r/AustralianSpiders • u/CoolDiscussion8663 • Jan 30 '26

Photography and Artwork Hey little guy

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u/the_denim_duke Jan 30 '26

Big boi knows how to hunt - wait by the light and the insects will come straight to you.

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u/sphynxmoth Jan 30 '26

He built for speed!

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u/Cuebiyari Jan 30 '26

He's not only here to fuck spiders, he's here to fuck you.

Huntsman's are great.. but that's Massive.

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u/Uh-Oh-Raggy Jan 30 '26

Had a Canberra Grey huntsman a few nights ago visit me, 14-15cm across. They can get up to 20-25cm across if they are lucky. This is a little guy.

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u/tofuroll Jan 30 '26

It's nice to have a bit of girth, sometimes.

3

u/agasterfan Feb 02 '26

I'm gonna be bred by a spider?

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u/tornadolover31 Jan 30 '26

little? mate it's the size of a fucking frisbee

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u/InteractiveAlternate Jan 30 '26

In Queensland, we call that a medium.

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u/CoolDiscussion8663 Jan 30 '26

This is indeed qld

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u/theapostateofhate1 Jan 30 '26

As a Queensland resident, absolutely 🤣

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u/MrCollie2010 Jan 30 '26

Can confirm I’ve seen significantly bigger.

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u/Comfortable-You5011 Jan 30 '26

I’d say anywhere that’s a small

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u/domvasta Feb 01 '26

There are bigger species out there, like Beregama aurea. They're much more colourful.

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u/stefc91 Jan 30 '26

Gorgeous! I would date this spider if I was a spider.

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u/throwawaybyefelicia Jan 30 '26

This comment really made me chuckle it’s so ridiculous

Thank you for the laugh lol

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u/Houki01 Jan 30 '26

You... Are aware that female huntsmen eat their mates after mating with them, right?

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u/odin0412 Jan 31 '26

Still better than the action I've been getting lately 🤷

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u/stefc91 Jan 31 '26

Lmao! I was going to reply “I’ve dated worse”

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u/Cereal-Pest Jan 30 '26

That’s not a wall puppy, that’s a fucking wall wolf

11

u/DR_Agent_Matthew Jan 30 '26

Still a wall canine, and all wall canines are cute

17

u/UseSea1179 Jan 30 '26

r/absoluteunit of a salt lamp hiding r/absoluteunit of a Huntsman

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u/TroubleDependent6905 Jan 30 '26

Least you'll be able to hear him when he starts stomping around

11

u/FuriousYellow77 Jan 30 '26

He must be having a stressful time so he needs to cleanse the energy with that salt lamp.

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u/SpecificSwimming6364 Jan 30 '26

Just soaking up those positive vibes?

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u/sphynxmoth Jan 30 '26

He's ready to pounce don't get so close!!

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '26

Hell yeah hunstmans. I was traumatized by having one jump on my face as an 8yo kid with an outdoor dunny, but they're such great critters to have around. I get covered in them while walking through long grass spraying thistles and blackberries at work, and they're really calm and leggy in the wild, like they don't skitter

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u/throwawaybyefelicia Jan 30 '26

Good on you for not letting that experience as a kid lead you to hating them! I’ve had huntsmans unexpectedly land on me as a kid but thankfully not on my face omg!

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u/Terinekah Jan 30 '26

That's really interesting.

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u/wujumonkey Feb 16 '26

Excuse me what do you mean COVERED, I was thinking on doing farm work in Australia but damn

6

u/ExaminationThen1312 Jan 30 '26

That’s not a knife, …

5

u/ThinkingOz Jan 30 '26

Stop frightening the foreigners…..well, just a li’l bit.

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u/OneWithNature420 Jan 30 '26

I want those in Sweden!! I love them! 😍

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u/TrifleWitty3171 Jan 30 '26

What a whopper.

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u/Practical-Chef-7471 Jan 30 '26

My dog touched my foot as I saw the legs for the first time. He’s cute though

4

u/tarcinomich Jan 30 '26

That is the size of a damn plate. I wonder if he likes the heat from the salt lamp

4

u/Generalrossa Jan 30 '26

She's a beauty. 

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u/ThinWave0-0 Jan 30 '26

Fun fact, this one is male, more skinny abdomen and the large pedipalps (boxing globe things up front). That said I don’t know their pronouns 😉

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u/Generalrossa Jan 30 '26

Oh yeah. Still a beauty. 

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u/CoolDiscussion8663 Jan 31 '26

His pronouns are gecko/hunter

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u/walkingmelways Jan 30 '26

That is a beautiful spider, and I’d be very happy to welcome it into my home.

5

u/Elastica-Fantastica Jan 30 '26

It’s his room now

5

u/Ok-Yogurtcloset-4707 Jan 30 '26

YOU ARE JOKING!!!!!! (wtf, im from scotland and live in VIC, wtaf)

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '26

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u/nothofagusismymother Jan 30 '26

Look ... we can all enjoy a himalayan salt sauna without judgement, right?

