Pantropical huntsman spider
Heteropoda venatoria is a large, flat spider that hunts its prey instead of catching it in a web. It lives in tropical regions around the world and is often found in houses, barns and sheds. Its bite is painful, but it is not considered dangerous.1

Co renconuscher el
- Adults have a flat, brown body about 2.2 to 2.8 cm long.1
- Leg span is about 7 to 10 cm.1
- The area just in front of the eyes is cream or yellowish.1
- A wide band behind the eyes is usually tan in females and cream in males.1
- The body is not very hairy, but the legs have hairs (setae), each marked with a black dot.1
Savens confundì cun: In Bermuda, where most are found indoors, it is often called a house spider, which may be confused with the southern house spider. It is sometimes called a wolf spider, which should not be confused with the true wolf spiders of the family Lycosidae.1
Forza dal tissi
Il tissi vegn or tras ses dents da tissi u ses dents, cura ch'el morda.
Tge fa ses tissi?
Its venom contains the toxin HpTX2, which is a potassium channel blocker. The venom is strong enough to cause a painful bite.1
Quant privlus è el per umans?
Privel per umans: LevSco ina piztgada d'avieul u main. Practicamain nunprivlus per umans.The spider is not considered dangerous to people, but its bite is painful.1
Sch'el morda
- Lava la morsa e metta in pachet da glatsch sin ella cunter las dolurs. Tschertga agid medicinal, sche las dolurs èn fermas, sa derasan u sche la persuna na sa senta betg bain.
Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid
Resta en segirezza
- Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
- Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
- Sch'in tal animal ta morda: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.
El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza
Quant grond è el?
Quant lung è el?
var uschè lung sco in clip da palpiri
pudess currer 100 meters en 200 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)Quant grond è Pantropical huntsman spider cumpareglià cun TAI?
Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn memorisà u tramess.
Quant svelt è el?
Fatgs
It has been known to prey on scorpions and bats, as well as insects.1
During courtship, the male makes a faint buzz or hum by vibrating its abdomen while keeping its feet firmly planted.1
It does not spin webs. It hunts its prey directly.1
Females carry their egg sacs under the body until the young are ready to emerge.1
In one small laboratory sample, males lived an average of 465 days and females an average of 580 days.1
Per experts da tissi
- Num scientific
- Heteropoda venatoria
- Gruppa
- Filiens
- Famiglia
- Sparassidae2
- Urden
- Araneae
- Continents
- Asia
- Poppins
- Females carry an egg sac up to about 2.5 cm wide tucked under the body with their pedipalps. Each sac usually holds over 100 eggs, and larger sacs hold over 400. The young moult for the first time while still inside the sac.1
- Privel per umans
- 1 / 5: Lev3
Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs
- Heteropoda venatoria (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Heteropoda venatoria (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
- Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.
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