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Brown Huntsman Spider Hits 8 mph, Sets Speed Record

7/10/2026

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The brown huntsman spider Heteropoda jugulans reached 3.59 m/s (?8 mph), the fastest speed recorded for a spider.
Researchers in the United Kingdom and Germany tested 258 spider species in the lab.
Its peak speed more than doubled the previous 1.7 m/s record of the Moroccan flic-flac spider.
Dr. Jonas Wolff and Dr. Christofer Clemente called the work the broadest spider-speed study, noting that larger spiders run slower and long legs boost speed.

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The brown huntsman spider Heteropoda jugulans reached 3.59 m/s (?8 mph), the fastest speed recorded for a spider.
Researchers in the United Kingdom and Germany tested 258 spider species in the lab.
Its peak speed more than doubled the previous 1.7 m/s record of the Moroccan flic-flac spider.
Dr. Jonas Wolff and Dr. Christofer Clemente called the work the broadest spider-speed study, noting that larger spiders run slower and long legs boost speed.