# Heteropoda venatoria-Kadavoor-2017-05-22-001

- By: Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India
- Date: 22 May 2017
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heteropoda_venatoria-Kadavoor-2017-05-22-001.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/thumb/e/e9/Heteropoda_venatoria-Kadavoor-2017-05-22-001.jpg/1920px-Heteropoda_venatoria-Kadavoor-2017-05-22-001.jpg
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Heteropoda venatoria is a species of spider in the family Sparassidae, the huntsman spiders. It is native to the tropical regions of the world, and it is present in some subtropical areas as an introduced species. Its common names include Giant crab spider and Cane spider.