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Giant Huntsman Spiders
Heteropoda
Heteropoda is a genus of spiders in the family Sparassidae, the huntsman spiders. They are mainly distributed in tropical Asia and Australia, while at least one species, H. venatoria, has a cosmopolitan distribution, and H. variegata occurs in the Mediterranean.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Pantropical Huntsman Spider
speciesHeteropoda venatoria
Jungle Huntsman Spider
speciesHeteropoda jugulans
Heteropoda javana
complexHeteropoda javana
Heteropoda amphora
speciesHeteropoda amphora
Heteropoda boiei
speciesHeteropoda boiei
Black-jaw Huntsman
speciesHeteropoda tetrica
Heteropoda ocyalina
complexHeteropoda ocyalina
Long-legged Huntsman Spider
speciesHeteropoda longipes
Heteropoda procera
speciesHeteropoda procera
Heteropoda borneensis
speciesHeteropoda borneensis
Heteropoda lunula
speciesHeteropoda lunula
Heteropoda martinae
speciesHeteropoda martinae
Heteropoda strasseni
speciesHeteropoda strasseni
Top End Jungle Huntsman
speciesHeteropoda renibulbis
Heteropoda hillerae
speciesHeteropoda hillerae
Heteropoda simplex
speciesHeteropoda simplex
Heteropoda binnaburra
speciesHeteropoda binnaburra
Heteropoda distincta
speciesHeteropoda distincta
Heteropoda belua
speciesHeteropoda belua
Heteropoda aemulans
speciesHeteropoda aemulans
Heteropoda variegata
speciesHeteropoda variegata
Heteropoda homstu
speciesHeteropoda homstu
Heteropoda nobilis
speciesHeteropoda nobilis
Heteropoda cooloola
speciesHeteropoda cooloola
Heteropoda sederhana
speciesHeteropoda sederhana
Heteropoda cyperusiria
speciesHeteropoda cyperusiria
Heteropoda singaporensis
speciesHeteropoda singaporensis
Heteropoda laai
speciesHeteropoda laai
Giant Huntsman Spider
speciesHeteropoda maxima
Heteropoda marillana
speciesHeteropoda marillana
Heteropoda acuta
speciesHeteropoda acuta
Heteropoda helge
speciesHeteropoda helge
Heteropoda lebar
speciesHeteropoda lebar
Heteropoda jaegerorum
speciesHeteropoda jaegerorum
Heteropoda obe
speciesHeteropoda obe
Heteropoda hermitis
speciesHeteropoda hermitis
Heteropoda schwalbachorum
speciesHeteropoda schwalbachorum
Heteropoda strandi
speciesHeteropoda strandi
Heteropoda nigriventer
speciesHeteropoda nigriventer
Heteropoda bufocorniculans
speciesHeteropoda bufocorniculans
Heteropoda dede
speciesHeteropoda dede
Heteropoda conwayensis
speciesHeteropoda conwayensis
Heteropoda atollicola
speciesHeteropoda atollicola
Heteropoda raveni
speciesHeteropoda raveni
Heteropoda warrumbungle
speciesHeteropoda warrumbungle
Heteropoda holoventris
speciesHeteropoda holoventris
Heteropoda kalbarri
speciesHeteropoda kalbarri
Heteropoda afghana
speciesHeteropoda afghana
Heteropoda parva
speciesHeteropoda parva
Heteropoda silvatica
speciesHeteropoda silvatica
Heteropoda cavernicola
speciesHeteropoda cavernicola
Heteropoda beroni
speciesHeteropoda beroni
Heteropoda languida
speciesHeteropoda languida
Heteropoda robusta
speciesHeteropoda robusta
Monteith's Huntsman Spider
speciesHeteropoda monteithi
Heteropoda mossman
speciesHeteropoda mossman
Heteropoda hupingensis
speciesHeteropoda hupingensis
Heteropoda saracenoi
speciesHeteropoda saracenoi
Heteropoda josephkohi
speciesHeteropoda josephkohi
Heteropoda cervina
speciesHeteropoda cervina
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48766.