In December 2008, a World Wide Fund for Nature report states that it is "the world's largest Huntsman spider".

Huntsman spiders of the family Sparassidae have also been termed "tarantulas" because of their large size.

Huntsman spiders are large and swift, often eliciting arachnophobic reactions from susceptible people.

Huntsman spiders are the only spiders with lungs.

One evening last year I thought I'd play a little trick on my better half, with a plastic replica of a Huntsman spider.

Huntsman spider is a name given to the family Sparassidae (formerly Heteropodidae).

Huntsman spiders do not build webs, but hunt for food They eat insects and other invertebrates.

The shack is a delicate eco system, it has wild life, with mice, which live in Maguire's piano and Huntsman spiders living in the bathroom.

The Araneomorphae include the Orb-weaver spider, the cobweb spiders, the crab spiders, the jumping spiders, the wolf spiders, and the large Huntsman spiders.