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Originally Posted by monalisa
I saw this little darling while I was looking up pictures of scary spiders at work on Halloween.
I don't know if the spider itself is that big, or if it's just a really big close-up of a smaller spider, but it's hairy, so it probably has some size to it.
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Thats a jumping spider, and the big ones can be about the size of nickel, but they are completely harmless. Even when I was at the height o fmy arachnophobia, they didnt bother me.
They are supposed to be the most advanced of the spider species, think of them as Jurassic Park's raptors, only tiny with 8 legs.
If you can work up the nerve to watch them, they are fascinating. these are the little brightly colored or black and white guys that run around on the side of houses on sunny days.
I have seen them behave like a dog, chasing things, even stopping and scratching like a dog (back legs, cocked neck, scratchin gits head) very weird but very cool.