King Baboon,

This is right up your alley identify this spider please it had bloody big fangs so it didn't escape my rath but I took this picture for you first. It was big it would have covered a normal CD withy it's body and legs. Found it last Saturday night in ourt bathroom. We have lots of them around but this one so far was the biggest they normally come out after or before rain.

Anyway check it out

look like a huntsman of some descrotpion, I think the genus name is Diana (the huntress)

But K.B. will most likely give you a better answer. As far as I know Diana is present in Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
Africa, I don't know.

Express,

If it is a Diana is it poisonous it had bloody big fangs that I didn't want to play with ?

[ 03-26-2003, 13:45: Message edited by: Safari-Hunt ]

Now that I think back the exact name isn't Diana, but Neosparassus Diana, wich might have been the local subspecies where I lived.

Anyway they are not dangerous. bit fangs, the bit hurts just a bit and there are no lasting effects. I was bitten on the toe once (forgot to check boots)

I don't remember too well now, but I thank the are members of the Sparassidae family, it's been a long time since I had much to do with spiders.
Like I said, you'd get a better answer if KingB comes along...

In South Africa the Sparassidae include 7 genera; Eusparassus, Heteropoda, Olios, Palystes, Panaretella, Parapalystes and Pseudomicrommata. Olios, Palystes and Parapalystes are the most common genera in the Western Cape. Palystes common names include huntsman spiders, rain spiders, lizard-eating spiders and large wandering crab spiders.

I think it may be "Palystes".


[ 03-26-2003, 15:01: Message edited by: Nickudu ]

When I was a kid the name "triantelope" was often used for the huntsman spider. Never hear it now.

Mike

damn spiders are the ONLY thing that make my skin crawl!

damn, looks big enough to use a .22 rf on

[ 03-26-2003, 18:21: Message edited by: Curtis_Lemay ]