Heteropoda sp. "Giant Chinese Crab Spider"

[bistrobob85]

Are you looking into my eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyes?!?! Crazy eyes-shot!!!!

phil.

 

[stooka]

nice spider love the markings

 

[Gigas]

Woah, liking the bamboo pics, how big is she after the moults

 

[moricollins]

after the moult it's pushing 4-5" legspan. they have incredibly long legs.

 

[Arlius]

That really doesn't look like it would be comfortable. I was trying to figure out if it was a molt or a dead spider at first, but I guess it's alive and flexible...

 

[Techuser]

What´s the latin name? Polybetes?

 

[G. Carnell]

that is one UGLY <edit>

type of spider which makes your skin crawl, well mine at least!
impressive beast

 

[moricollins]

that is one UGLY <spider>

type of spider which makes your skin crawl, well mine at least!
impressive beast

I think they're quite pretty as far as spiders go. My pictures don't do them justice when they are freshly molted. They are too fast for me to risk taking them somewhere with better lighting for good pictures.

They eat like utter gluttons, only refuse food for a day or two before and after a molt, in my experience.

 

[G. Carnell]

yea i didnt mean it in the "ewwww" sense, they are very nice, (huntsmen are my favorites )

ive got 1 similar to your first pic, i would love it if it looked anything like yours when it grows up!

 

[Cupiennius]

Very nice pics!:worship:
Possibly Neosparassus spec.?

Cheers,
Jonas

 

[Scolopendra55]

Where did you get it? I really need to get me a fiew :}

 

[moricollins]

I have a question...... will mature males have obviously differnet pedipalps? one of my two molted and the palps have a bump (not at the end, but in the middle of the last segment of the palp) is this a sign of a mature male?

(it's about 6"+ in leg span now)
Mori

 

[sick4x4]

Man

The Colorations Are Sick On Those Where Did U Get Them?