Great big chunky spider pictures

[stephbg]

See that subject line? You have been warned. Found this charming beastie in my carport just now. She's very very big. And very very chunky. At first I was impressed at how much anatomical detail I managed to capture, but then reconsidered my fortune for she was about three feet across after all. For the photo buffs I was using my Panasonic DMZ-LZ1

Comments

[alias_sqbr]

That is quite a spider!

[leecetheartist]

Looks like a huntsman. But that's just because I've always called this type huntsman, it's not like I'm an entomologist or arachnologist or anything. To my mind, wolf spiders are the little jumping ones. Super photos!

Drhoz will undoubtedly be able to give you the low down.

[ozdragonlady]

Its a huntsman.

In WA wolf spiders are found in the lawn and you are unlikely to see one on the coastal plain bigger than 5cm (there are bigger ones in the hills, but they only get to about 8cm and they are more scared of you than you of them so youre unlikely to see one unless you dig it up).

The Dept of Agriculture has an information sheet on their webpage - put spiders in the search box.

[drhoz]

Banded Huntsman - Holconia sp.

[gemfyre]

Oooh very nice. Distinctly different from the big hairy fellas that hang around my parent's place in Greenmount - I always called those Wolf Spiders, but I'm not really sure of the species.