Enter: Poecilotheria rajaei – a face-sized tarantula. This newly discovered freak of nature was recently spotted in northern Sri Lanka. That’s where one reportedly scared the living crap […] ...

It's big, it's hairy, and it's venomous. The newest spider to give arachnophobes the willies, a tarantula named Poecilotheria rajaei has been discovered on the island nation of Sri Lanka.

The giant tarantula is as big as a human face. Its legs, which have unique daffodil-yellow markings, span a massive 20cm (eight inches). The arachnid also has a distinctive pink band around its body.

A new species of giant venomous tarantula has been discovered in the north of Sri Lanka. We have some pretty scary arachnids here in Australia, but that's less to do with their size and more to do ...

SRI LANKA (PIX11) – Spiders have long had a reputation of being creepy and straight up frightening, but now we’ve reached a new stage in the game. Enter: Poecilotheria rajaei – a face-sized ...

Scientists have found an enormous, previously unknown, species of venomous spider in a remote Sri Lankan village. The giant tarantula is as big as a human face. Its legs, which have unique ...