Für die Spinnermenschen

[lantairvlea]

This morning I was feeding the herd and about ready to put hay in Tru-D's bag when I noticed something on my shoulder. It was not a small something. It was moving.

Insert shriek, arm flail, heeby-geeby dance, and then eagerly looking for the creature.

Comments

[poniesandphotos]

I'm fairly sure it's a Huntsman. It's not a tarantula for sure. the legs don't look right for a crab spider, crab spiders generally have legs that bend back towards the back.

If it is a Huntsman they're nice to have around and are not generally interested in interacting with humans.

[lantairvlea]

From what I've read the Giant Crab Spiders are also referred to as Huntsmen. It wasn't aggressive at all as I tried to nudge it off my path. I imagine had it not startled me I might have been able to persuade it off my shoulder without incident. I do admit my nerves for handling a large spider are not so good as I would like.

[randomdreams]

I had no idea those occurred around here!

[lantairvlea]

I first saw one when we were building the "addition." They don't show up very often, but they're kind of cool.

[snowhawk]

Not the best way to make friends, spiderbro (or ladyspiderbro, idk). At least it survived, unlike the one I found on my pillow three-ish years ago.

[lantairvlea]

The pillow would be quite the invasion of personal space!

[edgeofthewoods]

Surprise! The cane spiders in Hawaii used to give me a fright, but none of them ever landed on me, thankfully!

[lantairvlea]

Cane spiders are pretty big!

I'm pretty sure it crawled from the flake of hay onto my shoulder. Exciting!

[edgeofthewoods]

Oh yeah. We had some run-ins with them while in Hawaii.

The spider was all "this shoulder looks suitable since the hay is moving" lol!

[glitteredhorse]

Nooooooooope. O.O

[lantairvlea]

Yeeeeess!