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loveklippen Cape Town, South Africa Nov 23, 2013

Hi!
Found this spider in our garden in Cape Town, can anyone help to identify it? I know the picture arent the best, but I hope someone will be able to identify it :)

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Nov 23, 2013

Looks like a huntsman/giant crab spider in the family Sparassidae - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palystes_superciliosus for an example.

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maddy Sodwana Bay KZN, South Africa Nov 27, 2013

Hi loveklippen,

Yes, that's exactluy the one, a Rain spider. Very common and widespread throughout SA, scary looking but totally harmless.

Regards, Maddy

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