Possibly the oldest, and largest Spider ever to crawl on the EARTH. I read elsewhere besides this website that they could actually still exist somewhere in our Western Hemisphere and more odds in South America somewhere.

But here is a link for you SPIDER lovers...

http://www.amonline.net.au/spiders/diversi...hat/largest.htm

Comment if you like...

I hope I don't run into one. There used to be roaches the length of pencils back in the day. Hopefully they, like spiders, will get smaller as time progresses.

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They were known to grow up to 34 cm long.
Now that is a spider I don't wanna meet

Sorry, didn't realise I couldn't swear.

Ah-hem, I've seen some huge house spiders, scary flaming things.

Nasty little buggers ain't they...

Wow, that huge Hate to run into one of them.

Sod the spiders..I have a bleedin' arachnophobia. *Funi runs away*

there many more, here is one more.sun spider found in orange county ca.
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Oohh...I caught one of those at my brothers house.Ugly little things.But no one believed me when I said it was a spider like thing...

If an arachnid that big still exists..How could it survive?

Good thing they've died out...

*shivers*

That's a huge spider . . . I hate spiders!

now this one is really weird...found in orange county.ca.Giant vinegaroon[attachmentid=19851][attachmentid=19852]

^ . . . looks like a cross between an earwig and a scorpion.

thats nothing to this....Pseudoscorpion

Now that one looks like a cross between a tick and a scorpion. Only 3mm long, but very creepy!!

i just think to one thing like said the topic largest spider in the world maybe there most larger spider no this era, i think if you go back throught time in era dinosaur. There giant centipede, big spider, and dinosaur, now we have no dinosaur except some big spider "28 cm" and little centipede .

Maybe if the earth have high radiation, cause without of the ozone layers , this like a big nuclear-central .

this is why we have big insect and other monster

omg, that is sooooo creepy and how much babies could it make then again lol how big can i spiders "ehem" abdomen be.....

I think that Megarachne was recently found to be not a spider, but an ancient relative the sea-scorpion. i'll see if i can find a link

At the moment the largest known spider is Theraphosa Blondi. The record holder was a 28 cm leg span male found in Venezeula. Although Theraphosa Apophysis males have been reported to reach 13 inch legspans, they are not nearly as bulky.
As for centipedes, Scolopendra Gigantea has been known to reach lengths of 14", and Scolopendra Galapagoensis is rumoured to be able to reach lengths in excess of 17"!

megarachne

Guiness world records spider

Picture Scolopendra Viridicornis

Thread on S. galapagoensis

I dislike spiders...

Just hope you never find any of these in your bathroom.

lol......
but spiders like most bugs are harmless if you leave them alone.