I was NOT PREPARED!.. Unboxing the SCARIEST Spider I now own from Frank Somma

[@NightfallPA]

Since she's huge, and a Huntsman, I think Artemis would suit her!

[@WoolooWarfare]

That's so perfect!!

[@IhaveDog]

PERFECT BRO- OMGG YES

[@jessicamoore3504]

Artemis was a male🤡

[@MIck-M]

I had a much bigger one here loose for a while - I called him 'Fluffy' and he was a sweet heart - friendly, relaxed and happy to hang out on the wall.. Red Backs, and white tails (small) get dispatched, but Australians generally see this big baby as harmless and worth putting back outside to safety. They chase cockroaches very well. Just the size scares some people.

[@rockarollawmn]

The wolfies could be named BLANCA and BLANCO (since those mean "white" in Spanish). Which is in line with the snow theme.

[@darthvein3]

"I asked him not to send me anything scary 😅". I can think of no better way to guarantee that will happen 😂

[@MentulPanda]

Its moments like when you were rehousing the huntsman where I really feel like rehousing some inverts can be like defusing a bomb.

[@Frizzank15]

Good analogy!!!

[@abberistired]

it's surprisingly comforting to see someone who loves these creepy crawlies so much still be absolutely freaked out by them sometimes dfgsdfh like, yea I don't wanna squish spiders in my home, but a wolf spider is still really big and really scary to catch and release 😭

[@chasemcintyre3528]

I love how slowly she turned around when you poked her like "I BEG your pardon" X-D Morgan le Fay, maybe? Because she's beautiful, powerful, self-possessed, and hard to read.

[@rebel4466]

Good part about keeping huntsman spiders: they don't bite for basically any reason you might give them. Bad part about keeping huntsman spiders: their reaction time is much much shorter than yours lol

[@realtruenorth]

I was bit by a huge huntsman in my sleep, in had the 2 piercing fangmarks on my hand about 1/2" apart and I had seen the huntsman in my room earlier that night.

[@EdmundSampson-pd7vi]

There's an amusing video on KZbin of a guy dangling his finger in front of a huntsman and the spider lunges forward and chomps him

[@memento81]

@@realtruenorth this story does not compute for me. How were you asleep after you saw a huge huntsman in your room?

[@realtruenorth]

@@memento81 because I tried to catch it and it was so fast. I couldn't, so, it was still in my room.

[@realtruenorth]

@@memento81 also, I didn't think I would have this huge bite with 2 fang punctures on my hand the next morning. ,,probably won't sleep in a room with one again. I didn't think it would bite me.

[@turtleman190]

That is one really chill huntsman. My Holconia immanis would have been on the other side of the room the second the lid was opened on that tub. They are gorgeous spiders but total nightmares to work with.

[@mozzjones6943]

The Sydney huntsman is a god damn piston on legs! Prey no chance, It gets spooked and wanna catch it? No chance lol. I love then tho! They are very welcome around my house to eat the nasty bugs, And I don't need to keep any as pets.. I have lodgers 😄

[@rubylovelet1803]

Kat I used to have an external fear of spiders ( I still kinda do) but watching your videos overtime has helped me feel less afraid.

[@chiarasturm3610]

Same here greetings from Germany. Now im kinda interessted in them.

[@Fahrenheit4051]

3:30 - Love that little ring-shaped spot on her head. She's like a little puppy!

[@robertabray-enhus3198]

Wait till it’s grown and is bigger than a bird eating spider! Have you seen photos from Australia and see how huge they get?!? That enclosure is way too small for that one.

[@JJasperPaperCo.]

"I really like her but I'm also like really afraid of her so...Cool!" 😂 You are just the best! Convinced me to keep arachnids and appreciate them for the wonder that they are!

[@Minyassa]

Okay, you are the first spider keeper I've ever seen admit to being wigged out by any spider, and for some reason that makes me feel good. I'm an arachnophobe making a determined effort to desensitize myself, and the wolf spiders and huntsman are all terrifying to me. Where I live, we have a ton of L. mactans and a few L. variolus, and I'm actually tempted to pop a mactans into an enclosure and try keeping her. Honestly the most daunting part about that to me is the fruit flies/crickets, so I seem to be making some good progress with the phobia. Jumpers don't scare me at all now, but we have sac spiders and brown recluse (and a ton of lookalikes) too and I am so freaked out by them. I really, really appreciate spider afficionados sharing their experiences on KZbin, thank you so much for this.

[@sharkmansman2085]

That's really impressive, I used to have a very annoying fear of spiders but overtime through what your doing my fear has gotten a lot better and I can tell you from experience, learning to manage arachnophobia is VERY worth it.

