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 58 confirmed sightings of Theraphosidae (Tarantulas), with the most recent sighting submitted on November 20, 2019 by Spider ID member rickcwest. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 58 sightings because of certain Theraphosidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

• Web: 12% of the time, Theraphosidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 58)
• Sex: 24 female and 2 male.
• Environment: Theraphosidae has been sighted 93 times outdoors, and 10 times indoors.
• Outdoors: Man-made structure (11). Low foliage (5). High foliage (4). Ground layer (25). Under rock or debris (14). Freshwater river, lake, stream (1). Open field, pasture, grassland (8). Forest (15). Desert area (10).

Location and Range

Theraphosidae (Tarantulas) has been sighted in the following countries: Algeria, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, France, Guyana, India, Kenya, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Tanzania, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

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 March.

• January: 3
• February: 4
• March: 10
• April: 7
• May: 7
• June: 1
• July: 3
• August: 2
• September: 5
• October: 7
• November: 2
• December: 7