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Panayiota Gauteng, South Africa Sep 26, 2011

Please could someone help us to identify this hunting spider and tell us about it's habits? Is it poisonous and dangerous to humans? I will post a few pictures of it and it's nest from different angles... my son Andrew took these beautiful pictures.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Sep 27, 2011

Huntsman/giant crab spider in family Sparassidae - not dangerous to humans. For specific identification, try contacting the Spider Club of Southern Africa
e-mail: info@spiderclub.co.za or locate a copy of the book "Spiders of Southern Africa" by Astri & John Leroy

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Panayiota Gauteng, South Africa Oct 03, 2011

Brilliant... thanks so much, especially for the e-mail address and book title... I will let you know if I receive a responce from the e-address... Thanks very much!

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