🕷️Goliath birdeater

Theraphosa blondi (Latreille, 1804)

De goliathvogelspin (Theraphosa blondi) is een spin uit de familie vogelspinnen (Theraphosidae). De spin dankt zijn naam aan een kopergravure van de Duits-Nederlandse entomologe Maria Sibylla Merian in Metamorphosis insectorum surinamensium, waarop te zien is hoe een exemplaar van deze soort een kolibrie eet.

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Also called

Goliath bird-eating spider

Conservation status

Not evaluated

The IUCN Red List has not assessed Theraphosa blondi yet.

Key measurements

Body mass: not recorded
Body length: 0.11 m
Shoulder height: not recorded
Top speed: not recorded
Bite force: not recorded
Maximum lifespan: not recorded

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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Goliath birdeater

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body length

0.11 maverage

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Species-level value synthesised as the mean of: female.

By sex

Female0.1 mWorld Spider Trait DatabasePekar et al. 2021, Database 2021:baab064Lyons et al 2025 trait data; Rudloff & Weinmann 2010
Female0.11 mWorld Spider Trait DatabasePekar et al. 2021, Database 2021:baab064Lyons et al 2025 trait data; Rudloff & Weinmann 2010

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Goliath birdeater yet: body mass, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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Aranha-golias-comedora-de-pássaro (pt), Ptasznik goliat (pl), תראפוזה בלונדי (he), Терафоза Блонда (ru), Theraphosa blondi (fr), Theraphosa blondi (es) … and 20 more languages

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