Australian Huntsman Image Index

Australian Huntsman SpiderImage Index Calligaster Group of Spiders Huntsman and Ticks Delena cancerides Holconia immanis Isopeda brachyseta Isopedella inola Isopedella leai Neosparassus calligaster Neosparassus diana Neosparassus patellatus Pediana regina

Whilst some species of Australian Huntsman Spiders are common over wide areas, others are found in specific habitats including rainforests, cool sub-alpine, semi-arid and desert regions.

Check our selection of some Australian Huntsmans in Australia.

Delena sp. covered with Short-legged Ticks (subclass Acari, genus Brevipalpus), Wilsons Promontory VIC © Peter Crowcroft — Huntsman and Ticks

Beregama cordata (Fireback Huntsman Spider), Gold Coast QLD © Stefan Jones — Beregama cordata (Fireback Huntsman Spider)

Juvenile Delena cancerides (Huntsman), Adelaide Hills SA © Marianne Broug — Delena cancerides

Giant Grey Huntsman Spider (Holconia immanis), Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman — Holconia immanis (Giant Grey Huntsman Spider)

Isopeda brachyseta, Bega NSW © Wayne Jeffree — Isopeda brachyseta

Isopedella inola, Australian Huntsman Spider, Alice Springs, NT — Isopedella inola (Australian Huntsman Spider)

Isopedella leai, Belair National Park SA © Marianne Broug — Isopedella leai

Beautiful Badge Huntsman (Neosparassus calligaster) © Len van der Waag — Neosparassus calligaster (Beautiful Badge Huntsman)

Badge Huntsman (Neosparassus diana), Bermagui State Forest NSW © Deb Taylor — Neosparassus diana (Badge Huntsman)

Tasmanian Football Spider (Neosparassus patellatus), Wandella NSW © Deb Taylor — Neosparassus patellatus (Tasmanian Football Spider)

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae

there are approximately 88 genera, encompassing 1,363 species (with more species being discovered)

SpidersIndex of Spider Images Spiders in Australia Spiders Index Araneidae — Orb Weavers Arkys Australian Huntsman Spider Barking Spider Black House Spider Carepalxis sp Celaenia sp Crab Spiders Deinopidae — Net-casting Spiders Dolomedes sp Dolophones sp Euryopis umbilicate (Superb Ant-eater Spider) Flower Spiders Gnaphosidae (Stealthy Ground Spider) Hackled Orbweavers (Uloboridae) Herennia sp Jewel Spider Jumping Spider Long Jawed Spider (Tetragnatha sp) Lynx Spider (Oxyopes) Mangrovia albida Maratus Missulena occatoria (Red-headed Mouse Spider) Miturgidae Molycria burwelli Mopsus mormon Nicodamidae (Red and Black Spider) Nyssus coloripes (Orange-legged Swift Spider) Ogre-faced Net-casting Spider Poltys sp (Twig Spider) Redback Spider Scorpion-tailed Spider (Arachnura higginsi) Tetragnatha Thomisidae Tiger Spider (Trichonephila plumipes) White-spotted Swift Spider (Nyssus albopunctatus) Wolf Spider