Theraphosidae
(Tarantulas)

Taxonomic Hierarchy

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Arthropoda
• Class: Arachnida
• Order: Araneae
• Suborder: Mygalomorphae
• Family: Theraphosidae

Common Name (AAS)

Tarantulas

Author

Tamerlan Thorell, 1869

Sightings Overview

There have been 20 confirmed sightings of Theraphosidae (Tarantulas), with the most recent sighting submitted on September 23, 2025 by Spider ID member dedicat. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 20 sightings because of certain Theraphosidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

• Web: 5% of the time, Theraphosidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 20)
• Sex: 1 female and 0 male.
• Environment: Theraphosidae has been sighted 25 times outdoors, and 3 times indoors.
• Outdoors: Man-made structure (7). Low foliage (2). Ground layer (10). Under rock or debris (1). Open field, pasture, grassland (3). Desert area (2).

Location and Range

Theraphosidae (Tarantulas) has been sighted in the following countries: United States.

Theraphosidae has also been sighted in the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas.

Seasonality

Theraphosidae has been primarily sighted during the month of May.

• January: 1
• February:
• March: 2
• April: 3
• May: 5
• June:
• July: 1
• August:
• September: 3
• October: 3
• November:
• December: 2