Sparassidae
(Giant Crab Spiders)

The spider family Sparassidae, commonly known as Giant Crab Spiders, have been sighted 352 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Sparassidae includes 48 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 352 confirmed sightings of Sparassidae (Giant Crab Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on November 16, 2023 by Spider ID member koaung18322. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 352 sightings because of certain Sparassidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 8% of the time, Sparassidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 345)
Sex: 22 female and 82 male.
Environment: Sparassidae has been sighted 161 times outdoors, and 215 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, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, France, French Polynesia, Greece, 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.