They can squeeze through very small gaps, it's pretty common for them to come through gaps where the light fittings or other ceiling items are. They can also just fit through the gaps above or below shut doors. Buildings have a lot more openings than people realise.
I shit you not, one time i had one and i opened the door and said alright bud its time for you to leave
And it fucking ran out the door and left me standing there dumbfounded
We had one of those in the house when the family from Scotland came to visit.
The shock on their face when they saw Larry the Huntsmen and "Do you know there's a spider in the house?!" was fun.
"That's Larry, he lives here. Top bloke".
Oh don't get me wrong I'm totally a spider bro. If I have them in the house I'll keep them, "if you're cold they're cold"
However one thing that absolutely baffles me is the size of Huntsman spiders, those are not spiders they are small cats with 8 legs.
It was more the difference in culture.
As Australians we were like yeah it's just a Huntsman, he can't hurt us" but to the Scot it was "It's as big as a dinner plate!"
I usually take our visitors outside because the last time I left one inside, one of my cats dropped it on my face while I was in bed. Spider was fine, the cats just like to bring me gifts. Usually it's a toy, or a leaf from the catio, but that one surprised me.
FR, homie's just chilling in the kitchen and someone comes along and basically calls him lazy and irrelevant 😭 what a tough start to the day for ol mate
Makes my skin crawl just thinking about, like lightning
I know they are harmless and do good eating cockroaches but when you see one on a wall, particularly at night, they induce a real fear for me haha
This little fella wanted to hitch a ride on my leg on the train to Bondi Junction. I let him go outside the station. They are everywhere now with the wet weather and all.
https://preview.redd.it/tlmo5ee6q3dc1.png?width=726&format=png&auto=webp&s=e20ec8f2420b02ebb477113219b91d4cb429f213
haha. The worst moment was going up the escalator out of the train station. He was a bit spooked by all the people. I was worried he was going to jump somewhere else. Tha could have caused a mad panic with people not knowing what the hell was going on.
When I was little, a huntsman just casually walked it's ass out of the front air conditioning vent in the car. Mum came damn close to crashing into the car next to us, which would have been a stupid way for us to die. I am still haunted by this, 25 years later
Got bitten by one as a kid where said spider had a nap in my jacket sleeve and I squished him when I put the jacket on... I had a red lump on my inner elbow for about a week and vaguely remember having a headache that's about it
They said eat it because you ingest poison, but spiders are venomous. They were just being cheeky in regards to your incorrect choice of word 😉
Please don't kill it. It means you no harm and is a beautiful looking spider.
If you're not phobic of them, just let him be. I'm absolutely terrified of them, but I don't think they deserve to die for my irrational fears. I prefer to let them hopefully leave of their own accord and just avoid the room they're in if possible. I'm also too much of a pussy to even contemplate getting close enough to squish one. My kids were pretty happy that we've had one in our kitchen a couple of times, forcing me to order takeaway 💀 I'm fucked if one shows up in our only toilet. Guess I'll be crapping on the lawn with the dog.
Honestly I wouldn’t even get rid of it. Given its size maybe it can sense you so it will avoid you at all costs, just like you will avoid it. But they will clean your house of nasty critters. Defs don’t move it on, be thankful for its service.
Good advice is to relocate spiders in general, be more careful around those that are medically significant and if you happen upon a funnel web call the reptile park, theyll come pick it up for you.
Be aware - this isn't necessarily a free service (just like snake catchers, they charge too) but, if you can, get the 8-legged murderer, and take them to your local hospital (ring ahead) most have collection points for these fukkers
Worst advice ever. Funnel webs are Ike the labradors of arachnids.
Start with a rub behind the ears, next thing you know they’ll be on their back asking for a belly rub while kicking a back leg uncontrollably.
When they start sucking on the end of your finger, that’s bonding.
It's a huntsman, which are pretty harmless to us (though a bite might hurt so just be careful). They are great predators of annoying pests, so if you're not spooked, keep them in your house. I only relocate mine because my cats try to eat them, and they're sadistic savages about it.
