Kauai Huntsman
I believe this is Heteropoda venatoria, found on the south side of the island... I'd estimate 5-6" DLS, so it seemed like a really big one!
There's probably a couple islands in NM, but as I noted in the title of the photo, this particular spider is in Kauai, Hawaii... :lol:
Lol! Venatoria can be found nearly everywhere, so yes - at first sight a H. venatoria. With its size and carapace coloration this should be a female spider...
 
lucky you, I was in maui for 10 days this winter, literally the coolest spider I found was a garden spider...lol
 
lucky you, I was in maui for 10 days this winter, literally the coolest spider I found was a garden spider...lol
Considering the number of cane toads here, it's surprising that any terrestrial or semiterrestrial insect lived to get that large. This one was on a little lava rock "island" in the middle of a fountain, where it had likely been feeding on the dragonfly larvae that come out of the water to molt. Apparently sheltered enough from the toads to grow up.
 
Considering the number of cane toads here, it's surprising that any terrestrial or semiterrestrial insect lived to get that large. This one was on a little lava rock "island" in the middle of a fountain, where it had likely been feeding on the dragonfly larvae that come out of the water to molt. Apparently sheltered enough from the toads to grow up.
I had no idea there were cane toads there, I would have loved to have stumbled across a few of them....the coolest things I found were some rather large millipedes, a big terrestrial snail, lots of different lizards and a really cool little mantis.

I searched for scorpions and centipedes to no avail....honestly, I probably just spent too much time fishing...lol
 
I had no idea there were cane toads there, I would have loved to have stumbled across a few of them....the coolest things I found were some rather large millipedes, a big terrestrial snail, lots of different lizards and a really cool little mantis.

I searched for scorpions and centipedes to no avail....honestly, I probably just spent too much time fishing...lol
Can you really spend 'too much time" fishing?
 

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