Annette Gray is currently sharing her home in Australia with an uninvited houseguest who is quite imposing.
Charlotte is her name. She’s a huge spider that happened to stroll in one day and chose to remain.
According to Gray’s son, Jake, Charlotte is a huntsman spider — a species that can grow quite large but are actually pretty friendly. When left alone, huntsman spiders pose no threat to people. And that’s the approach Jake’s mom’s taken toward Charlotte, letting her be.
“We’ve watched [Charlotte] grow over the last year or so,” Jake told The Dodo. “[She] never bothered us. She moves about the house, pops up room to room, eats all the bugs.”
Evidently, Charlotte has been pretty busy with that activity.
Jake stated, “[She] is around 15 cm wide.” (That’s just under 6 inches.)
“I believe [Charlotte] is growing,” Annette wrote later in an online message.
The spider has made quite a commotion among the Grays’ family and friends, with some suggesting that the house be set on fire to get rid of Charlotte. Annette, on the other hand, understands what it takes to be a good host, even to spiders that have come in.
She wrote, “I don’t murder them.” “[Charlotte is] completely harmless.”
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