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True Spiders: Heteropoda venatoria - Giant crab spider (CB by BugzUK)

Heteropoda venatoria - Giant crab spider (CB by BugzUK)
Heteropoda venatoria - Giant crab spider (CB by BugzUK)
Heteropoda venatoria - Giant crab spider (CB by BugzUK)
Heteropoda venatoria - Giant crab spider (CB by BugzUK)

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

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Care Sheet

Diet: Crickets, cockroaches and flies
Housing: 30cm height terrarium
Substrate: Small layer of coir
Temperature: 20°c to 28°c
Humidity:50-60%
Additional notes:
This species of spider is very quick and fairly aggressive so take care, tall bits of bark work well in their enclosure.

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