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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynes » Giant Crab Spiders (Sparassidae) » Heteropoda » Huntsman Spider (Heteropoda venatoria)

Species Heteropoda venatoria - Huntsman Spider

Classification · Range · Remarks
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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.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 10 September, 2004 - 4:30pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason
Last updated 3 August, 2006 - 7:28pm

Huntsman Spider
Here is a link to some more info concerning this species:http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/urban/spiders/giant_crab_spider.htm
… Sean McCann, 11 October, 2005 - 6:31pm

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