The family saved the deceased spider in a bag and took it to local experts to be identified. Entomologists at Cranbook Institute of Science say the eight-legged creature was an Australian Huntsman ...

The spider, which was named "Behemoth," measures in at a whopping six and one-third inch long. Australian Zookeepers Have Discovered The Biggest Huntsman Spider Ever Sound+Vision ...

Video footage has emerged showing a wasp dragging a huge huntsman spider at a backyard in, where else, Australia. The short clip shows the determined wasp hauling the spider across concrete and ...

There are nearly 300 species of spider wasps found throughout Australia and they are non-aggressive, solitary species that feed mainly on nectar, but hunt spiders to provide food for the wasp larvae.

A rare photo has emerged of a colony of huntsman spiders living together in nest boxes originally built for pygmy possums. Non-profit organization Bush Heritage Australia published the photo of ...

File photo: A huntsman spider is pictured on the trunk of a tree. Charles Darwin University conservation biology professor, John Woinarski, told The Guardian the possum was likely an eastern pygmy ...

The spiders do not make webs, earning the moniker "huntsman" because of their hunting ability and speed. Lauren Ansell spotted this giant spider on her home's window in Mount Coolum ...

Stay away from Charlotte’s web. Photos of an incredibly large huntsman spider named Charlotte in Australia have sunk their fangs into the internet, catching thousands of likes and horrifying ...

Huntsman spiders are also known as “giant crab spiders” on account of their long legs. “Huntsman spiders of many species sometimes enter houses,” explains the Australian Museum on its website.

"It was one of the biggest huntsman spiders he'd ever seen," Justine Latton said of her husband Adam, who witnessed the incident A man staying at a ski lodge in Tasmania, Australia had the scare ...

Huntsman spiders of many species sometimes enter houses. They are also notorious for entering cars, and being found hiding behind sun visors or running across the dashboard. Source: Australian Museum ...