What is the largest spider by mass and size in the world?
Correct answer: Goliath birdeater
tisimon
Player #7106191, The body measures up to 4.75 inches (12 centimeters) with a leg span of up to 11 inches (28 centimeters). The Goliath bird-eating tarantula lives in the rainforest regions of northern South America, including Venezuela, northern Brazil, Guyana, French
Centenarian
Quite extraordinary that the females can live up to 25 years. That must be a record in itself for the arachnids and even the Kingdom.
RushMama2112
elizabeth bennett, seriously. If a spider crawls on me it is obviously committing suicide. 😨
Kiwozzie
I wonder how many times the female lays 100 - 200 eggs which hatch in 6 - 8 weeks...!
baymax
RushMama2112, yeah me too!! don't like spiders, full stop!!
Tanya
Do we really need questions about spiders? I am severely arachnophobic and I would love to have all spider questions eliminated.
ray
tisimon, Thank you for the info!
Player Bengal Mama
Samualviv Mulleese, Not a spider, according to my local conservation magazine, but a mite, a monster mite. Great for the night before Halloween!
Bonnie
Player #7106191, I know right?!
Carol
tisimon, Thank you for filling in the gaps
RICK-N-BACHER
the word Goliath kinda gives you a clue.
Greygranite
tisimon, remind me not to holiday in any of those places!!
baymax
ugh!! how they can include a question about that is beyond me?!
gypsy
What about a camel spider?
Kiwozzie
Centenarian, and the males only 3 - 6 years, even when the females do not kill them after mating? Huge discrepancy.
Mom
tisimon, thanks! You saved me the trouble of looking it up myself! Lol!
RushMama2112
Player #9692394, Alice!!! 😁
Studeman
It weighs 170 grams (1/3 lb) and is 30 cm (11.8")
Player Elf Counsel
[bobbo16], Depends where you live. In England they are actually crane files but in Australia they are spiders.
Player #4625271
Player #7106191,
Exactly
Samualviv Mulleese
JezzerLX, there is a spider called “Daddy Longlegs” as well.
Player-T G 3503313
Look WHOs crawling up my wall, black and hairy not so small.
ChewyGazelle68623
wow!! That is one big spider!! I dont think , and I hope that, the U.S.A., doesnt have them!! The only spider, I am not afraid of is the "" Daddy Longlegs"" They are the most poison spider, supposedly, but , their bite doesnt break your skin!! I am going to Google that right now!!