Unidentified

Picture ID 19174

Picture of unidentified spider

Comments & ID Thoughts

I saw this giant spider outside my home .i have kids living in my home . I need to know what spider it is .when i would gwt close it would stand in kind a defemsive mode. It looked like a taruntala but im not sure it wqs very big ? Can i explain get help and if i shpuld worry for these kind of spiders

  • Submitted by: 
    Henrykill24
  • Submitted: Jun 14, 2018
  • Photographed: Jun 13, 2018
  • Spider: Unidentified
  • Location: Eagle pass tz, Texas, United States
  • Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
  • Found in web?: No
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PAlmoni

Looks like a tarantula, both in the image and in the defensive position you described. I’m not sure how big of pests they can be, but I imagine they do more good than harm. Just don’t like grab and squeeze it or anything and you should be fine.