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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Huntsmen Spiders (Sparassidae) » Olios » Olios giganteus
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Big!Just plain big!9 - Olios giganteus
Copyright © 2008 hlamcknight

Big!Just plain big!9 - Olios giganteus
Escalante, Gafield County, Utah, USA
July 31, 2008
Size: about four inches across
I found him on my wall at about 1030pm. He/she is very fast and very defensive. Doesn't like light. Big fangs and little boxer, suction-type pinchers. I found them on my screens way too often.

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Contributed by hlamcknight on 1 August, 2008 - 12:44pm
Last updated 6 May, 2011 - 9:19am

Moved
Moved from Olios. From Rod Crawford: palps make this definitely giganteus
… Lynette Elliott, 6 May, 2011 - 9:19am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… john and jane balaban, 13 September, 2008 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

It looks to be a male in the
It looks to be a male in the genus Olios.
… Dennis Haines, 1 August, 2008 - 1:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Am I right?
Thank you for your hint. I went crazy finding info on this guy. (and I am thankful that he is a male.) Do I have the right info here?
Phylum-Arthropoda
Subphylum- Chelicerata
Class-Arachnida
Order-Araneae
Family-Hetropididae
Genus-Olios
Species-giganteus

If so, then I have the right spider and I will just relocate him very far from my house. Even though he's not bad, he can't live in my space. No way.
… hlamcknight, 1 August, 2008 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

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