Heteropoda dagmarae

Heteropoda dagmarae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Heteropoda
Species: H. dagmarae
Binomial name
Heteropoda dagmarae
Jäger & Vedel, 2005[1]

Heteropoda dagmarae is a large species of spider in the Sparassidae family. This species is found in northern and central Laos. The spider is nocturnal and lives in forests. It hunts by ambushing its prey from shrubs, trees, and bamboo about two to four meters above the ground. It was not recorded as a new species until 2005.[2]

References

  1. "Heteropoda dagmarae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. Thompson, Christian (2008-12-15). "First Contact in the Greater Mekong" (pdf). World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2008-12-20.