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Giant Green Huntsman

Typostola major

Giant Green Huntsman
 

Identification
Full size can be greater than hand span; leg diameter - pin to "O". Fawn to grey head and abdomen; green "blood" evident through leg joints. Crab-like legs; front legs much longer than back. Fast, hunts easily upside down on ceilings or walls.

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

Web
Rover.

Bite
Timid biter; probably mild local pain.

 

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