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Wolf Spider?? - Heteropoda venatoria

Wolf Spider?? - Heteropoda venatoria
Seminole, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
July 23, 2006
Size: Body almost 1"
I'm thinking this is a Wolf Spider, but I'm not sure. I was photographing a dragonfly when this monster appeared nearby. Body is just short of an inch long, Overall length was about 3 inches. And it was FAST!!

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Wolf Spider?? - Heteropoda venatoria Wolf Spider?? - Heteropoda venatoria - male

Good call! Thats a Heteropoda
Good call! Thats a Heteropoda venatoria male. You can tell its a male by the pedipalps. Mature males will have the swollen bulbs at the end of the pedipalps that resemble boxing gloves. I have one of these as a pet and I can attest to the fact that theyre probably the fastest spider out there. In the blink of an eye theyre gone.

Male huntsman spider
Nice shots of a male huntsman spider, Heteropoda venatoria, one of the "giant crab spiders." Thankfully, they are not dangerous to people. They still freak me out anyway because they are fast enough to be on the verge of time travel:-)

 
Time Travel
I believe you're right about the time travel thing. Glad to know what it is though. We see way too many of them here. Just curious, why do you say it's a male?

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