I spent last weekend in a special little corner of Australia where the bush meets the ocean. There were lots of leaf-curling spiders’ webs around, but this one caught my attention because of the haphazard looking extension ‘downstairs’.
The homeowner, which would be a member of the orb-weaving spider family, was carefully tucked away inside its leaf. Can you spot it? It’s the brown curl in the middle of the big round web at the top.
Faran Silverton 
That must be one big spider! 🙂
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Judging by the legs sticking out of the leaf, and catching sight of them on their odd outings, they’re actually relatively small. While our enormous huntsmans, which can grow to the size of my hand, don’t spin webs at all.
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We get them pretty big here in SA too, but not That big! 🙂
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Both types apparently have very painful but non-venomous bites
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I don’t like him or any of his brothers, sisters, cousins or friends….especially his golden relatives! Ugh! I won’t walk out to my compost at night because one of them is bound to get on me and I just know I will lose my mind. I can’t stand the thought of any kind of spider getting on me at all! I’ve actually stopped walking in the national park if I know I’ll get home late because I feel like that’s when they’ll “get” me, like they’re just sitting there, hatching a plan to attack me at the first chance they get! I feel uncomfortable coming home from a run after dark because I know there’s like 20 of them strung across the road about 10 metres off the ground in trees that are hanging out over the road. Obviously they’re nowhere near me and I know that, but still, it makes me feel icky just knowing they’re there and I can’t see them. I’ve always been scared of creepy crawlies, which is pretty much the stupidest thing of all time coming from someone who has spent a lot of time working in entomology. Sometimes when I see really big spiders it makes me want to vomit if you can believe that! Thank god I’m not scared of snakes otherwise I’d never be able to go outside!
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