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Alea iacta est
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My friend was out camping in central AZ, near a river. This spider was found in the tent. Does anyone know what it is?

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I can confirm, that is a spider.



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Looks like a suicidal spider. He/she has lost the will to live and crawled across your friend's tent in hopes of camper assisted suicide.



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I realize there may not have been an opportunity to place a tape measure or other object pf known size next to it for scale, but how big was it? It looks superficially like a huntsman (family Sparassidae). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntsman_spider
 
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Yep. It's a Central Arizona near river tent spider, on his last legs.

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Yellow Crab Spider? Not aggressive, rarely bite, but bite can be painful.

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Boris? Wink


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I'm guessing Hobo spider. It looks as if it has 2 mandibles....





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Noah,
This site should be of help

https://spideridentifications....s/spiders-in-arizona


Looks to me like the hobo spyder



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I still think it looks like a yellow Crab Spider.

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Wait, what?
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Doesn’t look like a hobo or a crab spider; it does bear a passing resemblance to a huntsman- what is the approximate size?




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...but how big was it?

Itsy bitsy.




 
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Originally posted by egregore:
...but how big was it?

Itsy bitsy.


Or, gia-fukkin-normous!!!

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It's best to place your hand next to it and take a pic so we can determine the size.
 
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quote:
Originally posted by egregore:
...but how big was it?

Itsy bitsy.


On the water spout?



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Huntsman


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Since he is wearing fluorescent orange, I think Huntsman is correct...
 
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You guys are disappointing me. Where is the SF attention to detail?

Everyone knows that there are 18 screen holes per inch on regulation tent netting!


The rear right leg of this spider lines up on the mesh, and clearly traverses 18 screen holes to the body.

Diagonally across the body, which is about 12 mesh squares, we see the very long second leg. It measures 32 mesh squares in length.

32 + 12 + 18 = 62 squares. 62 / 18 = 3.4 inches.

Ipso facto, this spider is big enough to cover the palm of the average human being.


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Boris? Wink


Nah! Boris was black and shiny, very sma-all.


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