Arachnophobia !!!

Well, it had to happen sooner or later. This girl guy just crawled over my shoulder, as I was surfing the Web! I think she he just wanted to check her his email. ;) To make the experience special, it was over my bare shoulder!

My apologies for the poor video quality, but it's the middle of the night and I've put her him inside a thick drinking glass (that was close-by and handy) so I could throw her him outside. The thick glass really ruins the image quality, but I think you will still get to see enough. :D She He is missing her his left feeler, and is cleaning (I think) her his right one in the first video.

This was taken with a 100mm Macro lens (that just happened to be attached to the camera at the time):

Huntsman Spider

And this was a few minutes later, with a normal lens, to give you a sense of scale - that is a software CD under the glass, and her his legs span the CD when she stretches out:

Huntsman Spider, take 2

EDIT: I was informed that the spider is an adult, mature male. My mistake, I assumed that it was a female (females are larger than males). Apparently there is a sexy female somewhere around the house, and these guys are bringing flowers and wine. ;) I was told that in the first video, the guy was "grooming his secondary sexual organs (the embolus at the tip of the pedipalp), usually typical after successful copulation...". Maybe he was coming over to gloat! LOL