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FAMILY SPARASSIDAE
- This page contains pictures and information about Giant Green Huntsman Spiders that we
found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Female with egg sac, leg to leg 80mm
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- Pictures taken in Karawatha forest during mid summer.
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- The spider builds nest between leaves. The pictures above shows the female
protecting her eggs sac. Notice that there are many empty shells one the eggs
sac. Some young has hatched and did the first moulting. They are hiding under
their mother and gain the protection.
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- Huntsman spiders wait for prey on tree trunk where the other insects will
pass. The spiders usually active at night, although we sometimes see them
hunting during the day.
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  - ? Young Giant Green Huntsman Spider, leg to leg 40mm
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- Notice its front two pairs of legs are much longer than those at the back.
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- From the enlarged size of its palp, the spider in the above pictures could be a
male.
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- The spider in the above photo was found sun-bathing outside its nest,
which was under the bark just next to it.
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- Reference:
- 1. Wildlife
of Greater Brisbane - Queensland Museum 1995, p29.
- 2. Wildlife of Tropical North Queensland -
- Queensland Museum 1995, p28.
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