What is this thing?!?!?!

[Pyretta Blaze]

My dad works at a grocery store here in Spokane, Washington and he was putting out bananas from Ecuador to find this thing sitting on his hand! It is SUPER fast, doesn't really build a web, and devours centipedes... I don't know if it's normal, but he washes his legs in a drop of water and poops white stuff... It has some really big poison sacs and a nice set of fangs... I am wondering if it is a species of Brazilian Wandering Spider. The second picture below is the spider in comparison with a US quarter... My dad has been keeping it in this jar and feeding it centipedes for a couple of weeks now and everybody is terrified about what it is... hehe If you have any idea, please email me at: Angela32083@aol.com

 

[Stefan2209]

Hi,

the picture quality is too bad to be able to say anything definite.

However, it doesn´t look like a Phoneutria.

Reminds me on Sparassidae....

Greetings,

Stefan

 

[sick4x4]

Hi,

the picture quality is too bad to be able to say anything definite.

However, it doesn´t look like a Phoneutria.

Reminds me on Sparassidae....

Greetings,

Stefan

sadly i always wish for that to happen

 

[Pulk]

really big poison sacs = really big pedipalps = mature male?

 

[8+)]

Reminds me on Sparassidae....

Yeah, looks like a male huntsman. If so, he's not dangerous.

 

[kahoy]

heteropoda venatoria

adult male

99% sure

1% unsure

 

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My dad works at a grocery store here in Spokane, Washington and he was putting out bananas from Ecuador to find this thing sitting on his hand! It is SUPER fast, doesn't really build a web, and devours centipedes... I don't know if it's normal, but he washes his legs in a drop of water and poops white stuff... It has some really big poison sacs and a nice set of fangs... I am wondering if it is a species of Brazilian Wandering Spider. The second picture below is the spider in comparison with a US quarter... My dad has been keeping it in this jar and feeding it centipedes for a couple of weeks now and everybody is terrified about what it is... hehe If you have any idea, please email me at: Angela32083@aol.com

mate i would be very carefull it looks very much like a recluse spider! does it have a violin shape on its back?

 

[sidguppy]

legs are wayyyy too long; this is definitely 100% a male Huntsman

wich means totally harmless and fairly easy to keep

they cannot be handled though; those legs do come off.

but it's a great spider if you only had tarantula's so far

 

[Blaster]

100% male huntsman, very possibly Heteropoda sp., just possibly H. venatoria. :-D A great pet then.

 

[Stefan2209]

really big poison sacs = really big pedipalps = mature male?

Hi,

this is funny, isn´t it?

Phoneutria are said to have the biggest poison glands in comparison to body size....

I have a buckload of different Phoneutria species and specimen here, however, to my very best knowledge i´ve never seen a poison gland.

Would be comparable to see a living humans liver....

Greetings,

Stefan

 

[P. Novak]

mate i would be very carefull it looks very much like a recluse spider! does it have a violin shape on its back?

You're joking right? I hope you are cause that is definately not a L.reclusa, it is definately some sort of huntsman.

 

[beetleman]

100% male huntsman, very possibly Heteropoda sp., just possibly H. venatoria. :-D A great pet then.

yup, i agree

 

[Neil_Niu]

Pretty much like Heteropoda venatoria.

This a common species in Taiwan where I live.

You can take a reference of these pictures(male)


male
http://gaga.jes.mlc.edu.tw/new23/9302/d96.jpg

female
http://gaga.jes.mlc.edu.tw/9602/025.jpg

or the second pic of this website, which in Chinese traditional.
http://space-2007.blogspot.com/2007/08/blog-post_2740.html
(the first pic is female)