Saw this spider in our garden a while ago. Any idea what it is? Is it poisonous?

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Wifey says she never seen anything like it before. It looks huge, assuming that's a standard size banana leaf it sits on. It looks to me most like a South American Tarantula. You found that in your garden? In Thailand?

Here's the picture, embedded, for convenience:

But beautiful, for sure, in it's own spidery way ...

Edited February 21, 200719 yr by Phil Conners

Wifey says she never seen anything like it before. It looks huge, assuming that's a standard size banana leaf it sits on. It looks to me most like a South American Tarantula. You found that in your garden? In Thailand?

Here's the picture, embedded, for convenience:

But beautiful, for sure, in it's own spidery way ...

holy shit...if I saw sumpin' like dat in my garden (ain't got one, live inna shophouse) I'd move out de next day...dey sense heat an' move inta bed widya...next thing ye know they're walkin' across yer face when yer tryin' to sleep...

It looks like a huntsman spider

jezuz...an arachnophobe's nightmare...

Yes I concur it looks like a variety of Thai huntsman spider , very beautiful too.

Not dangerous [ except to insects ]

Nothing like any New or Old world Tarantula.

Many thanks. I agree, looking on the web now it looks like a Huntsman. I'm glad it's not dangerous.