What Is The Size Of A Brazilian Wandering Spider? The size of the Brazilian wandering spiders varies between species. Some can be very large with a leg span of 18 centimeters (7.1 inches).

The Brazilian wandering spider is also known as the banana spider and is actually rather large. Being bit by this spider can cause elevated heart rate, shock, convulsions, and even death.

A new treatment for erectile dysfunction just passed its first phase of human testing in Brazil. The treatment comes from the venom of the Brazilian banana spider.

A shopper got an unexpected freebie with her bananas when she discovered an egg sac thought to be from a venomous South American spider. Pauline Smith, 51, said she bought the bananas from Aldi in ...

Brazilian Wandering spider was voted as the 2007 most vulnerable animal by Guinness World Records. Not located in the U.S., this species of banana spider gives a painful bite but is rarely fatal.

Scientists found a clawed animal with “sucker-like” genitalia lurking in a cave in Brazil and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Souza, Reis-Venâncio, Torres and Ferreira ...

Researchers found more than 100 of these spiders and, after taking a closer look at the animals, realized they’d discovered a new species: Pinelema elinae, or Elina’s long-legged cave spider.