Solomon Islands (2013b)

Date of issue: 2013
Name of issue: Australian fauna - Huntsman spiders
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 5/60

2013 is turning out to be a very prolific year for arachnid stamps. Cook Island had the great idea to have five stamps dedicated to huntsman spiders in their series called "Australia Fauna". My gripe with this series (as always, I need to complain about something) is that the artist seems to have forgotten or ignore why these spiders are called "huntsman". On every stamp, he has drawn a very distinct spider web, reminiscent of what orb weavers would construct.

Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Sparassidae
Neosparassus diana (L. Koch, 1875)



Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Sparassidae
Typostola barbata (L. Koch, 1875)

Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Sparassidae
Holconia murrayensis Hirst, 1991

Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Sparassidae
Isopeda villosa L. Koch, 1875



Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Sparassidae
Delena cancerides Walckenaer, 1837

 

 

Souvenir sheets:

 

 

 

Crops from souvenir sheets:

 

Michel #: none
order: Araneae
family: Sparassidae
Heteropoda venatoria  (Linnaeus, 1767)
 




Michel #: none
order: Araneae
family: Sparassidae
Pandercetes gracilis  L. Koch, 1875

 

 

Michel #: none
order: Araneae
family: Sparassidae
Delena cancerides Walckenaer, 1837

 

 

Michel #: none
order: Araneae
family: Sparassidae
Holconia immanis (L. Koch, 1867)

 

Michel #: none
order: Araneae
family: Sparassidae
Isopeda villosa L. Koch, 1875



Michel #: none
order: Araneae
family: Sparassidae
Heteropoda venatoria  (Linnaeus, 1767)

Michel #: none
order: Araneae
family: Sparassidae
Holconia insignis (Thorell, 1870)



Michel #: none
order: Araneae
family: Sparassidae
Holconia immanis (L. Koch, 1867)