Chinese Huntsman spider which can grow to be largest in world captured in lunchbox inside Yorkshire shipping container. By Rebecca Marano. Published 24th Feb 2022, 16:30 BST.

Spider expert and owner of nearly 1,000 spiders, Aaron Phoenix, 36, said he believed the creature was a huntsman spider likely a heteropoda venatoria, native to tropical regions of the world.

Guanmenshan huntsman spiders appear small, about half an inch in length, the study said. They have eight eyes, eight legs and hairy “yellowish-brown” bodies with some “black patches. ...

Huntsman spiders are some of the largest spiders, with the biggest ones having a leg span of almost one foot (30 centimetres). Heteropoda venatoria spiders might look scary, but they're not dangerous.