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Unknown large spider - Olios giganteus

Unknown large spider - Olios giganteus
Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
June 6, 2019
Size: About 2-3 inches

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Unknown large spider - Olios giganteus Unknown large spider - Olios giganteus

Coloration
This is an exotic coloration for a Olios giganteus. Do any of the verifying members know if there is this much variety in it's colorations?

 
Pretty variable species
So I think this falls within the variation I'd expect. It may also look a little different as a penultimate male, one molt from maturity.

It's certainly not any of the other genera that could pop up here (Curicaberis, which has pale chelicerae, and on the off chance of Heteropoda, the structure and proportions are way off).

Giant Crab Spider
One representative of many crab spider families. This is probably Olios giganteus. I used to see them a bit when I lived in Tucson. I say "probably" that species because this was the only species I learned, so even though there is only one species in the genus, I couldn't tell you anything about the other genera in family Sparassidae.

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