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Males of the huntsman spider Heteropoda venatoria have recently been found to deliberately make a substrate-borne sound when they detect a chemical left by a nearby female of their species. The males anchor themselves firmly to the surface onto which they have crawled and then use their legs to transmit vibrations from their bodies to the surface.
Heteropoda venatoria is a species of spider in the family Sparassidae, the huntsman spiders. It is native to the tropical regions of the world, and it is present in some subtropical areas as an introduced species. Its common names include giant crab spider, pantropical huntsman spider or cane spider. [1]
The giant huntsman spider (Heteropoda maxima) is a species of the huntsman spider family Sparassidae found in Laos. [3] It is considered the world's largest spider by leg span, [ 3 ] which can reach up to 30 cm (1 ft).
The eye arrangement of spiders in the genus Heteropoda. Heteropoda is a genus of spiders in the family Sparassidae (the huntsman spiders). They are mainly distributed in tropical Asia and Australia, while at least one species, H. venatoria, has a cosmopolitan distribution, [1] and H. variegata occurs in the Mediterranean.
Micrommata virescens, common name green huntsman spider, ... These characteristic huntsman spiders can be found at the edges of forests, in dry meadows, in damp ...
Leucorchestris arenicola, commonly called the dancing white lady spider, is a huntsman spider in the family Sparassidae and genus Leucorchestris. It is commonly found in the Namib desert of Namibia. It is often mistaken with the similarly named Carparachne aureoflava, or more commonly known as the wheel spider from the same location.
Heteropoda lunula is a large species of spider in the family Sparassidae. This species is found throughout South and Southeast asia, particularly from India to Vietnam, as well as in Malaysia and Indonesia. [1] Heteropoda lunula is a popular huntsman spider in the pet trade. [2]
Cerbalus aravaensis is a huntsman spider found in the southern Arava Valley of Israel and Jordan. [1] The species was first described by Gershom Levy of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2007, [1] [2] though news agencies later reported it in 2010 as a new discovery (with a slightly different spelling) by a team of biologists from the University of Haifa.