Tis the season! NSF arachnaphobes

Found this little fella trick or treating copl weeks early

Love tarantulas. Had them as pets.

Man, i'm not sure what these are called, but it looked like the size of my palm until I squashed it.  All legs really, but still big.  They move quick too!  Second one I've had to take out in the last week or so.  And normally I like to relocate spiders, or just leave them be.  Not these guys...

Man, i'm not sure what these are called, but it looked like the size of my palm until I squashed it.  All legs really, but still big.  They move quick too!  Second one I've had to take out in the last week or so.  And normally I like to relocate spiders, or just leave them be.  Not these guys...

Reminds me of my former supervisor. 

If that was the size of your hand, it is a Huntsman Spider, AKA Cane Spider. Pretty common on the Big Island Hawaii and in parts of the Caribean. Not deadly poisonous, but you will wish it hadn't bit you. I never heard of on in California, except maybe on freshly imported bananas, but those get checked for such hitchhikers.

Love tarantulas. Had them as pets.

Yeah they're pretty laid back until a little cricket walks by, then lightening quick.

The only good spider is a dead spider.  Especially when the spider is hairy....Yeeeuccck

Al,

I've always known those to be the Redwood Spider ... http://bugguide.net/node/view/537303

-Allen

Thank you Duckman!
I grew up in Puerto Rico.. could swear we had these huge spideys... began to doubt myself when no one else had heard of them.  Big as your hand and lightening quick...Now I have a name for them. Hunstman Spiders....
Thank you!