[@AntsCanada]

Gorgeous spiders! The huntsman 😍😍😍

[@lisamr40]

Name the Huntsman, Mortisha. Lol There's nothing funnier than watching a spider enthusiast freak out trying to get the spiders in their enclosures! Tfs!

[@Shira_H]

Love the sentiment; being freak out about a big, fast, scary spider but also appreciating them is so cool. You are braver than me 😅

[@Sleepy.peach.]

You have definitely helped me with my spider fear, but any huntsman i will still be TERRIFIED of lol

[@JustaGirlWhoLovesRats]

Same!

[@edenremarks4]

She’s beautiful! I live in Australia and huntsmans are super common. In summer, I have to shake out my towels before using them because they love the humidity of a bathroom. The females are usually pretty chill; as a rule of thumb, I find that the bigger they are the less scary as they don’t move quite as fast as the smaller males (easier to pick up and put outside). Thanks for sharing 😊

[@IAmShniff]

I also live in Australia, and I wish I was as brave as you. I'm usually not freaked out by spiders at all, but the way huntsmans move just gives me the heebie jeebies. I'd legit let a tarantula walk on my face, but hunstmans are a no no.

[@mcintoshwildlifeart]

Agree. They LOVE horse rugs! At least one huntsman in each one if you leave them on a fence to dry out during the day!

[@Dante-ly666]

I love these spiders so much😍I'm happy that your getting out of your comfort zone and enjoying these new babies that are going to the best home ever 😊 love your work

[@Mike-ly9qi]

Merry Christmas Kat and to your family. As far as ab goes . It's not for the faint for sure. I'm a long time member there . I'm sure you deal with drama all over the net. Keep up your work, obviously tons of people dig it. That's why I'm here. Thank you.

[@keithhughes4268]

We have lots of huntsmen spiders here in Australia, now that i have tarantulas and became used to big spiders i just et them run around the house, luv your videos by the way

[@keithhughes4268]

The huntsmen spiders that is

[@lukakaps9548]

​@@keithhughes4268 I would imagine that if you let your tarantulas roam around the house free that would be dangerous, for them mostly, but still dangerous.

[@m.afolayan6566]

Neat spiders! Whenever I rehouse and the temp container is too big, I use a box/tote as a playground for potential escapees. This came in handy with my OBT sling that was bolty af! 😅

[@gastllyxo]

I love that you, a spider lover, is still afraid of a huntsman. Love them, but also that kind of big Guy loose in your house !

[@Nocturnalverse]

I love watching spiders on youtube. I know not everyone does the best job on this platform, but I went over to that board you mentioned to look through it and holy shit they are assholes.

[@tonydeluna8095]

Merry Christmas and happy holidays Tarantula Kat!

[@MoonlitMumma]

Aussie here and have experienced many encounters with huntsman's. When I was a week away from giving birth to our first child, we had a massive one living in our house. My partner loved it and called it out pet and as it was hanging in our kitchen I was okay with leaving it be. One morning I was chopping up some meat to give to my dogs and it legit flew out of no where and went crazy doing circles around the meat I had just been cutting up. I literally felt my baby startle in my tummy as I screamed and jumped back. Never seen one act like that before or since. It was unreal how crazy and fast it was going, even my partner was shocked and he's a tree lopper who encounters and moves them frequently. Well done with this one, you did so good getting it into its new enclosure 👏🥰

[@gfdereus8967]

Sounds like it was doing the same thing my cats do when they know there is food coming 😂 but then the spider version of running around your legs hahaha

[@MoonlitMumma]

@gfdereus8967 😂 haha it was as persistent as a cat too! My partner was outside when he heard my scream and came running. It was probably circling that meat like a madman for 2-3 minutes 😂

[@SkyeSpider]

I can’t believe Frank did that to you 🤣 Welcome to the world of giant huntsmen, Kat! I’m here if you need help. Also, I’ll happily take the babies if you get a sac or three (huntsmen can triple clutch- my last breeding did). 💜🕷️

[@turtleman190]

I don't know about this species but some of the Australian species can drop 5 sacks atleast one of mine did.

[@davepastern]

that's not a giant huntsman...come down to Australia ;-) I got 1 somewhere in my room (wild) just hanging around probably 1.5x time the beauty in this video.

[@robertlucey6302]

@@davepasternyour buggin fam.

[@t.dickinson]

"YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GO THE OTHER WAY, NOT POKE BACK!" absolutely sent me lmao -- you're braver than me, that first pounce made me jump. absolute beauty though!