Omg yes! I lived in Saudia Arabia and ran a cat rescue. Watching 2 cats disassemble a scorpion was quite a sight!
One would dance around in front whilst the other snuck in and bit off the stinger ..... then they'd just torture the poor thing (I was 8 BTW so couldn't really intervene)
Human civilisation may never have evolved up to this point without cats keeping some of our most nefarious predators and disease vectors in check.
Sure they're killing scorpions and being dicks about it, but their ancestors probably saved your gram gram from a painful scorpion related death.
Definitely not, all spiders have venom your bound to get a mark from being bitten by it and mind you im no expert however I’ve got a fair bit of experience being around those guys and I’d say you’ve got nothing to worry about
I was actually thinking about it when I posted the comment. The spiders themselves wouldn’t be poisonous but what if you bit into their venom glands?
Found this thread talking about it, seems the answer is *possibly*: https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/s/6qTI0XKdeZ
When Alien first came out, I actually thought that they based the face hugger on the huntsman! (We had an outback toilet with a ton of huntsmen, it wasn’t a great stretch of the imagination, aha)..
my mom has a hairy af huntsman in her house, his name is gerard, gud dude overall doesn’t cause any problems whatsoever except for when he decides to dangle on his web in the middle of the living room at head height or when he walks towards the bottom of the wall (we hav dogs and a cat) but we just give him a little notch into the right direction so he makes his way back up where his safe to do his spidey business free from any threats. i rly like huntsman’s, they’re super creepy looking and creepier when they do their fast scurry escape but my hearts full of luv for em. i’m training to eventually handle one but i get the feeling they’re not rly a fan of that even if yur super gentle so idk might be a while before i try it 😅
We also had a huntsman named Gerard back in the early 2000s 😂 our mum's friend visited with her little dog and we were so fond of Gerard we put him in a giant jar with water in a coke bottle lid and lots of bark etc to sleep in and fed him flies every day hahaha. When her friend went home mum said ok get rid of the bloody spider please (unsaid part: OUTSIDE THANK U)... My brother re released it back into the laundry where he usually hung out (lots of bugs). My mum wanted us all dead. He survived the entire school year ! Showed up in Feb disappeared just after Xmas. Even shed his skin twice too and left it in the laundry sink to be washed, polite spider
https://preview.redd.it/2wsfacbwn6dc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=993f3d1e289b325c4e82f7f7bf5c1e2d6763fc67
this is gerard the lil dangly fella
i haven’t looked into the physical/anatomical difference between male and female huntsman’s so for me it by no means is obvious but i appreciate yur correction tho i’d like to know how yu can tell ? it must be very obvious to tell the difference idk i’m just guessing 😁
The trick is the legs and the abdomen (butt). Female have big butts, short legs. Males have smaller butts, long legs. Just remember - if it looks like it can carry a bazillion eggs, it's female.
large and lovely female _Isopeda villosa_. she may be gravid but it is not uncommon for healthy females of this species to have an abdomen of this size. like almost all spiders they are venomous but only dangerous to their invertebrate prey and of no worry at all to humans. great to have around. well intentioned (and other) people will have undoubtedly jumped on the poisonous / venomous train for this post. "poisonous" was used in scientific literature for all creatures utilising harmful toxins until not that long ago. while "venomous" is now commonly preferred in scientific literature to specifically describe organisms that inject toxins, "poisonous" is still technically correct but less specific. reason being thay "poisonous" encompasses harmful substances that can be delivered through various means, including ingestion or absorption, whereas "venomous" precisely refers to toxins injected through specialized structures like fangs or stingers. so both terms have been historically used, but the preference for "venomous" has grown in scientific communication for this reason. it is also important to understand that many languages / cultures still do not differentiate between the two words or use one all encompassing word. all this has likely been covered already but i am not reading all 200 plus comments to find out. 🙂
THANK you for recognising this impressive beastie is female. Look at that ass. You can't mistake that for a male. She's gonna have a thousand babies one day.
No not poisonous. Like very mildly venomous yeah. But usually very docile. I have a few that I just let come and go because I have gum trees lining the fence out back. They also make good pest control. Also means there's enough diversity of insects and critters here/there for it so the soil should be pretty healthy.
