Queensland Government

Brown Huntsman

Heteropoda jugulans

Brown Huntsman
 

Identification
Full size - hand span; leg diameter - pin to "o". Mottled brown abdomen and legs; carapace (head) with black X. Crab-like legs. Fast. Hunts easily on ceilings or walls.

Habitat
Houses, forested areas, gardens, rainforest. Most common summer. Eastern Australia.

Web
Rover.

Bite
Ready biter; mild local pain.

 

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