[@caticornsinspace]

They are so beautiful! Congratulations on the new baby. They will be safe and we’ll taken care of ❤

[@Chris-q7z4i]

I love your videos. I have learned so much that i am a long-time follower, you rock kat

[@matthewk-nt7iw]

I live in Australia, and one day at work, I looked down as one was crawling up onto my neck from my chest, I also had one crawl up onto my hat while driving. They get so big and fast that they run up the legs of any fool who tries to step on them. They get so much bigger!.

[@kat66meow]

🥹🥹🥹 The Hogna Lenta’s are absolutely gorgeous!!! I love love love! Awwwww! The Huntsman is so adorable!! Hugging cute adorable! I love her too! I am so shocked that you find her scary considering what you’ve experienced. I think her name should be Aurora! Which is the name that popped in my head! They are all amazing! Lucky you!!! 🖤😻🖤🫶🏼🖤🕷️🖤🕷️🖤🕷️🖤

[@SeriviusR]

Had huge huntsman spiders in Australia where I grew up, leg span of around 5-6 inches; I still haven't recovered from the time I woke up with one on the wall a few feet from my face.. I actually jumped out of bed backwards without standing up, landing directly on the floor in a sideways plank position. Good times xD

[@NeilFraser-tn5ws]

Has to be the most laidback huntsman in the world, was waiting for it to become a blur of legs and appear on the top of a wall or disappear into the furniture in under one second😂😂 have them in and around the house here in Aus and luv them they become more chill as they age and get to know you

[@angeladerby2513]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you, your family and friends and everyone here 🤶🎄🎅♥️🤗♥️🎅🎄🤶🕷🕸🕷🤶🎄🎅♥️🤗♥️🎅🎄🤶✨️👑✨️👑✨️

[@rhywnn]

Wolf spiders are so amazing. I love seeing them on and around my home. I hate seeing them die in the winter.

[@aprilmoayer2415]

Totally love your KZbin channel Kat

[@xSmudgestickx]

She looks like a Drucilla to me :P Your so brave Kat

[@SenecaRaccoon]

My adult hogna does some weird food stuff too. Hes a little killer! he will bite the crickets and then run to the highest point in the cage and just relax while the cricket dies there. Seems to happen in winter months when things are cooled off. At that point, hes done with the cricket. He doesnt eat it when he does this.

[@hoibsh21]

Merry Christmas Spider Queen! ❤❤

[@graveyardmom]

This is random kind of, but about a month ago I came across a huge black widow in my room which happens to be my home's basement. She was walking around on my basement floor and for some reason I didn't instinctively smash her. Rather instead I googled why a black widow would randomly walk around on the floor rather than hide in a dark corner like I assumed they did. And the 2 things that popped up during my search was 1 - "They are probably dying" and 2 "Rain may of flooded her home" which made sense since my basement has flooding issues and all the water tends to run into the space under my basement stairs. While I was googling she was still just wondering around my floor, so for the first time in my life I decided to catch her. My intention was to catch her and put her outside but currently it is freezing cold outside and rainy, so I kept her. I looked up how to care for a black widow and that's how I came across your channel; since discovering your channel I have caught 2 more spiders as pets. They no longer scare me. Recently I caught another black widow who I named Cupcake and a wolf spider who I named Velvet because she is very large and genuinely looks like she is covered in crushed brown velvet. The original black widow I caught I took inspiration from your channel and named her Peaches. So thank you for doing what you do. Never did I ever think I would willingly catch spiders and take care of them, but here I am now with 3 and I am so obsessed with them.

[@jordynglucksman577]

The baby wolf spiders are SO CUTE 💚💚💚💚

[@TheGreatestLover777]

Angel babies🕷

[@BinroWasRight]

I'm glad you didn't have to chase her. Huntsmen...well, gallop. That's the best word I have for it. Great video!

[@missqiqilamour]

Haha - I woke up to a 10cm huntsman on my kitchen wall at 3am! Just another day in Australia 🇦🇺 ❤

[@esta8354]

I have a name for the girl wolf spider which is SnowDrop known as a snow flower :>❤ hopefully you’ll like it! They are really pretty flowers and they emerge from the snow Male wolf spider- Frost? Huntsman - Elodie ❤️

[@MisplacedPixie]

How about Frostbite for the new cutie replacing Snowball? Or maybe Frostbite is better for the scary lady that wants to bite instead of go into her enclosure?