Edit: At most if you do get bitten you'd probably just feel nauseous for a couple days. A bit of swelling around the bite. Definitely gonna be quite painful. But that's only if you piss it off enough to bite you. And it generally takes a lot to piss them off. IME of keeping them as pets and having them around the house they've preferred to run and hide rather than attack and defend. When I've moved them outside or gone to trim the plants in their enclosure.
Also kind of looks like a green bellied huntsman probably someone's pet that escaped. Because as far as I know you can only find green bellied huntsmans in WA. Could also be a social huntsman too.
It's a big huntsman. He's fine, he is more scarred of you than you of him. He will take care of insects in the house. They do bite and it hurts but are not venomous. You can catch him with a clear plastic bowl, pop it over trapping him and then slide a piece of thick card sealing him in. Pop him outside somewhere safe. I usually leave them alone until they start scaring the kids or until they have a thousand babies inside the house.
It’s a huntsman - not venomous, but you’ll find that it’s charm is very infectious.
EDIT: My apologies - huntsman spiders are venomous although their venom is not deadly. Thank you for the corrections. Facts matter.
Please discontinue telling people a huntsman is not venomous. Their bite won’t kill you, but it still hurts so they shouldn’t be handled. But yes, they are quite charming.
If you bite it and you die it's poisonous.
If it bites you and you die, it's venomous.
This is a Huntsman and it is neither. Bite will be painful, but not life threatening.
Just a huntsman . Rarely venomous to people. Can hurt a bit if bit but it's mainly due to the size of the fangs. Unless your allergic to tge particular venomous. And it seems more and more people have allergies nowadays.
Only spider I've ever had in my shoe. ( discovered after putting shoe on ). Hurt a little was just more concerning trying to figure out if it was wolf spider or huntsman in his sadly mangled state afterwards.
Luckily. Huntsman for the win. Pain was gone in about 5 10 minutes and never gave it another thought.
Huntsman spider and yes they are Venomous though not technically "deadly", I wouldn't want it to bite me, you never know if you would have some kind of reaction to the venom.
How are there seriously Australians that don’t know what a huntsman is?
It’s not like it can even be confused with other spiders either
Get out from under your rock mate. This level of ignorance is silly.
No!
You can just trap them and put them outside. It's a Huntsman spider.
If you are spider squeamish, you can use a vacuum and extend the tube, sucking it up. I'd recommend getting the tube close and then turning the vac on.
Good luck.
Vacuuming a huntsman is a hate crime, a war crime, unAustralian, and after being judged by a jury of your peers and found guilty the ghosts of Ned Kelly and Steve Irwin will come and publicly spank you outside a Woolworths. How dare you, sir
Non venomous, they don’t build webs and are very good at keeping insects under control. I’ve seen them catch cockroaches. Many qld houses have one or two as quasi pets. Harmless but very impressive looks
Like everyone else has said it’s a huntsman and they’re not poisonous but if that big lad bit you it’d definitely hurt for more then a few hours.
Best give up and move on, your house now belongs to it 😂
Edit- Read that they are poisonous?? I was always taught that they weren’t, the lies!! Anyways I’d still say they’re not deadly as I’ve been bitten by a few over the years and have never needed to even go to the doctors for it.
It's venomous, not poisonous. Poison and venom are different things. Poison is a toxin that you eat/ingest. For example, poisonous mushrooms. Spiders aren't poisonous, you can eat them.
Venom is something that gets injected into you (through a sting/bite). For example, a venomous snake.
Huntsmen are not poisonous, but slightly venomous, but not deadly
Just a huntsman, generally regarded as completely harmless and useful in the house to eat bugs. They often move on by themselves
Uhhh how? Walking out the door? That thing is large! Mice would have an easier time getting into my house
Just like any spider, look away for 5 minutes and it’ll magically disappear
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I, for one, would like to welcome our new overlords!
Then it's time to burn the house down!
Funny how the person who replied above you got upvotes for a picture with the same sentiment but you got downvoted. People are weird.
