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Males of the huntsman spider Heteropoda venatoria have recently been found to deliberately make a substrate-borne sound when they detect a chemical left by a nearby female of their species. The males anchor themselves firmly to the surface onto which they have crawled and then use their legs to transmit vibrations from their bodies to the surface.
[1] [2] An adult female photographed from above. The central paraxial stripe may serve as a disruptive visual element. [1] [2] Micrommata virescens, common name green huntsman spider, is a species of huntsman spiders belonging to the family Sparassidae.
Heteropoda venatoria is a species of spider in the family Sparassidae, the huntsman spiders. It is native to the tropical regions of the world, and it is present in some subtropical areas as an introduced species. Its common names include giant crab spider, pantropical huntsman spider or cane spider. [1]
Leucorchestris arenicola, commonly called the dancing white lady spider, is a huntsman spider in the family Sparassidae and genus Leucorchestris. It is commonly found in the Namib desert of Namibia. It is often mistaken with the similarly named Carparachne aureoflava, or more commonly known as the wheel spider from the same location.
This spider is very similar to the green huntsman spider (Micrommata virescens), but the females have a black dot on the carapace. Moreover the adult males of M. ligurina have a dark brown median band on abdomen with whitish or gray sides.
The eye arrangement of spiders in the genus Heteropoda. Heteropoda is a genus of spiders in the family Sparassidae (the huntsman spiders). They are mainly distributed in tropical Asia and Australia, while at least one species, H. venatoria, has a cosmopolitan distribution, [1] and H. variegata occurs in the Mediterranean. [2]
Female Sinopoda okinawana in Okinawa, Japan Scientific classification; ... Sinopoda okinawana is a species of huntsman spider found in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. [1]
Holconia immanis, commonly known as the Sydney huntsman spider and giant banded huntsman, [citation needed] is a species of huntsman spider found in eastern Australia. Holconia immanis - near Cooktown, Queensland, Australia in 2009 Female specimen in the Australian Museum. It was previously known as Isopeda immanis for many years. It is one of ...