A creepy crawler

Yesterday in our tour of the museum we found ourselves in the bug room and some of you were asking if I took any pictures of any of the bugs.
Here is proof that I did
This is a salmon-pink bird-eater. This is one of the worlds largest tarantulas and gets its name from the fact that at times it will actually eat small birds.
Tomorrow we move on to the dinosaurs

[uᴉʇsɥnſ]

I do like bugs Sam I am :-p haha great capture

[Tony]

Njce capture through the glass.

[Dione Giorgio]

That is scary, Brian. I wouldn't go close if it weren't behind glass.

[Kate Goring]

Yikes, what an impressive spider. Great shot.

[Debbie]

Eekkk....glad he's behind glass

[Colleen Culhane]

That thing looks huge!

[Kim]

Ooh, that is scary looking; great shot!

[Jane Anderson]

Love it! It is so big and hairy, and it can eat a bird. How awesome!

[Nina Ganci]

thankfully, through a glass! must be a big spider to eat birds

[gloria jones]

Yikes...great shot

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Yikes, but very interesting looking.

[Henri Russell]

Oh my. I'm sure you were glad you were protected from it. Good capture

[Merrelyn]

Great spider. What is it's actual size?

[Margaret Brown]

Not a great favourite of mine but nicely captured, they look very big to me!

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

Good capture but I have a real phobia of spiders, I have view your picture from behind the sofa. (Wink)

[Anita Campbell]

Again -- No thanks! But interesting if you like creepy crawlers, I guess. Haha!

[Maggiemae]

Oh, glad he is behind glass - how ghastly - he would eat your little budgie!

[wendy frost]

Interesting spider wouldn't like to meet him.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot.

[Nitrogene]

Nice close-up!

[Pyrrhula]

Great close up of this creepy tarantula.

[Linda]

Whao... what an interesting spider.. Great close up but scary.

[Paula W]

Ooh that's very big!!!

[summerfield]

okay, let me know when you're done posting pictures of creepy bugs like this. i'm outta here!

[Filip Rychnovský]

such big scary spider we don't have many big spiders here in Eurode

[Valerie Chesney]

OOH! EEK! Creepy....A great shot....

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Glad I don't have these guys in my garden!

[Margo]

Too Creepy for me!!

[Milanie]

That is one big guy! Hope not too many roam free.

[Yeshanghai]

A scary and hairy one

[Richard Hickey]

Incredible picture.

[Peter Grave]

Glad its behind glass Brian.Nice shot.

[bkb in the city]

@wendyfrost Yes Wendy he would be quite frightening to come across

[bkb in the city]

@elisasaeter Thanks Elisabeth

[bkb in the city]

@nitrogene Thank you

[bkb in the city]

@pyrrhula Thanks Pyrrhula

[bkb in the city]

@pippie Very scary

[bkb in the city]

@paulaw Paula it is the largest tarantula in the world

[bkb in the city]

@summerfield Okay Vikki no more creepy crawlers on to the dinosaurs

[bkb in the city]

@rfilip These are not usually seen here either. They are native to South America

[bkb in the city]

@happysnaps Thanks Valerie

[bkb in the city]

@olivetreeann Ann it certainly is not something I would want to see around here either

[bkb in the city]

@777margo They really are quite creepy

[bkb in the city]

@milaniet Milanie we don't see these around here they are native to South America

[bkb in the city]

@yeshanghai That would have made a great caption

[bkb in the city]

@agedrunner Thanks Richard

[bkb in the city]

@peterlgrave Thanks Peter

[bruni]

As long as it's behind glass I might take a peek at it. do you know that a lot of Mexican workers die of tarantula bites when they harvest the bananas. we visited a banana plantation and were told.

[Stephanie Swift]

That is quite a beast.

[Diane]

Wow--he is creepy looking! Nice shot.

[Lynne Hart]

ooh, way too much detail on those hairy legs.

[bkb in the city]

@boycotting Thanks Justin

[bkb in the city]

@tonydebont Thanks Tony

[bkb in the city]

@sangwann Me either Dione

[bkb in the city]

@kategoring Thanks Kate

[bkb in the city]

@deborah63 Me too Debbie

[bkb in the city]

@colleenculhane Colleen they say that they can grow in leg span up to 12 inches

[bkb in the city]

@kimdavis Thanks Kim

[bkb in the city]

@cejaanderson Glad you enjoyed this one Jane

[bkb in the city]

@ninaganci Nina they can grow up to a 12 inch leg span

[bkb in the city]

@seattlite Thanks Gloria

[bkb in the city]

@mittens Glad you like it Marilyn

[bkb in the city]

@henrir Yes most definitely Henri

[bkb in the city]

@merrelyn Merrelyn I am sure how big this actual one is but they can grow up to a 12 inch leg span

[bkb in the city]

@craftymeg Normally not a huge fan of something like this but I figured I needed to include it as a part of the museum tour

[bkb in the city]

@ladymagpie Well Heather I think you will be safe there

[bkb in the city]

@aglennc Well Anita this really is not my thing to post but I figured it would be interesting for some people

[bkb in the city]

@bruni Yikes that is scary

[bkb in the city]

@tristansmum Most definitely

[bkb in the city]

@eudora Thanks Diane

[bkb in the city]

@lhart Well Lynne I will be getting back to more normal photos soon enough

[Anita Campbell]

@bkbinthecity I'm sure it was, and if my son were to see it he would start asking all kinds of questions: what is it, where did you find it, what the species origin, etc. He didn't get his snack and crawler interest from his mother, for sure. (Or his sister, for that matter! She's her mother's daughter!!)