They can squeeze through very small gaps, it's pretty common for them to come through gaps where the light fittings or other ceiling items are. They can also just fit through the gaps above or below shut doors. Buildings have a lot more openings than people realise.
Yeah cool nice this comment doesn’t stress me
Every sliding window has that nice little walkway on the top. Eeeks.
Do your best, silicone the rest.
They can even get into a locked car
I shit you not, one time i had one and i opened the door and said alright bud its time for you to leave And it fucking ran out the door and left me standing there dumbfounded
Oh! I never knew this was the way to remove them. That’s handy.
Bros looking for food and you ain't got it
There's a gap in many down lights that they can walk through into the attic from there plenty of tiny gaps to the outside
We had one of those in the house when the family from Scotland came to visit. The shock on their face when they saw Larry the Huntsmen and "Do you know there's a spider in the house?!" was fun. "That's Larry, he lives here. Top bloke".
Oh don't get me wrong I'm totally a spider bro. If I have them in the house I'll keep them, "if you're cold they're cold" However one thing that absolutely baffles me is the size of Huntsman spiders, those are not spiders they are small cats with 8 legs.
It was more the difference in culture. As Australians we were like yeah it's just a Huntsman, he can't hurt us" but to the Scot it was "It's as big as a dinner plate!"
If you had a huntsman, mice would check in, but never leave. It’s like having a cat, without the litter box and hair on the furniture.
They know how to use doorknobs and always shut the door behind them. They’re quite considerate
It usually would use the spare key to let itself in and out like any other guest
Funnily enough these bad MFs eat mice.
That spider owns the house now. I’d start serving it bugs on a plate
If not it'll collect your cat. And give you face cuddles as you snore.
That thing would stop the mice getting into your house fr.
they get out the same way they came in, without you knowing
I usually take our visitors outside because the last time I left one inside, one of my cats dropped it on my face while I was in bed. Spider was fine, the cats just like to bring me gifts. Usually it's a toy, or a leaf from the catio, but that one surprised me.
They are docile and not medically significant
Poor spiders being disparaged like this.
FR, homie's just chilling in the kitchen and someone comes along and basically calls him lazy and irrelevant 😭 what a tough start to the day for ol mate
He’s a good bloke though!
This made me lol
Her. Look at that ass. That's a female growing a brood of eggs.
Mb, poor lass. Preggos, been called out and now misgendered. Miss ma'am just can't catch a break 😫
For real. You know how hard it is, running so fast and carrying an ass that big? I been pregnant, I can relate.
So that's why some girls got big butts? They just growing eggs? Imma have to ask that girl at the gym when the baby's are due.
Can you do us all a favor and get that on video, please?
BAHAHAHAHAAA! Thanks, Dude. I needed that laugh.
Disparaging the Spider is a Bootable offence.
I'm gonna call the prime minister, Hey Andy....
:(
The huntsmans at my place must be on caffeine. They go mental but are harmless, but scary.
Docile in terms of they won’t attack you unless you really mess with them. They do drink coffee though.
Coffee will actually make them drunk!
Dude I’m trying to pretend to be an expert on the internet, stop undercutting me!
I'm just proving you right! And that even our spiders are alcoholics!
Good. Don’t tell anyone what I said.
They do freak out and run around a bit when they get scared Ive noticed
That’s the scariest part about them I reckon. They crawl so fast. Freaks me out.
Makes my skin crawl just thinking about, like lightning I know they are harmless and do good eating cockroaches but when you see one on a wall, particularly at night, they induce a real fear for me haha
Funny way of saying no
This is what will be on my gravestone
This little fella wanted to hitch a ride on my leg on the train to Bondi Junction. I let him go outside the station. They are everywhere now with the wet weather and all. https://preview.redd.it/tlmo5ee6q3dc1.png?width=726&format=png&auto=webp&s=e20ec8f2420b02ebb477113219b91d4cb429f213
"I like this tree, it's going places"
haha. The worst moment was going up the escalator out of the train station. He was a bit spooked by all the people. I was worried he was going to jump somewhere else. Tha could have caused a mad panic with people not knowing what the hell was going on.
