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Crab spider or maybe Huntsman Spider
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Crab spider or maybe Huntsman Spider
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
June 1, 2009
Size: 70-80 mm
My lovely friend Katherine found this little (not really that little) guy in her sink! And she kept him to give to me, b/c she knows how much joy I get out of photographing spiders! When I let him go, he scurried off like a crab!

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Crab spider or maybe Huntsman Spider Crab spider or maybe Huntsman Spider Crab spider or maybe Huntsman Spider Crab spider or maybe Huntsman Spider
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Contributed by Leigh Anne DelRay on 1 June, 2009 - 9:58pm
Last updated 13 June, 2009 - 8:45am

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… john and jane balaban, 13 June, 2009 - 8:45am login or register to post comments

Not an expert -
but I agree with your idea of a giant crab spider - genus Olios?
… Ken Schneider, 2 June, 2009 - 11:14am login or register to post comments

 
Hi, Ken- Seven species lis
Hi, Ken-

Seven species listed for N.A. -- I wonder if we can come up with a determination from the images...

-Kevin
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 5 June, 2009 - 2:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Hmm -
unfortunately, the references I see for this genus in Ubick/SONA are quite old and I suspect are not available online. :(
… Ken Schneider, 5 June, 2009 - 9:50pm login or register to post comments

 
I've seen images of two speci
I've seen images of two species online: O. fasciculatus and O. giganteus. O. giganteus seems like a possibility.

There's also O. mohavensis, but the Mohave is mostly California. Perhaps Richard Adams's book will help with this -- perhaps we should ask him.

-K
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 6 June, 2009 - 1:42am login or register to post comments

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