Rare photos from inside a huntsman spider colony are captured by conservationists and will make your skin crawl
- Nest discovered by conservationists at the Monjebup North reserve in Australia
- The images show the different coloured critters piled on top of each other
- Huntsman spiders can grow as big as 11.8 inches and prefer woody places
Terrifying photos show a huge huntsman spider colony that has invaded a nest box built for tiny possums.
Conservationists at the Monjebup North reserve in south western Australia discovered the spiders after lifting the lids of the nest boxes.
The images show the different coloured critters piled on top of each other in the confined space.
Terrifying photos show a huge huntsman spider colony that has invaded a nest box built for tiny possums
Angela Sanders, of Bush Heritage Australia told The Sun: ‘Pygmy possums quickly took up residence in the nest boxes we erected in restored habitat.
‘What we didn’t expect were the large colonies of social spiders that also moved in. It all started about the same time we were finding pygmy possums in the boxes.
‘But on lifting the lids of some, we found many huntsman spiders of all sizes whizzing around inside.’
Huntsman spiders can grow as big as 11.8 inches (30cm), and normally prefer to live in woody places.
The images show the different coloured critters piled on top of each other in the confined space
Huntsman spiders can grow as big as 11.8 inches (30cm), and normally prefer to live in woody places (file image)