File talk:Araneae fg01 20060513 Nied.JPG

huntsman spider

Hello, I believe that the image you uploded, File:Araneae fg01 20060513 Nied.JPG, is a huntsman spider, possibly the brown huntsman spider(Heteropoda venatoria). If you wish to thank me, or respond, you can do so on my wikipedia page, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:bugboy52.40

Bugboy52.4 (talk) 16:28, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

The spider was identified by Guido Gabriel in the Internet Forum for Central European Spiders. Please have a look on the discussion. I'm not a specialist for spiders, therefore I will ask the members of the forum again. Although the species looks very similar to a Heteropoda venatoria, I'm uncertain. Thanks --Dysmachus (talk) 17:03, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Well I didn't known it was already identified because it was categorized as an Unidentified Spider in commons. At first I doubted that it was even either species, but under closer examination of the eyes, the species is a Philodromus praelustris. But you have to admit, they are impeccably similiar for species in two diffrent families, look at the Heteropoda venatoria and then look at the Running Crab Spider(Philodromus praelustris) -

1. http://bugguide.net/node/view/42306/bgpage
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Philodromus_praelustris.jpg

Bugboy52.4 (talk) 21:30, 5 February 2009 (UTC)