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Daradon · 10-27-2008, 07:49 AM

^^^ Yeah, the wikipedia link said they are at largest 12 centimeter in leg span. Considering their legs are pretty spindly it's not nearly as big or as menacing as they look on that photo. There's actually a good pic of one of the Iraq ones on the wiki page. It stretches about the length of a ping pong paddle, but looks a less scary then the picture above. That's about the size of some of the huntsman I saw in Australia, and same sort of dimensions too, a lot of the size just being in the leg span. Though I did see a lot of smaller, fatter, hairier hunstmen (kinda like mini tarantulas) that could really jump too, and a few scorpions.

It says that the camel spider is not really a spider like many other 'harvestmen'. I wonder if they mean the huntsmen that are found in Austraila. It's a rather large term used for many species of spider that doesn't spin webs, it actually hunts it's prey, like this camel spider.

EDIT: Guess not, the huntsmen is considered a true spider. Here's a wiki page with pics. The thumbnail pic showing one near a wall clock show you how big those guys can get. Like I said, when you get used to seeing some of these guys around (which can take a while, lol) you get a little less creeped out by spiders in general. Though I will admit, just looking at all the pictures again is making me feel a little itchy.

"Some larger types resemble tarantulas, and may be mistaken for them, as the Huntsman is related (which is why the term "Australian tarantula" has sometimes been used to describe them by the Natural History Museum in Sydney)."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntsman_spider

10-27-2008, 07:49 AM	#34
Daradon Has lived the dream! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Where I lay my head is home... Exp:	^^^ Yeah, the wikipedia link said they are at largest 12 centimeter in leg span. Considering their legs are pretty spindly it's not nearly as big or as menacing as they look on that photo. There's actually a good pic of one of the Iraq ones on the wiki page. It stretches about the length of a ping pong paddle, but looks a less scary then the picture above. That's about the size of some of the huntsman I saw in Australia, and same sort of dimensions too, a lot of the size just being in the leg span. Though I did see a lot of smaller, fatter, hairier hunstmen (kinda like mini tarantulas) that could really jump too, and a few scorpions. It says that the camel spider is not really a spider like many other 'harvestmen'. I wonder if they mean the huntsmen that are found in Austraila. It's a rather large term used for many species of spider that doesn't spin webs, it actually hunts it's prey, like this camel spider. EDIT: Guess not, the huntsmen is considered a true spider. Here's a wiki page with pics. The thumbnail pic showing one near a wall clock show you how big those guys can get. Like I said, when you get used to seeing some of these guys around (which can take a while, lol) you get a little less creeped out by spiders in general. Though I will admit, just looking at all the pictures again is making me feel a little itchy. "Some larger types resemble tarantulas, and may be mistaken for them, as the Huntsman is related (which is why the term "Australian tarantula" has sometimes been used to describe them by the Natural History Museum in Sydney)." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntsman_spider Last edited by Daradon; 10-27-2008 at 07:55 AM.