The Venatoria are widespread in a lot of countries, they reach some very impressive sizes especially when they are spread flat against surfaces. The females are usually brown in colour without much pattern, where as the males have smaller bodies and are lighter coloured with a more patterned carapace.
Taxonomic Classification- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Family: Sparassidae
- Sub Family:
- Genus: Heteropoda
- Species: venatoria
