Terrifying discovery after a monstrous spider is found dangling from a roof: ‘Get out now!’
- Huge spider raises concern among locals
- Some suggest that the homeowner should move out
A photo of a huge spider hanging from a roof has sparked concern, joking that the homeowner would have to move out.
A concerned man in Baldivis, 45km south of Perth, shared the creepy image on a local Facebook community group asking for help identifying the giant arachnid.
It shows the spider sitting in a web with its long pointed legs curled up under a plump dark belly, as if ready to strike.
The huge spider (pictured) was spotted hanging from the roof of a home in Baldivis, 45km south of Perth
The original poster described it as “one of the biggest I’ve seen.”
“That spider has been jacked! The only suggestion is to pack your valuables and find a new home,” one resident joked.
Another advised the man to “just accept that the spider now owns your house and that you pay rent to stay there.”
Another confused person asked if it had a ‘bag’ attached to it.
“I’ve zoomed in every way possible and it’s the craziest arachnid I’ve ever seen… where does it start and where does it end?” they asked.
Murdoch University arachnologist Dr Volker Framenau identified the spider as a common orb-web weaver (pictured)
Some suggested it could be a black house spider, while others suggested it was a redback.
But arachnologist Dr. Volker Framenau of Murdoch University said the spider was likely the common garden orb weaver Hortophora biapicata.
“These spiders are quite common this time of year,” he said Yahoo News.
‘The image isn’t the best for identification, but this is really the only large orb web spider of that apparition walking around Perth at this time of year. That would be more different in the eastern states, where there are quite a few more species of the genus Hortophora.’