Heteropoda boiei
(Lichen Huntsman Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Heteropoda boiei, commonly known as Lichen Huntsman Spider, belongs to the genus Heteropoda, in the family Sparassidae. Heteropoda boiei spiders have been sighted 2 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Heteropoda boiei includes 1 countries and 0 states in the United States. Heteropoda boiei is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of March.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Heteropoda
Species: Heteropoda boiei

Other Common Names

Lichen Huntsman Spider

Author

(Doleschall, 1859)

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Sightings Overview

There have been 2 confirmed sightings of Heteropoda boiei (Lichen Huntsman Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on April 3, 2020 by Spider ID member alanfeatherstone. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 2 sightings because of certain Heteropoda boiei sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 0% of the time, Heteropoda boiei spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 2)
Sex: 1 female and 1 male.
Environment: Heteropoda boiei has been sighted 3 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: High foliage (1). Forest (2).