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.

Spider expert Aaron Phoenix, who owns nearly 1000 spiders, believes the spider was a huntsman, likely a heteropoda venatoria, which lives in warm places around 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.” ...

People unfamiliar with huntsman spiders might confuse them with tarantulas, but they can be identified by their legs, which are twisted in a way that makes them extend forward like a crab.