I just measured that patch of wall. From the join to the edge it's 4 1/2 inches so his leg span from side to side is about 4 inches.How big across is he?
Looks like maybe a subspecies of the Huntsman's perhaps.....or a genetic differentiation??
I really thought it wasn't a huntsman for these reasons:
Its carapace isn't flat like most hunstman and all the specimens I've caught or seen have spinnerets that stick out more than a huntsman. I didn't think the pedipalps looked right and this guy hunts stationary for hours at a time. Most Huntsman I've watched move around a lot.
It also didn't look quite like the huntsman species in my spider book then I found this photo today online. Dead ringer.
The Brown Huntsman Spider
Heteropoda jugulans
Mystery solved but I'm kind of disappointed. I've spent hours researching this and I'd hoped for something more interesting. Oh well.


