mrs_squirrel

Thank you very much stefan, what a great page you have in facebook too... fascinating :)

Thank you x

Thanks guys x

@cammie, yep- we (hubby & me) are a pair of wimps with poisonous things. I am still feeling nervous
And... Aaron- thanks for that I feel a whole lot more nervous now I know its hungry- eek.
We have a small covered fish bowl thingy with handles on- might try and get it in that & take it down to the jungle ...

Thanks Aaron G
...well its currently under my waste paper basket, don't want to kill it, and I do not want to put it back outside anywhere near the house... at least for now I know where it is... Anybody want to take on a spider...?

Thanks Yasser.
The moths are spectacular and huge, the first time I saw one it confused me, I thought it was a very slow flying bat. :)

Thanks martinl - sorry I didn't respond sooner.

done some real close ups on some other photos I have of it and the white is globules of paint attached to the hairs... so this spider doesn't have the white markings naturally, it has in fact been accidentally decorated :D

could it be some variety of Huntsman?

also, its gait as it ran away was a run and a jump- quite comical to watch, as it neither ran nor jumped but did a bit of both.