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.
Seasonality
Sparassidae has been primarily sighted during the month of April.
- January: 28
- February: 39
- March: 71
- April: 71
- May: 65
- June: 20
- July: 5
- August: 8
- September: 3
- October: 16
- November: 17
- December: 27