“Huntsman spiders of many species sometimes enter houses,” explains the Australian Museum on its website. “They are also notorious for entering cars, and being found hiding behind sun visors ...

The huntsman spider that Monique Fogarty spotted in her car while she was driving. Monique Fogarty "I got off the parkway and pulled over safely then opened my door, cupped it in my hands and ...

One of the most commonly encountered large spiders is the huntsman spider. Many species of huntsman spiders enter houses and are known for often terrifying people by "scuttling out from behind ...

An Aussie mom was feeding a possum in her backyard when a giant huntsman spider crept in to join the dinner party. TikTok Coming face-to-face with creepy crawlies the size of dinner plates is just ...

There are 94 known species of Huntsman spiders in Australia. They frequently appear inside people's homes, where they scurry out from behind furniture, cabinets, or wall hangings.

The two captured the spider in an empty ice-cream container and released the huntsman outside the lodge; the arachnid skedaddled and left its possum meal behind, Latton said. Huntsman spiders are ...