Cerbalus aravaensis is a huntsman spider found in the southern Arava Valley of Israel and Jordan.

[1] The species was first described by Gershom Levy of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2007,[1][2] though news agencies later reported it in 2010 as a new discovery (with a slightly different spelling) by a team of biologists from the University of Haifa.

[3][4] The spider has a leg span of 14 centimetres (5.5 in), making it the largest member of the family Sparassidae in the Middle East.

[3] It constructs underground dens with hinged, trap-door like operculum made of sand and silk, in order to disguise the entrance from predators.

[4] Should the Sands of Samar be destroyed, it is unlikely that Cerbalus aravaensis would survive.