Tilacme Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Always been a keen observer of the natural world around me but, since moving to Thailand my species identification skills are falling short. Can anyone identify these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post smutcakes Posted March 16, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 16, 2018 Second one looks like a Golden Tree Snake. (very common throughout Thailand) Not much into my spiders and birds unfortunately so cannot help there. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran00001 Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Bird might be a fledgling shrike of some sort, at least it's bill looks shrike like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lungstib Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 I think the guys above are correct with golden tree snake and brown shrike. spiders not my forte. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilacme Posted March 16, 2018 Author Share Posted March 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Kieran00001 said: Bird might be a fledgling shrike of some sort, at least it's bill looks shrike like. Thank you, uk have shrike but i never saw one so thats a tick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukgae Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Spider is a huntsman (so called because they hunt rather than building a web) - they look a bit scary but harmless, don't bite humans as far as I know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post exemplary21 Posted March 17, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2018 Yes, easy: The first one is a spider, the second one is a snake, and I'm pretty sure the third one is a bird. 3 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tapster Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 I'm no expert but I think the proportion of body size to leg length is wrong for a huntsman spider. With a body that big a huntsman's legs would be longer. The photo is a huntsman in my workshop. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran00001 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 2 minutes ago, Tapster said: I'm no expert but I think the proportion of body size to leg length is wrong for a huntsman spider. With a body that big a huntsman's legs would be longer. The photo is a huntsman in my workshop. I don't think it is a huntsman, looks quite different, but it is also important to bear in mind that the abdomen of a female spider can sometimes be much larger than normal due to be being pregnant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tapster Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 This photo shows a Thai huntsman. It's pretty similar to my photo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candoman89 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 (edited) "The photo is a huntsman in my workshop. " must have had a sawing accident and lost one of its legs. Edited March 17, 2018 by candoman89 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran00001 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 8 hours ago, Tapster said: This photo shows a Thai huntsman. It's pretty similar to my photo. Yours is a huntsman, I meant I don't think the OP spider looks like one, even a pregnant one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofarnorth Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 I too for my Satang's worth say a Golden Tree snake but just possibly a Wall's Bronzeback. No idea of the bird as have no bird book , the spider I would say is Not a huntsman , too fat , and legs too sort , a bit like the wife , oh and harmless but can be scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tapster Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 +1 for the Golden Tree Snake. We get lots of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPCustom69 Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 The spider appears to be a tarantula, there are different species here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrwebb8825 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 On 3/17/2018 at 11:05 AM, Tapster said: I'm no expert but I think the proportion of body size to leg length is wrong for a huntsman spider. With a body that big a huntsman's legs would be longer. The photo is a huntsman in my workshop. The OP's looks like a Huntsman, yours looks like a Wolf Spider. Have a look here: #4 vs #6: https://www.thethailandlife.com/spiders-thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tapster Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 (edited) I agree with you. What they are calling a Wolf Spider in your link does look like "my" spider. However if you look at the photo in my post number 10, that is supposed to be a Thai huntsman. It seems that Internet sources don't agree. My image in post 10 came from a Google image search for 'Thai Huntsman Spider'. Edited March 20, 2018 by Tapster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 The third picture is a juvenile brown shrike. This is the shrike one is most likely to see in Thailand as it can be found in many habitats including parks and gardens in Bangkok. It is a migrant and will have now mostly departed to its breeding grounds in China or Siberia. As fully grown birds, they lose the barring on the underparts that can be seen in the photo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrwebb8825 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 2 minutes ago, Tapster said: I agree with you. What they are calling a Wolf Spider in your link does look like "my" spider. However if you look at the photo in my post number 10, that is supposed to be a Thai huntsman. It seems that Internet sources don't agree. My image in post 10 came from a Google image search for 'Thai Huntsman Spider'. I just did a slightly broader search on Spiders In Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran00001 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 15 minutes ago, mrwebb8825 said: The OP's looks like a Huntsman, yours looks like a Wolf Spider. Have a look here: #4 vs #6: https://www.thethailandlife.com/spiders-thailand Hunstman is a family consisting of some 50 odd genera, the Heteropoda genus in the huntsman family contains a species called the Heteropoda venatoria, which is common in Thailand and looks pretty similar to the pic above, I would say it is at least in the hunstman family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justfine Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 On 17/03/2018 at 1:47 PM, exemplary21 said: Yes, easy: The first one is a spider, the second one is a snake, and I'm pretty sure the third one is a bird. Excellent spotting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thongkorn Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 The spider looks like a bird eating torancula. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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