Giant huntsman spiders are the largest member of the huntsman spider family Sparassidae with a leg span stretching up to 12 inches across — roughly the size of a dinner plate. When you purchase ...

Known for their crab-like legs and remarkable speed, huntsman spiders are a fascinating group of arachnids with over 1,200 ...

Arachnologists said the animal appears to be a huntsman spider, otherwise known as a giant crab spider. The spiders do not make webs, earning the moniker "huntsman" because of their hunting ...

the real world contains giant spiders galore. Just take giant huntsman spiders (Heteropoda maxima), which are the world's largest spiders by leg span. Measuring 11.8 inches (30 centimeters ...

A shopper reeled back in horror when he found a giant huntsman spider in his bag of Tesco bananas. Craig Harrison, 35, had already peeled and eaten one of the bananas from the bunch before he ...

A family was trapped in their house after a “massive” venomous huntsman spider blocked ... The pair later named the spider "Aragog", a giant spider from the Harry Potter series.

… and is native to Australia. The giant green-bellied huntsman (Typostola barbata) wears yellow eyeshadow, has pins to die for, and births hundreds of fluorescent mini-mes.

Nath Jennings from Melbourne, Australia, said his girlfriend, Millie, had known for months that there was a huntsman spider in her car, but couldn't figure out where. Unfortunately the arachnid ...

After the huntsman, the giant golden orb spider is the next biggest-spanned arachnid. They are usually found anywhere north of Noosa and on occasion in the “forestry” parts of Brisbane.