Queensland man spends year with ‘insanely huge’ spider

A Queensland man shared a photo of a mega spider he’s “been watching” grow to a terrifying size in his home, shocking social media users.

A Queensland man has shared a photo of a mega spider on the wall of his home, shocking social media users.

The Cairns local Jake Gray stunned users in a spider identification Facebook group by sharing the fact he’d “been watching her grow over last year”.

The spider, which appeared to have an abdomen similar in size to a large halogen light globe also in the picture, and a leg span around half the size of a serving tray, was perched up high on a wall in the man’s kitchen.

“Check out this big girl,” Mr Gray wrote. “Been watching her grow over last year. Cairns North Queensland. The mighty huntsman.”

The post caused quite a stir online, attracting more than 1100 reactions and more than 50 comments.

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Mr Gray said he'd been watching the spider grow for 'a year'.

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“My God, man … That’s a lil hard core for me … She’s huge,” one woman commented. “If I walked out in the morning and saw that … I’d have kittens I reckon.”

“Bruh that‘s the spider’s house now,” another joked.

“Holy hell that’s insanely huge! Looks like a banded huntsman,” another said.

“It’s gonna have to start paying rent soon,” another joked.

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