Giant huntsman spiders are the largest member of the huntsman spider family Sparassidae with a leg span stretching up to 12 inches across — roughly the size of a dinner plate.

Giant huntsman spider takes up residence inside woman’s home By . Jackie Salo. Published July 31, 2019. Updated July 31, 2019, 11:18 a.m. ET.

An Australian father is going viral for a video of him catching a massive huntsman spider with his bare hands.. Stephen Walker, who goes by @stephenwalker34 on TikTok, uploaded the video on ...

The giant huntsman spider, however, has a leg span up to 12 inches, making it the world’s largest spider by diameter. Huntsman spiders can be found across most of the globe, spanning multiple ...

A giant huntsman spider lurking among the garments in a clothes rack in an Australian home has left the internet stunned. In a viral post uploaded to the r/oddlyterrifying Reddit group, which can ...

It may look like a giant plastic spider prop from a haunted Halloween attraction, but it’s real. A photo of a giant huntsman spider rescued in Queensland, Australia, last year, is blowing the ...

An Aussie mom was feeding a possum in her backyard when a giant huntsman spider crept in to join the dinner party. TikTok Coming face-to-face with creepy crawlies the size of dinner plates is just ...

If you’re wondering, while there is a spider called the “giant huntsman spider,” it’s one of a multitude of different types of huntsman, and it was first discovered in 2001 in Laos.

The giant huntsman spider and the Goliath birdeater are close in terms of size. They often overlap in leg span, and the giant ...

The Megarachne was a prehistoric creature once thought to be the biggest spider to live on Earth with a leg span of 20 inches and a body that was 21 inches long. However, the fossil was actually a ...

Huntsman trying to eat a mouse." In case you don't live in Australia, a Huntsman spider is sometimes known as a "giant crab spider," which will give you some idea of the creature's scale.