Heteropoda venatoria, huntsman spider
This a large brown spider with a flattened body structure and a leg span of between 7 and 12 cm. These spiders hunt at night, and mainly prey upon cockroaches
Picture No
10707805
Media ID
47572567
Size
3391px x 4538px
(13.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
Photograph from the Natural History Museum Collection
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