A giant spider showed up on the window of an Australian couple’s home ready to dine with them. The 12.5cm huntsman (5-inch) was in full view, devouring a gecko for its evening meal.
Melanie Ottaway photographed the massive spider and its not-so-lucky victim as it perched on a window of their Queensland home. "The gecko was already dead so I just let nature take its course and enjoy getting to see something very creepy," she told the
Huntsman spiders may not pose much of a threat to humans and are great at getting rid of c0ckroaches, but they are definitely terrifying to look at, as Ottaway’s pictures show.