hunstman spider Archives - Singapore Geographic https://www.singaporegeographic.com/tag/hunstman-spider Singapore Biodiversity, List of Wild Animals, Insect, Nature Article that has been recorded in Singapore. Tue, 29 Jun 2021 03:37:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 135464637 Hunstman Spider – Heteropoda sp https://www.singaporegeographic.com/spider/hunstman-spider-heteropoda-sp?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hunstman-spider-heteropoda-sp https://www.singaporegeographic.com/spider/hunstman-spider-heteropoda-sp#respond Sun, 20 Jun 2021 09:16:33 +0000 https://www.singaporegeographic.com/?p=5450 Huntsman spiders, members of the family Sparassidae, are known by this name because of their speed and mode of hunting. They are also called giant crab spiders because of their size and appearance. Larger species sometimes are referred to as wood spiders, because of their preference for woody places. Wikipedia Heteropoda is a genus of spiders […]

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]]> Huntsman spiders, members of the family Sparassidae, are known by this name because of their speed and mode of hunting. They are also called giant crab spiders because of their size and appearance. Larger species sometimes are referred to as wood spiders, because of their preference for woody places. Wikipedia

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, and H. variegata occurs in the Mediterranean. Wikipedia

Spotted at Chestnut Nature Park – June 2021

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]]> https://www.singaporegeographic.com/spider/hunstman-spider-heteropoda-sp/feed 0 5450 Olios sp https://www.singaporegeographic.com/spider/olios-sp?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=olios-sp https://www.singaporegeographic.com/spider/olios-sp#respond Wed, 13 Jan 2021 12:24:50 +0000 https://www.singaporegeographic.com/?p=2954 Olios is the largest genus of huntsman spiders, containing 250 species. They are found throughout the world, with most species occurring in hot countries. The genus was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837. Wikipedia Spotted at Choa Chu Kang – January 2021

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]]> Olios is the largest genus of huntsman spiders, containing 250 species. They are found throughout the world, with most species occurring in hot countries. The genus was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837. Wikipedia

Spotted at Choa Chu Kang – January 2021

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