I'm pretty sure the spiders do this on purpose. They see people coming at them, and at the last minute move, FAST.
There are some fast things in the world. But none of them is as fast as a huntsman runninng. Hearing those little hairy feet slamming across the walls as they run is absolutely unreal.
Yeh, it's a thing. A night, you hear them. You can hear them during the day and with the light on, but you can see them, so you know what is causing the noise. But at night with your eyes closed, you just hear their feet running across the plasterboard.
So you get up and turn the light on.. And... Nothing. You can't see them, they hide too well, in your curtains, in your bedsheets. In nature they hide under the bark of gum trees, so love to find perfect hiding spots to hide their massive bodies. Behind a clock, behind a lamp... in a book. In cars, under your sun visor or in your door handle.
So you get back into bed... And then here the patter of not so tiny feet. They are big and fast... They can run in to the other side of the room in about 1 second. 5 meters per second.. They don't build webs, they run their prey down, like a cheetah. They eat cockroaches, so imagine something big enough and fast enough to run down a cockroach.
Now imagine its hot. Hotter and humid than you have ever been.. 110F and 80% humidity.. at night. No A.C.. And a couple of these guys chasing bugs in your bedroom. Your 5 years old.. Life is different....
LOL are you for fucking real? you can hear a huntsman spider walk? maybe you got bitten by one and your spider senses are tingling š¤£ iām gonna google āwhat does a walking huntsman spider sound likeā right now
But huntsman are friendy spiders. They have their own personalities, and people let them crawl on they hands and arms.. you name and protect them if they are in your house.
Plus they eat crockroaches and keep other spiders away..
It feels great to have connections to native wild animals. Live with the animals, don't destroy them..
I have heard a very large wolf spider move along a tile floor. After a certain size you can hear insects move. I mean, they all make sounds they're just below your level of hearing usually.
Nope! If only you could have seen the reaction I had to seeing that clip. I was laying in bed and my whole body jumped a good inch up in pure horror. FUCK THAT.
Man, all of these years of playing videogames with giant spider enemies and they always use the same kind of "creepy spider leg" noise. I'm sorry, but seeing those legs move that fast with the heavy sound of all of those feets hitting a solid surface is way scarier. Imagine playing a a scary game and all of the sudden you hear a terrifyingly fast "thud thud thud" and turn around and see eight legs flailing towards you at an ungodly speed (whatever 5 meters per second scaled up with the size of the spider would be).
I mean yeah it sounds bad but they are literally harmless to humans and they aren't aggressive.My Dad used to call them all Barry.
Also they eat flies and mosquitoes which annoy the fucking shit out of me, so as far as I'm concerned huntsman's are okay by me. If I see a redback or a whitetail though, completely different story... I'll find the biggest shoe I can find and annihilate them instantly
I try not to disturb the spiders in my home, because they're eating pests that are actually annoying. If I'd be hearing them hunt, I would quickly change my stance on that.
They like to hide between layers.. like layers of bark on a tree, gum trees shed their bark all the time more than they shed leaves. So they live in the tight fitting bark of a tree.
Your bed sheet/covers are layers..
Huntsman aren't deadly. But jesus, they sure know how to give you a fright.
One day I was laying on the couch, studying. I thought I heard something shuffling across my floor. So I looked in the direction the sound came from and there walked a big Eratigena male.
I was amazed I had HEARD a spider walk across my floor.
They'll remain still until you touch them. Once they register feeling on the leg hairs all bets are off. Her problem was her feeble slow movement of the container. You have to move the container over in one swift motion, not the super slow wobbly hand method.
She also had no plan afterwards. Ok, you have the container over the spider on the wall. NOW WHAT? I don't see a flat thing to slide under in her other hand. She's just going to balance like that holding it on the wall for how long?
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u/phido3000 10d ago
I'm pretty sure the spiders do this on purpose. They see people coming at them, and at the last minute move, FAST.
There are some fast things in the world. But none of them is as fast as a huntsman runninng. Hearing those little hairy feet slamming across the walls as they run is absolutely unreal.