Desert Huntsman Spider

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Known as the Desert Huntsman, the species Isopedella inola spider is part of the Australian Huntsman Spiders group belonging to the family Sparassidae (formerly Heteropodidae). One of the diagnostic characters of the species Isopedella inola is the white-silver speckles on the underside of their femora. It is where they get their alternative name “Silver-spotted Huntsman”.

Huntsman Spiders are often found under the loose bark of trees, in crevices, under rocks and rock walls. With the urban sprawl, many have successfully adapted, especially where the homes have gardens. This Desert Huntsman (Isopedella inola) pictured here was photographed on the ceiling roof joist over a car space in Alice Springs, Northern Territory.

In the following series of photographs of the Isopedella inola huntsman spider, it was hiding among some yucca plant cuttings sitting in bins at the same location as pictured above. The lifespan of most Huntsman species is said to be about two years or more. The following photos of the Isopedella inola were taken approximately 16 months apart to those photos above, so it may be that they are the same spider.

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• Scientific classification
• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Arthropoda
• Subphylum: Chelicerata
• Class: Arachnida
• Order: Araneae
• Suborder: Araneomorphae
• Infraorder: Entelegynae
• Superfamily: Sparassoidea
• Family: Sparassidae
• Subfamily: Deleninae
• Genus: Isopedella
• Species: Isopedella inola

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