Backyard Spiders. Budgewoi to Bateau Bay.
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Dr. Ron Atkinson's. Find A Spider Guide. Robert Whyte and Dr. Greg Anderson's Arachne.org. The Chew Brothers' Brisbane Insects.
Ed Nieuwenhueys. Spiders of Australia. as well as Project Noah.
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Quick guide to common spiders
ARANEIDAE Orb Weavers
CORINNIDAE Corinnids
DESIDAE Intertidal Spiders
DEINOPIDAE Net-casters
HERSILIIDAE Two-tailed Spiders
LAMPONIDAE White tails
LYCOSIDAE Wolf Spiders
OXYOPIDAE Lynx Spider
SPARASSIDAE Huntsman
TETRAGNATHIDAE
THERIDIIDAE Theridiids
THOMISIDAE Crab spiders
ZORIDAE. Wandering Ghosts
I remember this one being quite small, maybe 20-30mm. There is only one image of this species yet. In the dark I had not realised it was a different species from the Isopoda vasta that normally turns up around here. It was just a 'place-holder' photograph so I would know a Huntsman had turned up that night and it wasn't until I got home that I saw the markings on the abdomen and legs. Now that I know it is there I will hunt for it again.
Grey Huntsman Spider. Holconia immanis