My New Friend
The other morning I woke up early to see a huge spider on the ceiling directly over my head. It was about 5 inches across and brown in color. I wanted to capture it and take it outside so I stood on a chair with a pot. That's when I found out how incredibly fast these guys can move! It ran into the living room and after much chasing around it ran behind a picture on the wall. The wife opened the front door and I hurriedly chucked the picture out the door before the spider had a chance to run again. I like animals but this girl was just too fast and scary to fool with. The last I saw her she was scuttling across the yard. Later I looked her up. She is a brown huntsman spider, Heteropoda jugulans. It is a tropical spider that is only mildly venomous. I am pretty sure it was a "she" because of the large size. Interesting creature!
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I love those! I had one a few years ago that I let live in the same corner of my living room for over a year. I missed him (or her) when he was gone. I called him our "guardian spider", because he was sorta close to the door. Great pic.
I would sell the house. That day.
wow. it gave me chills. i would not have handled that with as much grace as you did! :p
We get some big ones, usually in the autumn when it starts to get cold - but not that big. Did I read somewhere that male spiders are very shy so it usually is the females we see? I don't think I'd like to get close enough to check what sex they are !
I would probably burn down the house and run for the hills. Spiders are my biggest fear in life
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