Heteropoda

Heteropoda is a genus of spiders in the family Sparassidae. Heteropoda spiders have been sighted 182 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Heteropoda includes 29 countries and 6 states in the United States. Heteropoda 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
Genus: Heteropoda

Author

Pierre André Latreille, 1804

Sightings Overview

There have been 182 confirmed sightings of Heteropoda, 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 182 sightings because of certain Heteropoda sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 7% of the time, Heteropoda spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 177)
Sex: 15 female and 60 male.
Environment: Heteropoda has been sighted 52 times outdoors, and 134 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (26). On flower (1). Low foliage (6). High foliage (4). Ground layer (7). Under rock or debris (1). Saltwater (1). Forest (6).

Location and Range

Heteropoda has been sighted in the following countries: Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Brazil, Denmark, Ecuador, French Polynesia, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, United States, Venezuela, Vietnam.

Heteropoda has also been sighted in the following states: California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Ohio, Texas.