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This is a full view of an ENORMOUS wild spider, apparently a female(no obvious enlarged pedipalps)that I discovered living(with another smaller spider, no less)in a crack between two boards on the ceiling of the porch of a small storage building. Yes, it's in my yard. This is the biggest wild spider I've ever seen, and that includes some whopping big Carolina Wolf Spiders, Tegenaria giganticas, Nephila clavipes, and Dolomedes tritons(Three-Striped Fishing Spiders, which DO catch fish). In spite of her shocking size, she was every bit as calm and docile as most of my tarantulas are, so much so that I let her step up on my hand so I could place her on the railing for a better pic. She never once even gave a threat display or showed signs of alarm, but took this whole photo shoot in stride before I replaced her near her home. She filled the palm of my hand, easily as large in diameter, if not bulk, as my adult female Costa Rican Tiger Rumped tarantula(Cyclosternum fasciatum). I am not sure exactly which species she is; she appears to be a Gnaphosid of some sort, though I've never heard of a Gnaphosid THIS huge. She is NOT a Black Widow; that much I do know. I found her to be extremely beautiful, though I have to admit I was intimidated by her a bit, in spite of her docile demeanor, too much so to steady the camera with one hand to take a pic of her sitting on the other one. As soon as I can find out what she and her brown companion are, I will post the updated ID.

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Image size
1080x1496px 424.27 KB
Make
FUJIFILM
Model
FinePix S9000
Shutter Speed
1/45 second
Aperture
F/5.6
Focal Length
8 mm
ISO Speed
200
Date Taken
Apr 22, 2006, 6:35:32 PM
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Beboots's avatar
Okay, I had to do the conversion in my head, but what I came up with after inches -> cm was "Holy crap! That's a big spider!" O_o; I do home you find out what kind of spider she is - you've piqued my curiosity now!