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Tropical Spiders

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Cute and I know it! A Malaysian Black and Gold Huntsman (Family Sparassidae, Thelcticopis sp., Tube-dwelling spiders). Selangor, Malaysia.
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Thelcticopis sp. IMG_6545 copy by Kurt (Hock Ping GUEK) orionmystery.blogspot.com, on Flickr

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Thelcticopis sp. IMG_6530 copy by Kurt (Hock Ping GUEK) orionmystery.blogspot.com, on Flickr

Cute Big-headed Bark Spider (Caerostris sp.). Selangor, Malaysia.
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Caerostris sp. IMG_6427 copy by Kurt (Hock Ping GUEK) orionmystery.blogspot.com, on Flickr

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Caerostris sp. IMG_6422 copy by Kurt (Hock Ping GUEK) orionmystery.blogspot.com, on Flickr

Thelcticopis sp. (Subfamily: Sparianthinae) Huntsman Spider (Sparassidae) with a female Raspy Cricket (Family: Gryllacrididae). prey. Night find, Selangor, Malaysia. 40D, 60mm, 270EX, DIY Diffuser, 1/200, F11, ISO200, handheld.
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Thelcticopis sp. IMG_6043 copy by Kurt (Hock Ping GUEK) orionmystery.blogspot.com, on Flickr

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Thelcticopis sp. IMG_6051 copy by Kurt (Hock Ping GUEK) orionmystery.blogspot.com, on Flickr

Sparassid or Pisaurid?
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Huntsman Spider with prey IMG_5437 copy by Kurt (Hock Ping GUEK) orionmystery.blogspot.com, on Flickr

Heteropoda boiei
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Heteropoda boiei IMG_4284 copy by Kurt (Hock Ping GUEK) orionmystery.blogspot.com, on Flickr

More spiders: http://orionmystery.blogspot.com/2012/0 ... iders.html
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Bark spiders are awesome! You seem to see a lot of feeding behavior....sheer luck, or do you always bring a li'l snack baggie to the forest? (not that it makes a difference!)
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Hans Breuer (twoton) wrote:Bark spiders are awesome! You seem to see a lot of feeding behavior....sheer luck, or do you always bring a li'l snack baggie to the forest? (not that it makes a difference!)
If they are not eating, mating or doing something interesting, I'll just pass and look for something else. Unless, of course, it's a species I don't have yet.
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Hmmm...may I suggest a snack baggie for maximum efficiency? :-)
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