Does anyone know what the big spiders in Mauritius are called?
There might be several species, but there is one type that I see frequently pretty much everywhere. They are greyish, with long legs, a compact body and they move at the speed of light!
The "grownups" that I have seen have been fairly large with a leg span of 8-10 cm or something, and the females carry a little white bag that they like to bury in a web like cocoon before it explodes with tiny baby spiders.
I'm not an arachnologist (as you can probably tell), but I find them fascinating and would simply like to know more about them!