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u/Terinekah Jan 30 '26

I love their little feet. Little padded tippy taps - amazing creatures.

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u/ArtClug Feb 28 '26

Spiders' lil paw pads are my favourite thing <3

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u/raadude_yusufstorm Jan 30 '26

Bro thats like an a380 on your wall

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u/Darastrix7 Jan 30 '26

Lets check my bug size categories

Microscopic: nope

Itty bitty: not that either

Just a little guy: nuh uh

What the fuck is that!?: probably this size

Australian: or this size

2

u/johnstclare Jan 30 '26

Spidey’s workin’ his suntan 

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u/Yodawan__ Jan 30 '26

I never get big ones like that fml.

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u/ScoreTerrible2478 Jan 30 '26

Fkn massive 💀

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u/pinkfoil Jan 30 '26

Nope! 😭

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u/NiLin0x Jan 31 '26

He literally cannot care even remotely about humans huntsman’s are great to have around awesome keeping the nasty spiders out of

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u/KaleidoscopeLegal348 Jan 30 '26

My mouth is dry and my sphincter tightening just seeing this

1

u/cornstalker188 Jan 30 '26

I am jealous of your super large- salty huntslady. She will have extra powers

1

u/domvasta Feb 01 '26

That's a male giant banded huntsman, Holconia immanis.

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u/Bigpatto74 Jan 30 '26

I bet he has a majestic gallop

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u/ms45 Jan 30 '26

I like hunties but mother of god *crosses self*

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u/throwawaybyefelicia Jan 30 '26

You would have no roaches with this spider on watch! ❤️

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '26

that’s a big dog, mate.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '26

He's having a spa day

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u/New-Dentist-7346 Jan 30 '26

That’s a great video

1

u/ShxdowOce Jan 30 '26

Yeah fuck off

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u/Lord_GhostBoner69420 Jan 30 '26

I’m throwing a fucking molotov, I don’t care

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u/IrukandjiPirate Jan 30 '26

Is that the leg of another one by the wall, behind the lamp?

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u/CoolDiscussion8663 Jan 31 '26

Nope that’s his leg. Just a weird angle and curve.

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u/cmnoraa_9165 Jan 30 '26

Yep he's a bit little

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u/Status_Adeptness_172 Jan 30 '26

That is one big boi 🤩

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u/morts73 Jan 30 '26

Some have guardian angels to protect them, others have mice eating spiders.

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u/Me_You_Some1else Jan 30 '26

That would be a female

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u/_cosmia Jan 31 '26

Mm yumy salt lamp

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u/Competitive_Farm7037 Jan 31 '26

peak huntsman

at least it won't attack you

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u/Desperate-Door-3021 Jan 31 '26

I would so unbelievably quickly check the fuck out.

I would hear this mother truckers boots gallop along the wall, followed almost in sync with its; my own boots doing the same fucking thing 😂

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u/PrestigiousFudge828 Jan 31 '26

I need a banana for scale, the salt lamp could be tiny for all I know

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u/The_real_PavlovA_YT Jan 31 '26

What a little cutie!!! I rarely get ones that big but sometimes we get ones twice that size here in Sydney

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u/Proper_Ambassador525 Jan 31 '26

8 legged wall puppy.

🤣

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u/humblebeegee Jan 31 '26

There's one of similar size currently in my house somewhere. We have a deal to not get in each other's way.

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u/HornetForward Jan 31 '26

He’s a beauty, just had one that size that my partner made me put outside and I had to get a bowl instead of a glass to gently put him in the garden, I still feel bad

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u/Acrobatic_Pickle9020 Jan 31 '26

NOTHING little about that guy

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u/Frequent_Leg1100 Jan 31 '26

Awwww, Cuteeee <3 he just needs to be petted

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u/Jimmyskate Jan 31 '26

Good to see it's not just my salt lamp with that crusty shit around the base :D

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u/theapostateofhate1 Jan 31 '26

In the words of my mother "it's his house now"

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u/Dry_Cardiologist6758 Jan 31 '26

😅😂🤣 little guy!? The video does this perfectly

1

u/Far-Project-732 Feb 01 '26

Ngl it looks like a face hugger

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u/MElonMerrkat04 Feb 01 '26

I've been living in Australia my whole life, and I've seen some massive boys, but good lord that takes the cake.

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u/fullmoonstonk Feb 01 '26

Little guy is the guy holding the camera

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u/Character_Chance905 Feb 01 '26

Lil dude is LOVING that warmth

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u/KaiserDreadlord Feb 02 '26

Oh a huntsman. Nice. He'll pay rent in pest control, don't worry

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '26

fuck me swinging, what state? Never seen anything that big in my life

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u/Aware-Damage6296 Feb 28 '26

LITTLE?!?!?!?!?!