Had my first encounter with native Australian wildlife. I opened the closet door and there on the wall was a huge hair spider quivering away and licking it's chops with his arms. It was about 4 inches across, dark gray, with long hairs on its arms. It has eyes that are looking straight at me. I fetched Trish who came in and said that is a wolf spider. She seemed surprised to see it there. She said that normally these spiders hang out on walls. She got a glass jar, trapped it, and took it outside and released it the garden.
She told me not to worry. This spider is not lethal. It's bite will be very painful and require treatment in a hospital, but it should not kill me. Comforting.
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