Not a good picture, but it looks like a Huntsman spider to me. Nothing to worry about.

Sophon

Huntsman has enough venom to kill a large fly (blowie in Oz)

I was fanged by a huntsman spider in Australia after I handled it to much. It was a painful bite. So the lesson is dear readers, do not handle them. Do not kill them, they are effective bug eaters. If they get too cosy, shoo them outdoors but do not kill them.

i like spiders, they kill of all the mozzies, the last one i saw was eating a dove it had caught in its web. Golden Orb i think its name is.

Thanks to everyone who replied with imformative comments and thanks mostly to meatboy for the amazing laugh.

And on that note there is no point this continuing, asked & answered.

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