Unidentified

Comments & ID Thoughts

This is a spider belonging to the Sparassidae family, which is the Huntsman spider family. It's significantly flat body and crooked legs can help identify it. Huntsman spiders don't build webs, but as their name suggests, are hunting spiders.

Common Name: Pantropical Huntman Spider
Scientific Name: Heteropoda Venatoria
Genus: Heteropoda
Order: Aranae
Species: H.Venatoria

This particular species is native to the tropical parts of the world. It is found in attics, cellar or upper corners of the ceiling. I spotted this crawling out of a flower pot.

• Submitted by: 
  
  aragog012
• Submitted: May 9, 2023
• Photographed: May 10, 2023
• Spider: Unidentified
• Location: Otur, Maharashtra, India
• Spotted Indoors: Other
• Found in web?: No
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