Australian Huntsman SpiderImage Index Calligaster Group of Spiders Huntsman and Ticks Delena cancerides Holconia immanis Isopeda brachyseta Isopedella inola Isopedella leai Neosparassus calligaster Neosparassus diana Neosparassus patellatus Pediana regina

The species Isopedella inola spider is part of the Australian Huntsman Spiders group belonging to the family Sparassidae (formerly Heteropodidae).

Often found under the loose bark of trees, in crevices, under rocks, rock walls and among foliage, Huntsman Spiders are often seen in the urban environment. This Desert Huntsman (Isopedella inola) pictured here was photographed on the ceiling roof joist over a car space in Alice Springs, Northern Territory.

The following photographs taken in the leafy and rocky garden bed in the same Alice Springs location as above.

See more photos of this spider: Alice Springs Fauna > Alice Springs Spiders > Desert Huntsman Spider (Isopedella inola)


  • 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

Footnote & References

  1. Isopedella inola, Many thanks for ID to Ben Kurek, member of Australian spider identification page, Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/1743343242607376
  2. Isopedella inola, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/832255-Isopedella-inola
  3. Silver-spotted Huntsman (Isopedella inola), ausemade, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/152334816

Australian Huntsman SpiderImage Index Calligaster Group of Spiders Huntsman and Ticks Delena cancerides Holconia immanis Isopeda brachyseta Isopedella inola Isopedella leai Neosparassus calligaster Neosparassus diana Neosparassus patellatus Pediana regina

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