Hi all, it's been a while since I posted here.
Here's one of the main contributors to Australia's reputation for being full of dangerous spiders eventhough they're not really dangerous or even unique to Australia.
The Huntman.
Thanks for looking!!
The Huntsman
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What a brilliant shot PT!! We usually let them run around the ceilings during summer, although last summer I hardly saw any large huntsmen for some unknown reason. Hopefully they'll be back this season. Probably a stupid question, but do spiders look out of all those eyes?
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Sam
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They sure do. Nobody is quite sure of the details of how they put the various views together, though.missgecko wrote:do spiders look out of all those eyes?
The eyes are often specialized, front for hunting, side and rear for avoiding disaster. In the jumping spiders, this is carried to an extreme. Their big eyes in front are awesome pieces of equipment. See HERE for some discussion of that.
By the way, if you're into all those sort of things, be aware that every one of those hairs and bristles comes equipped with three nerves and sensors for informing the critter about touch, air currents, and so on. Talk about "connected to the world"!
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