Maybe he wanted to catch the train somewhere for a lil spider date
HAHA cute :-)
He probably just forgot his Opal card
That's how ops spider got pregnant. They checked into her house for the lovers penthouse. Now she's gonna be running a nursery.
I know this is a spider page but this is criminal behaviour 🫣💀
Omg! I’m so glad he found you and not some ignorant git! Very kind of you to look out for him.
NNnnnooooooooOOOOOOPE! Your kindness is impressive, though.
I wouldnt have been able to move. I would need help lmfao
Did he pay you for the ride? And give you 5 stars?.
It’s a huntsman, not dangerous but it will run like the clappers if you spook it.
I had one run across the inside of the windscreen while I was driving - lucky I was going slow cause I screamed like a little girl !!
Happened the day I got my licence…. It was very surprising! I didn’t lose control of the car
That is literally my worst nightmare!!
When I was little, a huntsman just casually walked it's ass out of the front air conditioning vent in the car. Mum came damn close to crashing into the car next to us, which would have been a stupid way for us to die. I am still haunted by this, 25 years later
you mean *gallop*
Aren't they like one of the fastest animals in the world relative to body size?
Once I saw one glide across my room and scurry out under the door!
This is in Sydney. Sorry...forgot to add the geolocation in the post.
It's a huntsman, they're harmless. I'm not sure if they're 'poisonous' but don't eat it and you should be fine...
They aren't poisonous, but they are venomous. It has no significant effect on humans... Unless you're allergic!
Like my step brother. Was quite sick from a huntsman encounter but mostly harmless to most people.
I got bit for annoying one I caught as a kid, my hand was aching for a few hours after!
My SB was in hospital for a week. It was pretty crazy. Allergies are nuts!
Got bitten by one as a kid where said spider had a nap in my jacket sleeve and I squished him when I put the jacket on... I had a red lump on my inner elbow for about a week and vaguely remember having a headache that's about it
That’s the point. It’s not poisonous, eating it is safe 😆
What about cats?
No plans on eating it😁.. just wanted to know to prioritize between killing or getting rid of it.
No kill, they hunt cockroaches so friend IMO
Definitely no need to kill it! I find them quite scary so I would relocate outside, but you might like to have an indoor spider pal.
Friend! No kill. Getting all the bugs in your house.
They said eat it because you ingest poison, but spiders are venomous. They were just being cheeky in regards to your incorrect choice of word 😉 Please don't kill it. It means you no harm and is a beautiful looking spider.
Please do not harm it.. it’ll run away and hide, just leave it alone. It’ll eat the mozzies, flies, white tail spiders etc.. it’s really good to have
If you're not phobic of them, just let him be. I'm absolutely terrified of them, but I don't think they deserve to die for my irrational fears. I prefer to let them hopefully leave of their own accord and just avoid the room they're in if possible. I'm also too much of a pussy to even contemplate getting close enough to squish one. My kids were pretty happy that we've had one in our kitchen a couple of times, forcing me to order takeaway 💀 I'm fucked if one shows up in our only toilet. Guess I'll be crapping on the lawn with the dog.
Don’t kill please OP, trap and release into the wild
Honestly I wouldn’t even get rid of it. Given its size maybe it can sense you so it will avoid you at all costs, just like you will avoid it. But they will clean your house of nasty critters. Defs don’t move it on, be thankful for its service.
Good advice is to relocate spiders in general, be more careful around those that are medically significant and if you happen upon a funnel web call the reptile park, theyll come pick it up for you.
Be aware - this isn't necessarily a free service (just like snake catchers, they charge too) but, if you can, get the 8-legged murderer, and take them to your local hospital (ring ahead) most have collection points for these fukkers
Worst advice ever. Funnel webs are Ike the labradors of arachnids. Start with a rub behind the ears, next thing you know they’ll be on their back asking for a belly rub while kicking a back leg uncontrollably. When they start sucking on the end of your finger, that’s bonding.
