Do you have these where you live? He’s not as impressive as the Jurassic park insect I posted about a few days ago, but I wasn’t ready for this big fella and we both jumped an extra inch off the ground when we clapped eyes on each other

Its a huntsman. They’re fairly common and are harmless, except for the occasional fright they give us. We even have one living under the fridge at the moment.

Somehow I managed to trap a small one in my school shoe once when I was about 13. I never did feel it bite me, but it gave me a good dose of super cool fang marked bites that itched periodically for a few months. The weirdest thing about it was, I’d get two or three bites, then another few a few days later, for what seemed like a week or two. Poor spider, though.

I think I’ll have to write something happier now.