Sparassidae
(Giant Crab Spiders)

The spider family Sparassidae, commonly known as Giant Crab Spiders, have been sighted 377 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Sparassidae includes 51 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 377 confirmed sightings of Sparassidae (Giant Crab Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on May 8, 2025 by Spider ID member gianni. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 377 sightings because of certain Sparassidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 8% of the time, Sparassidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 370)
Sex: 23 female and 89 male.
Environment: Sparassidae has been sighted 166 times outdoors, and 235 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (89). On flower (1). Low foliage (14). High foliage (9). Ground layer (14). 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, Bangladesh, 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.