Heteropoda venatoria: Huntsman Spider
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Description: Provides a photograph and description of this tropical species, also known as the Giant Crab Spider, with information on its habits, habitats and detection.
huntsman spider - Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus) (Linnaeus) (Arachnida: Araneae: Sparassidae) (L.), sometimes called the giant crab spider or the banana spider (due to its occasional appearance in marketed bananas), is a cosmotropical species introduced into and now occurring in the U.S., in subtropical areas of Florida, Texas, and California. It is presumed to have been introduced from Asia, where many of its closest relatives live (Gertsch 1948). It is sometimes mistaken for a large
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| Page title: | huntsman spider - Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus) |
| Keywords: | huntsman spider giant crab spider Heteropoda venatoria Arachnida Araneae Sparassidae Edwards |
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| IP-address: | 128.227.242.110 |
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| NS | Name Servers: NS.NAME.UFL.EDU 128.227.30.254 RNS.NAME.UFL.EDU 8.6.245.30 |
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| Date | activated: 25-Mar-1986 last updated: 03-Feb-2014 expires: 31-Jul-2014 |