The giant huntsman spider, found in Laos ... This gives you the size of the spider's main body — without the legs. It's a useful measurement for scientists who need to compare different spiders.

The giant huntsman spider, found in Laos, holds the record for the largest leg span at ... and go all the way to the end of its abdomen, the opisthosoma. This gives you the size of the spider's main ...

While the huntsman spider's appearance often inspires a misconception of danger ... helps them navigate their environment and avoid threats - because even the hunter can become the hunted. Due to ...

As children, we may have all been scared of spiders. Still, many of the world’s population is suffering from arachnophobia, the extreme fear of spiders. A Goliath bird-eating spider (Theraphosa blondi ...

They’re venomous cannibals, hiding in our homes. With something like fifteen quadrillion spiders around, we can’t escape them ...

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The Goliath birdeater doesn't just it birds. It also eats small rodents, frogs and insects. Milan Zygmunt / Shutterstock ...

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Giant huntsman spider (Heteropoda maxima). Petra & Wilfried from Germany, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Measuring an impressive 7.9 centimeters (3.1 inches) from foot to foot, this funnel-web ...