Cave Spider - Huntsman Spider - Sparassidae

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Cave Spider - Huntsman Spider - Sparassidae

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Cave spider (Cat Ba, Vietnam) - Identified as Sparassidae family (Huntsman spider / Giant Crab Spider)

If you can confirm the exact species, please post a comment or email me!

Scale: about 5 inch diameter (including the legs), i.e. about the actual size on a standard computer monitor.

I found similar spiders in other caves, see here.

Maybe a distant cousin from : this one

Date & GPS location
Photo taken on November 24, 2005
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