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 362 confirmed sightings of Sparassidae (Giant Crab Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on April 18, 2024 by Spider ID member camejustfear. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 362 sightings because of certain Sparassidae sightings reporting incomplete data.
- Web: 8% of the time, Sparassidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 355)
- Sex: 22 female and 85 male.
- Environment: Sparassidae has been sighted 161 times outdoors, and 225 times indoors.
- Outdoors: Man-made structure (85). 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.
Seasonality
Sparassidae has been primarily sighted during the month of April.
- January: 27
- February: 38
- March: 68
- April: 71
- May: 64
- June: 19
- July: 5
- August: 7
- September: 3
- October: 13
- November: 15
- December: 25