Species Heteropoda venatoria - Huntsman Spider

Classification · Range · Remarks · Internet References

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynes)

Family Sparassidae (Giant Crab Spiders)

Genus Heteropoda

Species venatoria (Huntsman Spider)

Range

Subtropical FL, TX, CA

Remarks

Non-native, introduced from Asia, possibly on bananas. Apparently spreading into the US from warmest areas.

Internet References

~ entomology.ifas.ufl.edu - Images and information.

~ nathistoc.bio.uci.edu - Images and information.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 10 September, 2004 - 4:30pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Lynette
Last updated 15 November, 2009 - 12:45pm

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