 The female huntsman produces a white egg sac of papery silk, carrying up to 200 of her young. Faced with the prospect of being overrun, Mr Splatt lived up to his name. The 39-year-old said: 'I was fairly grossed out and shocked. 'At first with the egg sac I thought 'oh that's cute it's got a backpack', then it dawned on me what it was. Huntsman spiders are not usually aggressive ( Credit: Jared Splatt-Pen News) 'The realisation I could have hundreds of baby huntsmans crawling through the car quickly turned it into an annihilation mission.' He continued: 'I grabbed the can of mortein and went to town – scorched earth like Les Grossman in Tropic Thunder. 'I flicked it off the car, covered it in white chemical death and then promptly stomped on the egg sac; some green goop shot out. 'My view was I'd saved the neighbourhood from 200 plus one huntsmans.' Mr Splatt also checked under his sun visors – another favourite hid){kind=link}
Jared Splatt was cleaning out his car when he discovered the huntsman spider, one of Earth’s biggest arachnid species. He was horrified when met by a giant huntsman with an egg sac on its left hand side
A man found the world’s largest spider nest in the boot of his car in a gut-wrenching discovery.
Jared Splatt had agreed to give some friends a lift and was cleaning out his car when he discovered the huntsman spider, one of Earth’s biggest arachnid species.
He said: “I encountered the horrific sight on opening my car boot, which incidentally hadn’t been opened in a good while.
“I was cleaning out the car to drop some friends off to a winery and I’m now glad I opened the boot.