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- Submitted: Jun 10, 2019
- Photographed: Nov 22, 2018
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Busuanga, Coron Island, Philippines
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Unidentified
Picture ID 65292
Hey Stan I just got back from the Philippines, I was living there for 6 months and encountered this spider many times. It’s a Philippine Huntsman spider. A few of the ones I saw were bigger then my hand :O as scary as they might look A bite from a Huntsman spider on a human may cause some local swelling and a little bit of pain, but it would be gone within a day or two. the Huntsman is actually very timid it’s afraid of humans and usually try’s to avoid confrontation. They are good for the house they eat… Read more »