Huntsman do not pose a direct risk to humans, though they are known for their jumping. Vink said huntsman spiders were harmless and unlikely to bite. Even if they did, ...

A stowaway African huntsman spider was rescued after being found in a suitcase after a traveller returned from Africa. The arachnid is not poisonous to humans and a bite is as dangerous as a bee ...

The species found by Mr Schubert included a new warrior huntsman with a shield on it’s chest, a wraparound spider and the 3mm jumping spider he said looked like “eight-eyed puppies”.

The authors concluded that this species of jumping spider relies on a combination of imperfect ant mimicry and coloration camouflage to ward off predators. DOI: iScience, 2023. 10.1016/j.isci.2023 ...

He also made an appeal on the spider's behalf, noting, "Like 99.95 percent of the world's >50,000 species of spiders, jumping spiders are not dangerous." Nyffeler agreed, noting that jumping ...

The jumping spider may even be able to expand its habitat this way. To test this idea, the researchers collected S. collingwoodi, a non-mimicking jumping spider and five ant species from locations ...