Field trips in Costa Rica (Monteverde, Corcovado and Braulio Carilio NP)

AlanMM

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Anyone can ID these spiders and scorpions I found during night walks?







These 3 true spiders were rather big, at least 10cm legspan.







It looks like these scorpions are the same species, I found those 3 sepperatly in each of the mentioned parks.
 

AlanMM

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Also saw some big ones: no need for ID on these ones...


Psalmopoeus reduncus


Megaphobema mesomelas


Sphaerobothria hoffmanni
 

nhaverland413

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3rd spider resembles Cupiennius salei. Could be completely wrong though... I'm about as far from expert as they come!:?
 

Bastian Drolshagen

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hi,
I´d say those spiders are Ctenidae, last one certainly a Cupiennius.
At least the last 2 Scorps could be Centruroides gracilis.
 
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