Huntsman? ID

[Bearskin10]

I found this in a case of bananas from Ecuador does any one have a clue as to what it might be?

I would say it is about 2"... Thanks, Greg

 

[Bearskin10]

Well whatever it is it's a female as it just made a little egg sac, now what to do with all the little ones?

 

[pitbulllady]

It looks more like a Dolomedes of some kind, but I'm not sure at all. I didn't even know if live inverts were still found in fruit shipments, due to the use of sprays and USDA inspections. When I was a child, we used to get shipments of fruits like bananas from South America at my great-grandfather's store, and there would ALWAYS be spiders, usually Avicularia tarantulas, in those shipments, and often snakes as well, especially Tree Boas and the occasional Eyelash Viper(I can recall one bright yellow "Oropel" that arrived, and was subsequently stomped to death). The Avics would often be too fast to kill, and would make their getaway, to the extent that for many years we had a nice little colony of what I believe to be either A. hurianas or A. urticans right here in South Carolina. The last one was seen in 1993, however, so I believe they're all gone now. there were probably "true" spiders as well, but the big fuzzy tarantulas stuck out so much more in my memory.

pitbulllady

 

[Bearskin10]

It looks more like a Dolomedes of some kind, but I'm not sure at all. I didn't even know if live inverts were still found in fruit shipments, due to the use of sprays and USDA inspections. When I was a child, we used to get shipments of fruits like bananas from South America at my great-grandfather's store, and there would ALWAYS be spiders, usually Avicularia tarantulas, in those shipments, and often snakes as well, especially Tree Boas and the occasional Eyelash Viper(I can recall one bright yellow "Oropel" that arrived, and was subsequently stomped to death). The Avics would often be too fast to kill, and would make their getaway, to the extent that for many years we had a nice little colony of what I believe to be either A. hurianas or A. urticans right here in South Carolina. The last one was seen in 1993, however, so I believe they're all gone now. there were probably "true" spiders as well, but the big fuzzy tarantulas stuck out so much more in my memory.

pitbulllady

Could be a Dolomedes? But from what I read about them her sac doesn't sound like it, I read that they carry there sac like a tarantula but this girl has webbed it against the side of the vial? Very very uncommon for thing to make it alive in shipments now days I do find dead critters every now and then but even those are few and far between... Just a thought it may not even be from South America could have caught a ride in the banana box at the dock from somewhere else? Thanks Mrs Pitbull

 

[Scolopendra55]

Dont know what species it is but I do know what you should do with the eggsac...hatch it and sell the babies of course

 

[Bearskin10]

Dont know what species it is but I do know what you should do with the eggsac...hatch it and sell the babies of course

That sounds good and all but 1: I have no clue as to what they are so how would I advertise them? 2: No clue as to what to charge for them? And 3: No clue as if there would even be any interest in them?
I was reading about the Dolomedes and there sacs are said to yield 1400-1500 slings so if these are anything like them that's a whole lot of little ones Greg

 

[rattler_mt]

we had a spider show up in a banana shipment at one of the schools here around 4 years ago. like was stated anymore its quite rare. still cant believe the lil bugger made it all the way to northeast Montana before deciding to "jump ship". it didnt look like that one IIRC, its rear 4 legs were about 1/2 as long as the front 4, and it had a leg span of about 4 inches, a big spider for NE Montana