This is?

[johnson]

specimen from Malaysia,need a proper Id for this.
Hope someon heree knows something about these

thanks and have a nice day

 

[TheTyro]

I have no idea, but holy poop....it's beautiful!

 

[night4now]

I have no idea, but holy poop....it's beautiful!

..... +1!

 

[loxoscelesfear]

a huntsman?:? just a guess . wicked color

 

[johnson]

Thanks for the kind comments pal,but still full of question marks in head.Genus,Species,Common name,Sex are all remained unknown

 

[toolrick]

Well in order to do that, you have to take batter pictures, specially to the eyes, that way we can identify Sp.
It looks like a huntsman though, but a close up to the eyes would help a lot.

Ricardo

 

[Spider-Spazz]

OMG
i hope you find out what that is soon! i wouldn't mind looking around at dealers sites to find a baby like this.
so beautiful!

 

[johnson]

These are the other angles i got ai the mean time,forgive me for the poor quality,my old camera has a limitation in macro shots.Hope these help.

This pretty girl is quite a quick moving one.Hopefully there will be a moult and identifying would be much easier.

Thanks

 

[toolrick]

Huntsman spider. Heteropoda or Sparassidae.

Ricardo

 

[Deroplatys]

SPARTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Couldnt resists finishing the "This is" title

 

[johnson]

lol,laughed hardly on that

 

[capaleasco]

I have no idea, but holy poop....it's beautiful!

.........+2

 

[The_Jess_Ness]

I agree with toolrick, it looks like the most stunning huntsman I've ever seen.

 

[melanie5]

Huntsman spider. Heteropoda or Sparassidae.

Ricardo

Heteropoda=Sparassidae.
There are several Heteropoda species in Malaysia. Unfortunatly there is little info on the web about anything other then H venatoria, H boiei and H davidbowie (aka T modesta).

 

[Tarantula_Hawk]

Correct name today is Sparassidae. And why "aka T. modesta"? H. davidbowiei and T. modesta are two different species that have never been in synonymy.
Anyways, nice specimen. But the number of Sparassidae species in Malaysia and the amount of info we have about them (poor) makes the I.D. pretty hard.

 

[melanie5]

Correct name today is Sparassidae. And why "aka T. modesta"? H. davidbowiei and T. modesta are two different species that have never been in synonymy.
Anyways, nice specimen. But the number of Sparassidae species in Malaysia and the amount of info we have about them (poor) makes the I.D. pretty hard.

H davidbowie was known as T modesta. Revision has now put this species in the genus of Heteropodas. T modesta therefor no longer exists. But many people only know the former name.

 

[Tarantula_Hawk]

Mind linking the source? Cause as far as Platnick's World Spider Catalogue goes, which is a pretty reliable and up-to-date source, H. davidbowie and T. modesta have nothing to do with each other. Both still exist as two distinct species.
The only thing i could find was "JÄGER, P. (2008): Revision of the huntsman spider genus Heteropoda Latreille 1804: species with exceptional male palpal conformations", which, of course, is also present in Platnick's bibliography (which, however, still lists them as two different species).
Did you have the chance to read this article? If yes, could you quote any part which says that T.modesta has been revised to H.davidowie?
It seems to me that, in the pet trade, what was being selled as "Orange huntsman" and which people assumed it to be T.modesta, was in reality H.davidowie (which doesnt mean that T.modesta doesnt exist anymore...)
Would like to know more about this, but for now i trust Platnick.

 

[melanie5]

I will find the article for you tonight, am on mobile phone now. T modesta was studied by peter jager. He has revised the genus.

 

[melanie5]

I found the article that was sent to me from Germany. On our German forum I was told by very knowlegeble people that T modesta is now H davidbowie.
I did not say T modesta doesn't exist.
Can you send me your e mail, I can't attach the file, because it's too big.

 

[saltyscissors]

on the subject of the blue huntsman, looks like it could be Heteropoda lunula, it's found in Malaysia and has a blue-ish tinge like this one does