Black house spider by alia_801

Black house spider

Not one for the arachnophobes! Spotted this guy lurking in the bathroom. He was quite shy but I managed to snap off a couple of pics before he went and hid.
Nasty looking thing! How big was it?
April 19th, 2011  
Uh scary - brave close-up!
April 19th, 2011  
*shudder*

Excellent close up!
April 19th, 2011  
Awesome capture!!! Creepy!
April 19th, 2011  
@dcr Not very big - probably 2-3cm toe-to-toe.
@jannaellen @buggus @twofunlabs Thanks!
April 19th, 2011  
creepy capture!
April 19th, 2011  
OOooohh - great macro!
April 19th, 2011  
ooh wow ...scary.. great capture..x
April 19th, 2011  
Great shot, not my favourite subject ;-)
April 19th, 2011  
Hmmmm...... nice close up .... not nice spider!
April 19th, 2011  
Kim
Creepy...but awesome capture of him!
April 19th, 2011  
Fabulous capture of a scary spider. I don't like these black house spiders but this is a great macro.
April 19th, 2011  
great capture! I had to rescue a downstairs neighbour on Sunday by removing a spider from her room which had her freaked out
April 19th, 2011  
Gasp! What a great [creepy] close-up!
April 19th, 2011  
WOW that is really close and cool, sets my hair up.
April 19th, 2011  
yikes i am out of there
April 19th, 2011  
No. I really want to say something nice about this picture...I really do. But...no...:o)
April 19th, 2011  
I'm sure this is a great capture but I have this thing about spiders...can't look :)
April 19th, 2011  
In the bathroom! You have interesting roommates. ;-)
Great photo of the fellow.
April 19th, 2011  
Excellent capture.
April 19th, 2011  
Scary but good photo!
April 19th, 2011  
wow, what a macro!!
April 19th, 2011  
Nice shot.
April 19th, 2011  
Oh, it gives me the creeps. This is a great photo of him! Well done!
April 19th, 2011  
Kim
EEwww. that is really creepy as I'm not a huge spider fan but I am a total fan of your close up!
April 19th, 2011  
Great shot but I am terrified of spiders! Good job of scary us....LOL...Save for Halloween! LOL
April 19th, 2011  
wow this is amazing, what a great photo and it's nice knowing this spider's all the way in Aus!
April 19th, 2011  
Wow - that is astounding! I'm not a fan of spiders, but this is a shot to be commended!
April 19th, 2011  
His partner thinks it`s a beauty. ( so do I )
Great shot
April 19th, 2011  
Great capture, amazing creatures
April 19th, 2011  
It is a great shot but he looks ich
April 19th, 2011  
You are so brave! This one is quite scary looking!
April 19th, 2011  
Oh that's scary!
April 19th, 2011  
yikes! okay although this is creepy for me, i think you did great capturing this shot!
April 19th, 2011  
Oh wow! This creeps me out! Great shot though I love the detail of the spider and his web.
April 20th, 2011  
I think I would have capture that boy first and took the picture when he got outside. Lol Nice shot
April 20th, 2011  
Don't think I'd like to find this or that I would leave it there if I did find it in my bathroom....but great shot! LOL!
April 20th, 2011  
I clicked on your name to comment back for your nice comment on my photo... and had to supress a shudder. Ugh! Hate spiders! Cool shot though... :)
April 20th, 2011  
oooh, very nice! love the macro shot.
April 20th, 2011  
Great capture, a little creepy!
April 20th, 2011  
He was in your bathroom!! We've had rather big fella's in our bathroom too when we lived in Oz, it always creeped me out.
April 21st, 2011  
good close up, I wouldn't want that in my house ewwww lol
April 25th, 2011  
Great macro!
April 25th, 2011  
wow, this is amazing, great textures and detail.
April 26th, 2011  
*runs away screaming*
April 27th, 2011  
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