Uhmmm....may have to rethink my approach of laying down in the leaves to shoot a mushroom

They don't bite . . . at least not fatally so.  

Tony

 

Holy crap! That is a big sucker!

Nice shot though.  

 

oh boy....awesome pic but what a nightmare!

 

We call those Minnesota tarantulas when we are up at our cabin in the summer.   There are some monsters up there. Only my 7yr old was brave enough to touch one. All the adults screamed when she did.

 

Wolf spider, I think. Nice shot.

 

Ours are fishing spiders in MN. Some wolf spiders too I'm sure. But the big daddies are fishing spiders

 

hopefully those are really small leaves....

where do you live roundball? wondering if I should be on the lookout for such beasts in central PA.

 

Yeah, but they could steal your camera.

 

We have tarantulas like that around my house in Santa Fe, NM, along with the owls, coyotes, and snakes. I actually want them around, they can take care some of the rodent problem

 

Natives of the Congo claim there are spiders there that grow over five feet across, and feed on small deer and the occasional wandering villager. Think about that.  

Tony

 

Those hand sized tarantula's are big enough for me thanks ;D

 

Yep, that's them. I'm not an arachnophobe, but a 5-foot spider would definitely have my attention.

T