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Family Sparassidae - Huntsmen Spiders

Spider # 08-1 - Curicaberis Spider # 08-1 - Curicaberis Large spider - Curicaberis peninsulanus Spider - Curicaberis Giant Crab Spider - Curicaberis peninsulanus - female Olios - Curicaberis - female Olios giganteus - female Olios giganteus - Olios giganteus - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Sparassidae (Huntsmen Spiders)
Other Common Names
Giant Crab Spiders
Numbers
5 genera in BugGuide's range (North America north of Mexico).
Size
7.0-50.0 mm(1)
Identification
Not diagnostic, but some helpful features:(1)
2 claws
8 eyes
Legs laterigrade
Similar spiders often smaller (less than 10.0 mm)
Range
Curicaberis - four species, southern states.
Decaphora - one species, Decaphora cubana, introduced to Florida from Cuba.
Heteropoda - one species, H. venatoria, introduced to the Gulf States & California.
Macrinus - one species, M. mohavensis, known only from San Bernardino County, CA.
Olios - one species Olios giganteus, southwestern USA.
Food
Ambush predators.
See Also
Zoropsidae
Philodromidae
Selenops
Internet References
World Spider Catalog
iNaturalist
GBIF
Works Cited
1.Spiders of North America: An Identification Manual
D. Ubick, P. Paquin, P.E. Cushing and V. Roth (eds). 2005. American Arachnological Society.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 10 September, 2004 - 4:28pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, Jeff Hollenbeck, Mandy Howe, metrioptera, Laura P., Nathaniel Green
Last updated 5 September, 2022 - 10:08am

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