biggest spiders in the world
World's Biggest Spider. The greatest spiders in the world by size include: tarantulas, orb weavers, wolf spiders, raft spiders, and Brazilian wandering spiders. This site contains a short description of each. For those visitors only looking for information about the world's biggest spider, the answer is that it is the bird-eating tarantula.
10 of the Worldâs Largest Spiders. We share this world with a lot of types of spiders and some of them are unbelievably (like horror movie) big. Take a look at our list of the worldâs largest spiders, starting from the smallest of the largest, all the way to the winning monster-sized, biggest spider in the world. 10. The smallest, but still large, spider on our list is the black and white Cerbalus Aravensis spider, which was discovered in Israel in 2009.
An Australian huntsman spider. Credit: Sandra Caldwell | Shutterstock. Huntsman spiders are large, fast spiders distributed in warm climates throughout the world. They are notable for the way that they catch their prey. Huntsman spiders don't build webs to catch prey, explained entomologist Christy Bills, Invertebrate Collections manager at the Natural History Museum of Utah. Rather, they hunt down their prey, a habit that gives them their common name. There are thousands of subspecies in this family (Sparassidae). The average huntsman spider species is about 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) long with a leg span of up to 5 inches (12.7 cm).