Spider ID

[Isac]

Firstly, I don't know much about spiders. This one jumped on me when I was leaning on a tree, taking a photo of the lake with no water (next post).
I thought I brushed it off but a kilometre down the road, I felt it on my neck and brushed it off. It landed on the path so I grabbed a quick photo as it just sat there after its massive fall to the ground. I think it was a 36 metre drop in spider measurements. Body would have been 1½ centimetres long. It would have fitted on a 20c piece.
Canon EOS 7D Mark II | Manual | f/11 | 1/640 sec | ISO 160 | 300 mm | Metering: Evaluative | -0.67 EV | Lens: TAMRON 18-400mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC HLD B028

[Grumpy John]

Dunno what it is, but I would have screamed like a little girl.

[Isac]

Oh John - toughen up mate! It actually didn't bother me that much, as it lookewd rather friendly. A bit different to those monster Red Backs I see in my shed!

[Grumpy John]

I'm okay if I can see them coming, but I hate it when they sneak up on me.

[wigz]

This facebook group is excellent at identifying spiders http://https://www.facebook.com/grou...pidereducation

If you don't do facebook, I could submit the photo for you.

It looks like a type of Huntsman to me but that doesn't mean much.

[Isac]

Cheers Alan. It does look like a red huntsman but smaller than the grey type. I have to join the group (which to me is stupid) so go ahead and ask - no problem.

[wigz]

Neosparassus genus of huntsman. They usually cannot identify species from photo.