A huntsman spider (Heteropoda venatoria) preying upon a castor hairy caterpillar moth (Olepa ricini) 09🕷️

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SpeciesAraneaeSparassidae
Arthropods

🕷️Heteropoda venatoria

Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus, 1767)

白額高腳蛛(學名:Heteropoda venatoria),又稱狩獵巨蟹蛛或白额高脚蛛,廣東話稱為蠄蟧,臺語稱為蟧蜈(白話字:lâ-giâ,或作,或以中文音譯寫作喇牙、旯犽),亦有異名岷山巨蟹蛛、石門巨蟹蛛、鱗片巨蟹蛛、彭氏中遁蛛等,是巨蟹蛛科巨蟹蛛属的一種大型蜘蛛,原生於全球的熱帶地區,近代又因人為活動擴張至部分副熱帶地區,為全球分布最廣的高腳蛛科動物。常栖息于室内、外墙壁。该物种的模式产地可能在溫暖的美洲地區。是大型的室內蜘蛛,必要時會吐絲但不結網,是家居昆蟲蟑螂的主要天敵。

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Conservation status
Not evaluated

The IUCN Red List has not assessed Heteropoda venatoria yet.

Key measurements
Body mass
not recorded
Body length
0.03 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Everything we know about the Heteropoda venatoria

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

Body length
0.03 mrecord 0.03 m · World Spider Trait Databasetypical adult
World Spider Trait Database
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Lyons et al 2025 trait data; Edwards 2003

Record: largest individual on record

Source: World Spider Trait Database · Pekar et al. 2021, Database 2021:baab064 · CC BY

By sex

  • Male0.02 mWorld Spider Trait DatabasePekar et al. 2021, Database 2021:baab064Body size of European spiders from Spiders of Europe; Nentwig et al. 2018
  • Female0.03 mWorld Spider Trait DatabasePekar et al. 2021, Database 2021:baab064Body size of European spiders from Spiders of Europe; Nentwig et al. 2018
  • Female0.02 mWorld Spider Trait DatabasePekar et al. 2021, Database 2021:baab064Adhesive foot pads and prey capture behaviour; Wolff et al. 2013
  • Female0.02 mWorld Spider Trait DatabasePekar et al. 2021, Database 2021:baab064Spider morphometric and foraging traits; Chen & Gao 1990
  • Female0.03 mWorld Spider Trait DatabasePekar et al. 2021, Database 2021:baab064Spider morphometric and foraging traits; Chen & Gao 1990

Figures vary

  • 0.02 mWorld Spider Trait DatabasePekar et al. 2021, Database 2021:baab064Lyons et al 2025 trait data; Edwards 2003

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

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アシダカグモ (ja), 농발거미 (ko), 白額高腳蛛 (zh), Aranha-caranguejo (pt), Heteropoda venatoria (pl), babouk (fr) … and 16 more languages
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