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