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Voucher observation D.Nicolle 6309.

'Old Blotchy'
Laser height: 58.5 metres.
Average crown spread: 30.0 metres.
Trunk circ. at 1.4 m: 10.76 metres.

Massive tree in forest dominated by this and Syncarpia, with some Eucalyptus paniculata, E. saligna and E. botryoides.

'Dip Falls Big Tree'. Voucher observation D.Nicolle 7401.

Laser height: 53.0 metres.
Canopy spread: 21.0 metres average.
Trunk circ at 1.4 m: 18.60 metres.

Growing in dense forest on level ground, this species dominant, with Acacia melanoxylon, Nothofagus and Dicksonia.

Large aggregation in about 2m depth via snorkel. I estimate there were at least 70, and probably closer to 80-90.Most were mature adults but some older juveniles or immature younger ones were present peripheral to the main aggregation which formed a veritable mound of many individuals over many square metres of benthos.

A large spider at 27mm long (body & head). Natural leg span is almost 80mm. She was found on our sliding glass front door. While they can grip onto vertical glass with their brushed feet, she is also using quite a bit of web to secure her position.

We've found a number of these females that don't match any local Huntsman images on-line. Then I realised I didn't have any mature female Isopedella saundersi, but lots of male & immature females. Plus this seems to fit our other pretty well.

Then I entered Isopedella saundersi and found a shop selling them on-line; images match and they call them Gold-Spotted Huntsman.

To see them all, click on the tag below right, or here:
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?q=37208111&search_on=tags

The females seem to have 2 furrows in the hair between the epigynum & the sternum.

In this one it seems to have an appendage, almost epigeal scape, in one of the furrows. Then I wondered if this is the remnants of a male palp?