Big-Sting Nettle vs Chihuahua Gray

Urtica dioica compared with Aphonopelma pallidum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Sting Nettle	Chihuahua Gray
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order	Rosales (Roses & Allies)	Araneae (Araneae)
Family	Urticaceae	Theraphosidae
Genus	Urtica	Aphonopelma
Species	Urtica dioica	Aphonopelma pallidum

Conservation Status

Big-Sting Nettle

LC — Least Concern

Chihuahua Gray

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Sting Nettle	Chihuahua Gray
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-Sting Nettle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate coniferous forests, and temperate grasslands and steppes, among 4 distinct biome types within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan, Turkey), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (4 countries).

Chihuahua Gray

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Big-Sting Nettle

The Big-Sting Nettle (Urtica dioica) is a species in the genus Urtica. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate coniferous forests, and temperate grasslands and steppes, among 4 distinct biome types within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Chihuahua Gray

The Chihuahua Gray (Aphonopelma pallidum) is a species in the genus Aphonopelma. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.