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  • Pantropical Huntsman Spider, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Cheng-Tao Lin, some rights reserved (CC BY)

  • Pantropical Huntsman Spider, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Roman Prokhorov, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Pantropical Huntsman Spider, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) budak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Pantropical Huntsman Spider, 4 of 6
    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) budak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Pantropical Huntsman Spider, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) vishi.gowda, all rights reserved

  • Pantropical Huntsman Spider, 6 of 6
    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Samuele Papeschi, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Pantropical Huntsman Spider

Heteropoda venatoria

Worldwide
30,975 observations
Group
Arachnids
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

Heteropoda venatoria is a species of spider in the family Sparassidae, the huntsman spiders. It is native to the tropical regions of the world, and it is present in some subtropical areas as an introduced species. Its common names include giant crab spider and cane spider.

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