Sparassidae
(Giant Crab Spiders)

The spider family Sparassidae, commonly known as Giant Crab Spiders, have been sighted 363 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Sparassidae includes 50 countries and 10 states in the United States. Sparassidae is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of April.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae

Common Name (AAS)

Giant Crab Spiders

Other Common Names

Huntsman Spiders

Author

Philipp Bertkau, 1872

Sightings Overview

There have been 363 confirmed sightings of Sparassidae (Giant Crab Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on August 11, 2024 by Spider ID member walkthom2. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 363 sightings because of certain Sparassidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 8% of the time, Sparassidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 356)
Sex: 22 female and 86 male.
Environment: Sparassidae has been sighted 162 times outdoors, and 225 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (86). On flower (1). Low foliage (14). High foliage (9). Ground layer (13). Under rock or debris (11). Freshwater river, lake, stream (1). Saltwater (2). Open field, pasture, grassland (3). Forest (12). Desert area (10).

Location and Range

Sparassidae (Giant Crab Spiders) has been sighted in the following countries: Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, France, French Polynesia, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Montenegro, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia.

Sparassidae has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon, Texas.