Queen of the huntsmen
The queen of the huntsmen is a spider from Australia that hides under loose tree bark. It is tan or brownish grey with darker freckles and bands on its legs. Sitting still on a tree trunk, it is very hard to see.
How fast is it?
Fun facts
Its other name, bark huntsman, has nothing to do with barking. It means it hides under tree bark.
It is the only huntsman in its group that hunts in the daytime. Its cousins hunt at night.
With its legs spread out, a female measures about 25 millimetres across and a male about 19 millimetres.
Its two front legs are a little longer than the others.
It even makes its nest under the bark of trees, old stumps and logs.
Most asked questions about Queen of the huntsmen
?Where does the queen of the huntsmen live?
In Australia, under loose bark in eucalyptus forests, often at the bottom of trees or on old logs.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Pediana regina
- Named by
- L. Koch
- Group
- Spiders
- Family
- Sparassidae
- Classification
- Arachnida > Araneae > Sparassidae
- Lives on
- Australia and Oceania
- Also known as
- Bark huntsman, Queen of huntsmen spider
Where the facts come from
- Pediana regina (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Andrew Carnahan. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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