This spider was in our house. IN OUR HOUSE.
It made me stop short & say in a VERY SERIOUS VOICE Jesus H. Christ which of course panicked Craig just a little.
It is officially the biggest spider I have ever seen in New Zealand & in our house.
(I have seen bigger spiders - in Tahiti, Thailand, & Australia)
Also? that's a large pen. Not, say, a biro..
I took the photos then allowed Craig to kill it. When I vacuumed it up later, it was large enough to clatter up the hose.
p.s. apologies to arachnophobes!
p.p.s. I hate them too. I promise. The photos are something like ... watching a horror movie for me. Brrr.
Hee. I have no problem with spiders, but guhhhh.
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised you haven't seen more of them, living up there, though! when we lived in Belmont we had them all the time.
That is like something out of a discovery channel doco....I mean it's all spindly and gross....freaky...
ReplyDeletenoticing your tag, an irrational fear would be if you were afraid of the pen pictured. feel free to freak over the arachnid. any idea what kind it is? poisonous? you all have as many venomous spiders as they do in australia?
ReplyDeleteKat - there's the curled up corpse of one in the bathtub. I think our lovely flatmate killed it. DON'T TELL ME THERE ARE MORE!!!
ReplyDeleteCharlie - I know, right? It's not huge overall but the legs and buuuuh. So gross.
Bryan - Why yes, fear of the pen WOULD be more irrational. But no, NZ has one venemous spider (the red back) and it's teeny tiny. So I consider a fear of a (GIANT NIGHTMARE) non-venomous spider somewhat irrational. No idea what kind though - and I cannot face googling!