I came in contact with the largest spider I've ever seen when I was having siding put on my house, Apparently it had been under the original siding for a long time. The guys doing the work said they had never seen anything like it and had killed one other they came across on the other side of the house. I tried to catch the one that I saw, but it was very fast and fell down through the deck before I could get it. I live in the Pacific Northwest of the USA.
The spider was about 3-4" across with a huge very shiny black abdomen the size of the end of a thumb from the first joint to the tip of the nail. I know what black widows look like as I lived in Arizona, but they were always pretty small.
I love spiders, but this one kindof gave me the willies.
What do you think it is?
Christina Doane
Gig Harbor
WA USA
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