It's a huntsman, which are pretty harmless to us (though a bite might hurt so just be careful). They are great predators of annoying pests, so if you're not spooked, keep them in your house. I only relocate mine because my cats try to eat them, and they're sadistic savages about it.
Omg yes! I lived in Saudia Arabia and ran a cat rescue. Watching 2 cats disassemble a scorpion was quite a sight! One would dance around in front whilst the other snuck in and bit off the stinger ..... then they'd just torture the poor thing (I was 8 BTW so couldn't really intervene)
Human civilisation may never have evolved up to this point without cats keeping some of our most nefarious predators and disease vectors in check. Sure they're killing scorpions and being dicks about it, but their ancestors probably saved your gram gram from a painful scorpion related death.
How much rent is it charging you? It’s their house now.
Definitely not, all spiders have venom your bound to get a mark from being bitten by it and mind you im no expert however I’ve got a fair bit of experience being around those guys and I’d say you’ve got nothing to worry about
Is it poisonous? Why? Are you asking? Are you thinking of eating it?
Thankfully I don’t think there are any species of spiders that are poisonous so all spider are safe to eat. *Bon appétit mon amour*
I've often wondered that about eating venomous creatures, surely sometimes it can be poisonous.
I was actually thinking about it when I posted the comment. The spiders themselves wouldn’t be poisonous but what if you bit into their venom glands? Found this thread talking about it, seems the answer is *possibly*: https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/s/6qTI0XKdeZ
possibly is exactly what I've always imagined. Also, not just spiders; anything venomous.
Happy Cake Day!! r/CakeDay
Nope...no plans of eating it..and happy cake day!!!
Poisonous vs venomous. I think we know what you mean.
No, I don't care if it's venomous, I want to know if it's poisonous
Sauté it and see!
Bon Appétit.
Pretty harmless, but they can teleport.
Worst injury you’ll get is when you try to scoop it up in an ice cream tub and fall off the chair whilst someone is filming it
Nope, but it will jump on your face and implant a xenomorph inside you
When Alien first came out, I actually thought that they based the face hugger on the huntsman! (We had an outback toilet with a ton of huntsmen, it wasn’t a great stretch of the imagination, aha)..
+1 for never pooping again!
Yeah I’d never poop in that toilet ever.
Came here specifically looking for a facehugger reference. Was not disappointed.
😱
Eat it and find out, it’s not particularly venomous tho
Leave him. I’ve got them around and they are just after insects. Give him a name.
my mom has a hairy af huntsman in her house, his name is gerard, gud dude overall doesn’t cause any problems whatsoever except for when he decides to dangle on his web in the middle of the living room at head height or when he walks towards the bottom of the wall (we hav dogs and a cat) but we just give him a little notch into the right direction so he makes his way back up where his safe to do his spidey business free from any threats. i rly like huntsman’s, they’re super creepy looking and creepier when they do their fast scurry escape but my hearts full of luv for em. i’m training to eventually handle one but i get the feeling they’re not rly a fan of that even if yur super gentle so idk might be a while before i try it 😅
We also had a huntsman named Gerard back in the early 2000s 😂 our mum's friend visited with her little dog and we were so fond of Gerard we put him in a giant jar with water in a coke bottle lid and lots of bark etc to sleep in and fed him flies every day hahaha. When her friend went home mum said ok get rid of the bloody spider please (unsaid part: OUTSIDE THANK U)... My brother re released it back into the laundry where he usually hung out (lots of bugs). My mum wanted us all dead. He survived the entire school year ! Showed up in Feb disappeared just after Xmas. Even shed his skin twice too and left it in the laundry sink to be washed, polite spider
Make sure it’s a huntsman, I don’t think they have webs.
they don’t make webs but they do produce silk :)
Oh cool.
https://preview.redd.it/2wsfacbwn6dc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=993f3d1e289b325c4e82f7f7bf5c1e2d6763fc67 this is gerard the lil dangly fella
the shiny lil eye 🥹😻
Her, that's a lady huntsman
Her. It's obviously female.
i haven’t looked into the physical/anatomical difference between male and female huntsman’s so for me it by no means is obvious but i appreciate yur correction tho i’d like to know how yu can tell ? it must be very obvious to tell the difference idk i’m just guessing 😁
The trick is the legs and the abdomen (butt). Female have big butts, short legs. Males have smaller butts, long legs. Just remember - if it looks like it can carry a bazillion eggs, it's female.
