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Spiders!!!

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A Malaysian Black and Gold Huntsman (Family Sparassidae, Thelcticopis sp., Selangor, Malaysia.
ImageThelcticopis sp. IMG_3894 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

ImageThelcticopis sp. IMG_3889 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

Big dinner! Crab spider with cricket prey. Selangor, Malaysia. Podoscirtinae nymph, or perhaps Gryllinae - ID credit: Ming Kai Tan.
ImageCrab spider IMG_4406 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

Poor Huntsman Spider (Heteropoda davidbowie) which has lost all four legs on the left side. Selangor, Malaysia.
ImageHeteropoda davidbowie IMG_4310 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

Huntsman Spider (Heteropoda sp.) guarding her precious eggsac. Selangor, Malaysia.
ImageHeteropoda sp. IMG_4268 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

Poltys sp.(?) spider. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
ImagePoltys sp. IMG_4226 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

A Huntsman Spider (Thelcticopis sp.?) with an orb-weaver prey, and a drop of juice (hemolymph), presumably from the prey. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
ImageSparassid with prey IMG_4208 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

Ogre-faced Spider/ Net-casting Spider (Deinopidae - Deinopis sp.?) . Selangor, Malaysia.
ImageOgre-faced spider IMG_4185 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

More tropical spiders: http://orionmystery.blogspot.com/2012/0 ... iders.html
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Re: Spiders!!!

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Oh yes!
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