Have a name ? Scientific name ?

Location: Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam.

This is a spider found indoor.

  • indomara@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    6 days ago

    I’m from Australia, that looks like a huntsman.

    When I first moved here and saw one I freaked out and begged my husband to catch it. He laughed and said they are good spiders, and very fast so hard to catch anyway.

    That spider lived above the window blinds, and I realised I would have to sweep the dead bugs off the windowsill every few days.

    He definitely became an honoured guest!

  • Mothra@mander.xyz
    11·
    6 days ago

    My vote goes for huntsman spider, and a male one at that, but I can’t say which species. Will have a quick lookup and see if I can narrow it down for you

  • BreadOven@lemmy.world
    5·
    6 days ago

    I’m no expert, but looking up Vietnamese spiders, it could be a huntsman?

    Disclaimer: I know nothing more than the average person on spiders, it may be harmful, it may not be a huntsman. I would advise caution until someone who knows more that I can identify it.

    • Mothra@mander.xyz
      5·
      6 days ago

      Yes it looks like a huntsman to me too. We see very similar ones here in Australia

      • BreadOven@lemmy.world
        3·
        6 days ago

        Nice. I’ve never seen one that big (other than zoos and rescues) but I’m from neither Australia or Vietnam.

        I don’t mind spiders, but those huge ones are slightly concerning (to me).

        • Mothra@mander.xyz
          1·
          6 days ago

          I’m pretty sure I’ve seen bigger! I’m okay with them usually, but they can make you uneasy. I had one living under my car bonnet for about a month in one occasion, the guy would come out at dusk and scare the shit out of me while driving. He would run all over the outside of the car and not fall, which is remarkable considering I did up to 70kms ph.

          • BreadOven@lemmy.world
            1·
            3 days ago

            Wow. What an absolute unit.

            Yeah, looking online, the one in the post would be small. Although I’m not sure what I don’t like more, big spiders, or house centipedes. Probably the latter. I know they’re all good for eating other bugs though. I just don’t like them.

            Edit: just realized how you typed the speed. Is that the regular way you would? I’m used to km/h.

  • Chainweasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    6 days ago

    You’re going to get next to no help at all without a location, and even with a location there’s not really enough detail in the photo for a good identification.

    People will need to know what country you live in, what region of said country if it’s a larger one like the United States or Australia, but even with that information you’re only going to get guesses because you really can’t see identifying features on the spider in this photo.

  • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
    2·
    6 days ago

    I am not an expert, so do not take what I say for “should I let this thing bite me”, but in Washington and the UK we have “giant house spiders” that look just like this (to my non trained eye). They are terrifying to find, but harmless generally. Leave very waxy webs.

    If that’s the case, just start putting out some sticky traps in your home, wherever you find one just throw a trap down. Warmer years brings more of them

    • Mothra@mander.xyz
      3·
      6 days ago

      Sorry, but it’s not. Look at the leg length and proportions, also the last segment of each leg- our mystery spider is a type of huntsman spider