Theraphosa

Theraphosa is a genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae. Theraphosa spiders have been sighted 3 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Theraphosa includes 2 countries and 2 states in the United States. Theraphosa is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of October.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Author

Thorell, 1870

Sightings Overview

There have been 3 confirmed sightings of Theraphosa, with the most recent sighting submitted on January 10, 2019 by Spider ID member blackxmanta80. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 3 sightings because of certain Theraphosa sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 0% of the time, Theraphosa spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 3)
Sex: 1 female and 0 male.
Environment: Theraphosa has been sighted 3 times outdoors, and 1 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (1). Ground layer (1). Forest (1).