Large spiders

Araneus diadematus | my spidey senses tell me that this is a… | Iain Lawrie | Flickr

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Who has the creepiest crawlies? The north, or the south? There's only one way to find out...

cute spider

If you're squeamish or scared of spiders, proceed with caution.

This is one of the cutest ( its too big-) spiders (for me)

Spiders from the sub-order Orthognatha (Mygalomorphae) or primitive spiders

the wolf spider

Spider reasoning

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LOTR

If you're reading this out of morbid curiosity because spiders freak you out, consider that most spiders you see are average-sized, relatively banal ...

Giant Spider Photo ! by gizmo1 - photography->pets - This is is the brazel giant black golaith spider. I have just added this to my collection. It will have a leg span of one foot when fully grown.

Grammostola Pulchra - Brazilian Black

The tailless whip scorpion, aka the whip spider, looks a little like a cornucopia of different types of arachnids. With long, skinny legs they look like a spider, but nope. It’s not a spider. Its first pair of legs end in antennae that are used to help it see and locate prey, as they can’t see too well; even though they have multiple eyes. The large, scary-looking pedipalps look like giant, elongated claws. They look a scorpion’s claws, but this critter has no metasoma (tail) or telson...