Scientific Name:  Olios giganteus

Order:  Araneida
Family:  Hetropodidae

Diet:  Insects which it hunts at night.
Vegetation Association:  Found in boulder fields and granite crevices, under rocks, in saguaros, and in dwellings.
Predators:   As a defense against predators their coloring matches perfectly with the granite stones in their habitats.

Life Stages:  Incomplete metamorphosis; egg, nymph, adult.

Notes:   Also called huntsman.  It is named after its sideways mobility which is like a crab.

Photo:  To be added.

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