Pantropical Huntsman Spider

Heteropoda venatoria has a flat, brown body. Females are larger, especially the abdomen, than males. Has a clypeus with a broad band surrounding the rest of the carapace, brown in females and cream in males. The legs have black spots arising from the excretion of macroceta. Adult males have longer legs than females, and the long male palps have enlarged terminal segments and exposed ventral sclerites. In addition, males have a dark stripe along the belly and a pale area behind the eyes.