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1985, Living Australia, Dangerous Australians: The Complete Guide to Australia's Most Deadly Creatures, page 111:
Although they do not make webs, female huntsmans at least have not lost the ability to produce silk.
1995, Anne Kerle, Ayers Rock, the Olgas & Kings Canyon, Northern Territory, page 129:
The majority of desert-dwelling spiders are large burrowing spiders; the Barking Spiders Selenoeosmia stirlingi, mouse spiders, wolf spiders (Fig. 5.47), huntsmen and trapdoor spiders (Fig. 5.48).
2002, John Kinsella, “The Wasps”, in Divinations: Four Plays:
to say trapdoors and huntsmans
2012, Carrie Tiffany, Mateship with Birds, Pan Macmillan Australia, unnumbered page:
Two huntsmen spiders prowl Harry′s bedroom ceiling.
Usage notes
The plural form huntsmans applies only in the sense of spider, although huntsmen is probably more common.
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