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toolrick
04-15-2009, 06:10 PM
Hey there:

Does anyone know what kind of spider is this?

http://travel.mongabay.com/colombia/images/co03-9676.html

toolrick
04-16-2009, 10:03 AM
No one knows?
I ave found some of these spiders in my house. They are pretty big, my guess is that legspam is about 10-12cms; and the weird thing is that they pretty much look like a big Selenops and are found near rivers, not like Dolomedes that are mostly inside the water.
Body size is aprox. 2cms.
As you can see in the picture, the females cary their egs in the back of the abdomen, just like Wolf spiders do.

Ricardo

Moltar
04-16-2009, 04:09 PM
Nice find, whatever it is.

toolrick
04-16-2009, 06:06 PM
Ok, so I got an answer in another thread; it's a Trechaleidae. Do not know which specimen though.
Has someone kept them here in the forum? I would like to know what would it be to keep it in captivity.

Ricardo