Chinese Huntsman spider which can grow to be largest in world captured in lunchbox inside Yorkshire shipping container. By Rebecca Marano. Published 24th Feb 2022, 16:30 BST.

Huntsman spiders, which are known for their speed and ability to hunt, can grow nearly 1 foot in length, generally live in Australia, Africa and other temperate climates, according to a 2003 study.

Spider expert and owner of nearly 1,000 spiders, Aaron Phoenix, 36, said he believed the creature was a huntsman spider likely a heteropoda venatoria, native to tropical regions of the world.

BEERWAH, Australia, Dec. 6 (UPI) --An Australian woman captured photos and video of the unusual scene outside her window -- a giant huntsman spider eating a lizard. Melanie Jade Ottaway of Beerwah ...

As she backs away from the possum, the full size of the spider comes into view. Bianca turned the comments off her video, which has been viewed more than 2.3 million times on TikTok.

Less than a foot away, a huntsman spider, about the size of an adult’s hand, was perched near the top of the door — and a dead pygmy possum was dangling from its gleaming black fangs.

In fact, Huntsman spiders are sometimes called banana spiders for their propensity to appear on their namesake fruit shipments. With over 3,500 species of known spiders , Australia is no stranger ...

People unfamiliar with huntsman spiders might confuse them with tarantulas, but they can be identified by their legs, which are twisted in a way that makes them extend forward like a crab.