Posted by Daryl (Amagasaki, Japan) on 1 October 2007 in Animal & Insect.
Came home from work the other night to find this guy on the wall outside my apartment. Anyone know what kind of spider this is?
Obviously not a macro, just zoomed from as close as I dared get... (which was pretty far away, actually).
It's different to this Japanese spider....http://stuartgibson.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-27.html
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woow.. its perfect!
1 Oct 2007 6:02am
@hesam hamed: Thank you hesam!
I'm sorry, i don't know exactly what it is but it sure looks like a BIG hunting spider. Perhaps it is a ashidaka-gumo? You can see here. Eurgh
1 Oct 2007 8:12am
@Helen: Ashidaka-gumo - I reckon that's it! Thanks Helen!
Oh I hate spiders and this one is a creepy little one, but you have done a good job getting to focus.
1 Oct 2007 10:26am
@Amir: Little! He was pretty big Amir (at least for someone from England)...
Scary indeed! I would have used a very long zoom...
1 Oct 2007 8:50pm
@Wolfgang Prigge: Yes... I didn't want to get any closer Wolfgang...
oooo....i hope i don't get any of these nasty creatures in my apartment.
2 Oct 2007 3:52am
@Patrick Leong: Luckily outside mine... I hope not inside now!
How did you enter your flat? Did you fix it with your eyes as I would have done? It is really big … :/
4 Oct 2007 2:11pm
@SPunkt: Thanks SPunkt. Yeah, I stuck very closely to the other wall...
Geee... look at the hair! Well caught. Is it still there?
5 Oct 2007 3:35am
@Manuela Photography: Yes I'm sure... lurking somewhere....
I think this is a variety of what we'd call a huntsman spider Daroru - if it is it's pretty harmless although large. We like them here they live in our house and eat the flies that stray in :)) (see tomorrow for my latest spider pic!)
8 Oct 2007 1:13am
@Bron: That's what it is Bron... harmless enough but I still don't want to get too close!
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