Huntsman Spider
The Australian Huntsman spider belongs to the Family Sparassidae. They are known as being the โhairy tarantulasโ. They are often seen inside your home on the walls or from coming out from behind curtains.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
- Giant Crab Spider
- Sparassidae
- Heteropodidae
- Delena
- Holconia
- Neosparassus
- Olios
APPEARANCE
- Huntsman spiders come in a variety of colours and patterns
- Commonly they are mostly brown, black and grey.
- The body length of the male is 1.6cm and the female has a body length of 2cm
- Legs can span up to 15cm
- The back legs are shorter than the front legs which span out sideways allowing them to walk both forward and sideways, hence the name crab spider
LIFECYLE
- The female huntsman spider lays a flat, white papery silk egg sac
- The can lay up to 200 eggs at a time
- The egg sacs are placed under bark or a rock and the female huntsman stands guard over her egg sac for a period of 3 weeks
- During this time she will not consume any food
- While the female is guarding her egg sacs, she can become aggressive
- When the time is right, the mother opens the egg sac and assists her spiderlings out
- Huntsman spiders are known to spend the first 3 or 4 weeks with her spiderlings.
- Huntsman species has a life span of about two years or more
HABITAT
- Usually be found on tree trunks, under stones, under bark, on the windows and walls inside your home.
- Huntsman spiders are known to also enter cars & run across the dashboards
- Some species can live between hairline cracks sandstone and granite outcrops
- The huntsman spider feeds on a variety of insects, small lizards and frogs
- The huntsman does not capture their prey in a web but instead stalks and run down
- Huntsman spiders are poisonous to humans but not fatal
PREDATORS
- Birds
- Spider wasps
- Egg parasites of wasps and birds
- Geckos
- Nematode worms
Contact us now at 1800 819 189 or fill out our online form for a free quote and expert advice on pest control solutions.
Why Choose us?
100% pest control guarantee
We guarantee to rid your home or business from pests and offer all customers a 3-6 month warranty.
Free Quotes & Advice
Call, Email or Instant Message us and we'll give you honest advice on how to effectively solve your pest problems.
100% Customer Satisfaction
We're not happy unless you are! We promise to return for free if pests reappear during your warranty period.
Residential & Commercial
We specialise in the removal and prevention of pests for all types of properties and sizes.
100% Money Back Guarantee
If you're not totally satisfied with the results of our work then we promise to provide you with a full refund.
Same Day Express Call Outs
Get in touch and one of our qualified pest technicians can meet and treat on the very same day!
Why our clients love us
-
Amazing job ! I was trying to get rid of cockroaches for a long time! I think I tried all the products and methods on the planet to kill them.
They... read more
Sandrine Z
Provided good advice and were very helpful along the way.
Andre Emery
Adam was professional, knowledgeable and friendly. Generous with his time and with the poison. See you in a year!
Andrew Path
-
Excellent service: very friendly and capable staff who were very helpful. The company talks about ethical customer service (which is why I chose them) and they were true to their... read more
Stephanie Croft
Easy to book a fast appointment. Good service. On time and explained everything.
David Owens
Excellent, very professional company. Very organised and disciplined They have a dedicated pre-service chat/email team that looks into what bugs you have. And puts together a detailed... read more
Paul L
-
Blake is very professional. His work has been very thorough and very efficient. Since we use their service we have never have any issues with pest control at... read more
Joy Kawser
BEST pest control company in Sydney as the name suggests! Nigel is amazing and did a super thorough job of spraying our place for German cockroaches. This was following a... read more
Vanessa Chen
The service that I received from Sydney's Best Pest Control was excellent. They responded to my enquiry extremely promptly. The assistance that I received was friendly, professional and... read more
Kane Lunn
-
Could have sold me a service I didn't need, but chose to give me some great free advice on how I could deal with my issue cheaply.
George Dobson
We have used Sydney Pest Control services twice and Alan and team were professional, the products worked a treat and lasted more than 6 months. We had issues with rodents,... read more
Ana Neves
BEST pest control company in Sydney as the name suggests! Nigel is amazing and did a super thorough job of spraying our place for German cockroaches. This was following a... read more
Vanessa Chen
