Huge tarantula outside

[Quasar44]

Holy cow
Thing was big and but stealthy .
It even reacted to me making sounds on the glass .

You could tell it was an experienced hunter .
It was very careful and patient but observant to everything around .
It patrolled an area and would automatically not move when I made noise

It was as big as my hand or bigger
I am 6-1

 

[WinterBorn]

I had one for a pet when I was a kid. My son has two as pets now. My grandson helps feed the critters.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Holy cow
Thing was big and but stealthy .
It even reacted to me making sounds on the glass .

You could tell it was an experienced hunter .
It was very careful and patient but observant to everything around .
It patrolled an area and would automatically not move when I made noise

It was as big as my hand or bigger
I am 6-1

no picture?....

 

[Quasar44]

mostly all black

 

[Quasar44]

no picture?....

Here js a few from far off

 

[WinterBorn]

mostly all black

Sweet!! One amazing thing is how far they can jump.

 

[Quasar44]

Sweet!! One amazing thing is how far they can jump.

It was creepy but it was smart

 

[WinterBorn]

It was creepy but it was smart

I apologize. I was just fucking with you. I have no idea whether they jump or not. But most people who freak out about spiders will ramp it up a notch when you tell them they jump.

 

[ozro]

I apologize. I was just fucking with you. I have no idea whether they jump or not. But most people who freak out about spiders will ramp it up a notch when you tell them they jump.

They jump. One time when my son was young he was following one around the yard with a squirt gun. When it jumped it scared my son so bad he ran into his bedroom and hid under his bed.
Couldn't help but laugh....

 

[ozro]

Go try to grab it quasar, see if it doesn't jump.
(It's hard to get one to bite, don't be afraid)
They jump.
To catch it get it to crawl onto your hand. Usually just water will attract it.

 

[Harry Dresden]

mostly all black

looks more like a wolf spider.....can you get a closeup?....

 

[Quasar44]

looks more like a wolf spider.....can you get a closeup?....

It was a T !!
It was big

 

[Quasar44]

I apologize. I was just fucking with you. I have no idea whether they jump or not. But most people who freak out about spiders will ramp it up a notch when you tell them they jump.

lol

 

[whitehall]

Easy to spot a big spider. It's the black widows lurking under a can in the garden and the brown recluse in the attic that you have to worry about here in temperate climates. My daughter in Scottsdale was stung twice in her sleep by scorpions. Painful and creepy but not deadly.

 

[Harry Dresden]

It was a T !!
It was big

if it moved fast it was a wolf spider....

 

[Quasar44]

looks more like a wolf spider.....can you get a closeup?....

I was a tad creeped out

if it moved fast it was a wolf spider....

It was really big .
It did sprint really face when I kept hitting the glass

 

[Harry Dresden]

I was a tad creeped out


It was really big .
It did sprint really face when I kept hitting the glass

wolf spiders can move pretty good....but she is doing her best to keep your house free of other crawly things....they aint dangerous....

 

[WinterBorn]

wolf spiders can move pretty good....but she is doing her best to keep your house free of other crawly things....they aint dangerous....

They CAN be dangerous. One almost killed me.

I was working in Kentucky, and my co-worker/roommate had gone home for the weekend. I was showering before work. I felt a tickle on my thigh and looked down. A wolf spider was crawling UP my thigh. I slapped at it and jumped out of the shower and ran into the kitchen, slapping at my leg, covered in soap suds, and sliding around like an ice skater (a large, soapy, hairy, naked ice skater)

 

[Harry Dresden]

They CAN be dangerous. One almost killed me.

I was working in Kentucky, and my co-worker/roommate had gone home for the weekend. I was showering before work. I felt a tickle on my thigh and looked down. A wolf spider was crawling UP my thigh. I slapped at it and jumped out of the shower and ran into the kitchen, slapping at my leg, covered in soap suds, and sliding around like an ice skater (a large, soapy, hairy, naked ice skater)

it wasnt her venom almost killing you was it?...

 

[whitehall]

if it moved fast it was a wolf spider....

I had a wolf spider in the kitchen sink and without my glasses I thought it was a piece of trash. I put my hand in and it bit me on the thumb. It hurt and I had minor swelling like a bee sting but no problem.