The Australian Reptile Park has welcomed Hemsworth, a record-breaking male funnel-web spider, measuring a remarkable 9.2cm from foot to foot. This enormous spider surpasses previous record holders Hercules and Colossus, highlighting the incredible size variations within this species.
Hemsworth the male funnel-web spider is the largest of its kind recorded by the Australian Reptile Park , measuring 9.2cm from foot to foot. He was captured near Newcastle, north of Sydney, and handed in at one of the park’s spider drop-off centres. Hemsworth surpasses his predecessors, named Hercules (7.9cm) and Colossus (7.8cm). They are all unusually large: a typical male funnel-web spider measures between 1cm and 5cm.
(Females are generally larger than their male counterparts but not as deadly.
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