This is a huntsman spider, the world’s largest (and maybe friendliest) arachnid.
It’s nearly difficult not to notice when one of these beauties chooses to migrate indoors. A huntsman spider in the home of one Australian family, however, did more than that.
She had a family. A large number of children.
Claudia was at home with her family the other day when her kid informed her that something was wrong in her room. When Claudia went to investigate, she discovered dozens of tiny huntsman spiders hatching near a window, having emerged from an egg sac that the family had noticed.
Claudia told The Dodo, “It was certainly an unexpected surprise.” “We had a huntsman spider here and there, but I had no idea we had a complete kindergarten scurrying about.”
Creepy? Not for Claudia. Her reaction to the spider babies was quite the opposite.
“They’re so cute!” she said. “I’m not going to kill them.”
And she kept her word.
Claudia carefully opened the window rather than violently evict the spider babies (or maybe worse). The babies would be able to go outside on their own.
“We just left them alone. The next morning, they were all gone “she remarked.
The huge spider mother who’d placed her eggs there had chosen the ideal location for her children’s nursery.
“We adore animals,” Claudia said.
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