huntsman (Neosparassus calligaster) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍S9, Adult Male ,dorsal🔎 | ||||
| Synonym: | Olios calligaster | ||||
| Other name: | Shield huntsman spider | ||||
Thank you Ben Kurek for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Riverland and elsewhere The adult male (S9) we measured at ~17mm long, while the Juv Female (S2) was ~14mm long. A very fitting common name! S9 was the most striking Huntsman we've come across. The ventral orange patch was unusually pale/non-existant though. | |||||
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