(170 grams), according to Naskrecki. Some sources say the giant huntsman spider, due to its sprawling leg span, is bigger than the Goliath birdeater. The huntsman's legs, rather than bending ...

The Goliath Birdeater spider is the world's largest ... came across a male spider with an 11-inch leg-span. The Giant Huntsman Spider may have a longer leg-span at 12 inches but the Huntsman ...

Some sources say the giant huntsman spider, which has a larger leg span, is bigger than the birdeater. But the huntsman is much more delicate than the hefty birdeater comparing the two would be ...

The Goliath Birdeater, scientifically named Theraphosa ... The largest non-tarantula spider is the giant huntsman spider - fourth overall in size. Also on the list of large, venomous spiders ...

The Huntsman spider (Palystes castaneus ... have been known to eat small birds – although it's very rare. The Goliath Birdeater Spider has a leg-span of 28cm – five centimetres longer than ...

the Goliath Bird Eater. Dan Olsen/Getty Images Another of the world's largest spiders is the Giant Huntsman Spider. "Huntsman spiders are really common globally, but in Southeast Asia and ...

While the Giant Huntsman may be considered the largest spider by leg-span, for overall size and mass, the biggest spider in the world is the Goliath Birdeater. (Its relatives, the Pinkfoot Goliath and ...

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Here is the biggest spider in the world, as well as other record-breaking spiders. The Goliath birdeater was given its nickname as the result of an 18th century engraving of a tarantula ...

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Some sources say the giant huntsman spider, which has a larger leg span ... He added that the Goliath birdeater is "a very common species, not protected or endangered, and collecting of a single ...