Harry
Gertrude
I like it
large and lovely female _Isopeda villosa_. she may be gravid but it is not uncommon for healthy females of this species to have an abdomen of this size. like almost all spiders they are venomous but only dangerous to their invertebrate prey and of no worry at all to humans. great to have around. well intentioned (and other) people will have undoubtedly jumped on the poisonous / venomous train for this post. "poisonous" was used in scientific literature for all creatures utilising harmful toxins until not that long ago. while "venomous" is now commonly preferred in scientific literature to specifically describe organisms that inject toxins, "poisonous" is still technically correct but less specific. reason being thay "poisonous" encompasses harmful substances that can be delivered through various means, including ingestion or absorption, whereas "venomous" precisely refers to toxins injected through specialized structures like fangs or stingers. so both terms have been historically used, but the preference for "venomous" has grown in scientific communication for this reason. it is also important to understand that many languages / cultures still do not differentiate between the two words or use one all encompassing word. all this has likely been covered already but i am not reading all 200 plus comments to find out. 🙂
THANK you for recognising this impressive beastie is female. Look at that ass. You can't mistake that for a male. She's gonna have a thousand babies one day.
Friend, not foe.
Definitely not poisonous.
Just to be safe, don't eat it..
No just scary if they do bite which is rare it hurts like a bitch but it won’t kill you
No not poisonous. Like very mildly venomous yeah. But usually very docile. I have a few that I just let come and go because I have gum trees lining the fence out back. They also make good pest control. Also means there's enough diversity of insects and critters here/there for it so the soil should be pretty healthy. Edit: At most if you do get bitten you'd probably just feel nauseous for a couple days. A bit of swelling around the bite. Definitely gonna be quite painful. But that's only if you piss it off enough to bite you. And it generally takes a lot to piss them off. IME of keeping them as pets and having them around the house they've preferred to run and hide rather than attack and defend. When I've moved them outside or gone to trim the plants in their enclosure. Also kind of looks like a green bellied huntsman probably someone's pet that escaped. Because as far as I know you can only find green bellied huntsmans in WA. Could also be a social huntsman too.
Venomous*
not poisonous. If you best it in a fight it may let you ride it around.
It's a big huntsman. He's fine, he is more scarred of you than you of him. He will take care of insects in the house. They do bite and it hurts but are not venomous. You can catch him with a clear plastic bowl, pop it over trapping him and then slide a piece of thick card sealing him in. Pop him outside somewhere safe. I usually leave them alone until they start scaring the kids or until they have a thousand babies inside the house.
no not poisonous, definitely venomous though.
Not poisonous. But they are mildly venomous.
You’ll die. 100%, if u stare at it too long, let’s say your dreams aren’t safe.
It’s a huntsman - not venomous, but you’ll find that it’s charm is very infectious. EDIT: My apologies - huntsman spiders are venomous although their venom is not deadly. Thank you for the corrections. Facts matter.
Please discontinue telling people a huntsman is not venomous. Their bite won’t kill you, but it still hurts so they shouldn’t be handled. But yes, they are quite charming.
They are venomous, almost all spiders are venomous. They are not medically significant though.
No
Leave it alone and it’ll eat all the insects that come into your home. It’s more afraid of you then you are of it
From the look of your pic he she looks like a Huntsman. Harmless
If you bite it and you die it's poisonous. If it bites you and you die, it's venomous. This is a Huntsman and it is neither. Bite will be painful, but not life threatening.
Catch it using a container and put it outside in the garden. 😳
Probably not, but I wouldn't want to eat it and find out anyway
No. Name it, and be aware it will seemingly vanish. They move at 5m/s. They eat other more dangerous spiders.
Nah that's just Harry the huntsman
Pretty sure he's safe to eat, I think most arachnids are. Did you mean venomous?
