This scary spider video may well make you jump - especially if you're an arachnophobe. Filmed in Queensland, Australia, the footage opens with a large huntsman spider standing still on a wall.

The wife of Nova radio star Michael 'Wippa' Wipfli has revealed she experienced a frightening encounter this week.

The venomous Huntsman spider, which is three-and-a-half inches wide, arrived from Morocco some 2,000 miles away as a stowaway on board an air freight container travelling at 35,000ft.

Footage of the housemates trying to remove the spider. The friends, living in Sydney, Australia, were horrified to find the huntsman in their bathroom. @alicee..m / TikTok ...

Kristy Griffin let a huntsman spider stay in her bedroom in New South Wales, Australia, to hatch hundreds of babies as she didn't have the heart to turf the arachnid out Comments News Michael ...

The huntsman spider can be up to 30 cm (11.8 in) across, which has earned it the common name of 'crab spider.' This is what happens for the huntsman spiderlings' first few weeks of life.

Huntsman spiders will attack if provoked and they are venomous. While their bite isn't strong enough to kill a human, it could likely result in hospitalization.

Many huntsman spiders have rather flattened bodies adapted for living in narrow spaces under loose bark or rock crevices. This is aided by their legs which, instead of bending vertically in ...

A funnel-web spider Greeeeat. Although huntsman spiders can give you a fright, their venom is not dangerous to humans and they can even help keep insects in your home in check by eating cockroaches.