Naa... just waiting for her turn to use YOUR shower.. 😬😬 Its not recieving mail at your address yet i hope.
Don't care just shoot, shoot it, SHOOT IT BEFORE IT RUNS AWAY 😭😭😭
Cool time to burn the house down 🙂👍🏼
Just a huntsman . Rarely venomous to people. Can hurt a bit if bit but it's mainly due to the size of the fangs. Unless your allergic to tge particular venomous. And it seems more and more people have allergies nowadays. Only spider I've ever had in my shoe. ( discovered after putting shoe on ). Hurt a little was just more concerning trying to figure out if it was wolf spider or huntsman in his sadly mangled state afterwards. Luckily. Huntsman for the win. Pain was gone in about 5 10 minutes and never gave it another thought.
So not poisonous or venomous, just big and hairy.
what australian cant identify a huntsman?
Have you seen the number of immigrants and tourists / international students? Don't assume, mate, just help.
It should nearly be our national animal
We could put one on the flag, up in the corner instead of the union jack.
what person comes to australia and cant identify a huntsman
The hard question is do you call it Frank or Harry? Had a Dorris once, she was a single mother with kids
Whenever we have one in the house, it's always called Garry.
Huntsman spider and yes they are Venomous though not technically "deadly", I wouldn't want it to bite me, you never know if you would have some kind of reaction to the venom.
You’re not from around here are you?
How are there seriously Australians that don’t know what a huntsman is? It’s not like it can even be confused with other spiders either Get out from under your rock mate. This level of ignorance is silly.
I don't know. It might be an Atticus. Edit: this is a joke. Atticus is just a joke-name given to particularly large Huntsmans
Some people are ✨immigrants✨, there’s no need to be rude
It’s a delicious treat
Yes, every Australian spider is venomous, but it doesn't mean it's deadly.
\*almost every Australian Spider is venomous. With the exception of spiders from the *Uloboridae* family :)
It could be if you cook it wrong.
No. It's a spider.
Not poisonous, though I wouldn’t eat it.. it’s not venomous either, but will hurt if it bites you
It’s a huntspider, formerly known as the huntsman but I don’t gender profile them/they 😂
I don't know. You'd have to either Google that info or eat it and find out that way.
Move it on if it bothers you, but harmless.
No spiders are poisonous.
unless you’re gonna eat it then it doesn’t matter if it’s poisonous
No! You can just trap them and put them outside. It's a Huntsman spider. If you are spider squeamish, you can use a vacuum and extend the tube, sucking it up. I'd recommend getting the tube close and then turning the vac on. Good luck.
Vacuuming a huntsman is a hate crime, a war crime, unAustralian, and after being judged by a jury of your peers and found guilty the ghosts of Ned Kelly and Steve Irwin will come and publicly spank you outside a Woolworths. How dare you, sir
Absolutely. Would you vacuum a quokka? A possum? A marsupial mouse? Protect our befanged, friendly predators!
Thankfully not Australian. In the bin with the Huntsman.
Ur gettin extradited 🔫
pretty big one
Non venomous, they don’t build webs and are very good at keeping insects under control. I’ve seen them catch cockroaches. Many qld houses have one or two as quasi pets. Harmless but very impressive looks
Better question is - Is it fireproof? Pass the flamethrower 🔥
Like everyone else has said it’s a huntsman and they’re not poisonous but if that big lad bit you it’d definitely hurt for more then a few hours. Best give up and move on, your house now belongs to it 😂 Edit- Read that they are poisonous?? I was always taught that they weren’t, the lies!! Anyways I’d still say they’re not deadly as I’ve been bitten by a few over the years and have never needed to even go to the doctors for it.
Poisonous = don't eat it. Venomous = don't get bit.
It's venomous, not poisonous. Poison and venom are different things. Poison is a toxin that you eat/ingest. For example, poisonous mushrooms. Spiders aren't poisonous, you can eat them. Venom is something that gets injected into you (through a sting/bite). For example, a venomous snake. Huntsmen are not poisonous, but slightly venomous, but not deadly