[@IvysPoison1987]

I love having huntsmans around my house. They keep the venomous spiders at bay. Australia has some wicked spiders. The female that live in our house has the leg span of a side plate, she's huge but we also don't have redbacks. As for the venomous thing I'm not sure if its because we have more worrisome venomous spiders here but I've never heard of by incidents with a huntsman

[@joshualaird5303]

I do everything in my power to keep spiders out of my house and you order them in the mail... crazy!

[@adriennebetts6589]

I just got my first tarantula sling 2 weeks ago had a pet huntsman for 2 years it was the biggest one I have ever seen I found it in my house I usually just put them outside this one was really friendly usually they try to bolt or give you a threatening pose but this one just gradually crawled into the container so I kept it as a pet. I use to grab it out of its tank all the time never once tryed to bite me or give me a threatening pose . It passed away about 6 years rip big boy

[@montythecat9935]

Maybe u should do puffball and snowchu. And for the huntsman it should be Sprooly

[@Hellennewtospiders]

How about snow frost and snow flake? I think mega cute and fitting coming from NYC in Dec. Awesome video as usual x

[@paigewinger8963]

Huntsman = Artemis You are a very brave soul to have all those spiders in your home!! Love the video!

[@courtneyjohnson7341]

Love the new babies! I like Winter, snowflake or frosty for names lol

[@aylaburkett6314]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year's.

[@2Shanez516]

Frosty for the Male ⛄️ Elsa for the Female ❄️

[@joegrossman5073]

Name the two spiders BLIZZARD and FREEZE. Love your videos keep up the hard work.

[@051adam]

Happy holidays tarantula kat family and community!!

[@bloodfun2585]

for the snow related names maybe frost arctic tundra zero snowflake freeze winter chill chilly or flake?

[@jessicagutowski1271]

The Countess. Like Countess Elizabeth Bathory. She’s a beautiful specimen and GIANT!

[@bribrikieffer733]

So beautiful!! Name suggestions for Whites- Blizzard, Flurry, Snowflake, Frosty!!! :P

[@tanglefoot9674]

I love your spider enclosures.

[@TarantulaswithShanti]

Enjoyed your video Kat!

[@kristenk430]

Makes me feel a bit better about still being a bit spooked by spiders, but also really liking them and wanting one 😊

[@DMOptionalboss]

I am a Floridian and Huntsmen are my favorite genera of spiders. Huntsmen are generally more or less venomous depending on what they eat in their habitat. If they are a prolific frog-eater species or generally focusing on chordates as prey items, their venom tends to be more "medically significant." That's a hard thing to define, though. I've never heard of someone dying from a huntsmen bite, but I do know people who had boatloads of pain from their bite, even temporary localized paralysis of an arm. It's not "medically significant" as much as it is probably one of the most painful things to happen to you in your life. Other arboreal spiders closely related to them are known to have some pretty unique venom cocktails that so some scary things as well. Again, I've never known anyone to die from one of these. They are highly effective at taking down things people don't think to feed spiders, though. Despite those fangs, they don't often do hard-bodied prey like lantern roaches or beetles. I recommend soft-bodied prey, Kat. Those silkworms, hornworms, and occasionally pinkies might interest her. In the wild, they do eat tiny lizards and frogs and one of the thousand varieties of katydids. The larger huntsmen species are known to even eat birds that are much bigger than them. Huntsmen don't have the greatest vision, like your wolf spiders have great vision. They are extremely sensitive to tactile vibrations. I would put this spider someplace without much "white noise" or noise pollution in your house, nowhere near the air conditioner or heat exchange vents. If they can't hunt by vibration, they won't eat. You'll get them to bite prey defensively, but they will just leave it there if they didn't know it was food first. This is a spider I'd put in a much larger vertical arboreal setup than you'd think to use. One with front-facing doors. I won't name brands. If your spider makes a web, it's an egg sac web. They are really good at hiding their sacs under bark and such, but the web is kind of like... a prepared space to weave the sac. Females generally die after hatching a clutch, though. Sorry. If she's gravid, you'll probably have her for a month or less after she clutches. Good news, though, their young are slightly more hardy than most slings and you'll probably get quite a few keepers out of it. I think you have the skills to make her a success for you. You might even fall in love with them.

[@gregwilliams853]

Huntsman spider, aka the banana spider since being transplanted around the world in bunches of bananas has made them quite cosmopolitan. They’re scary looking but their bite may give you a headache and a touch of nausea but not fatal unless you’re allergic to it. The bite is no where near as bad as your black widow’s is.

[@mcintoshwildlifeart]

lol That huntsman isn't huge. My sister once had one the size of a small dinner plate (when he was flattened). And that can scare the dickens out of you when they land on your head if you scare them and they are above a doorway! (Australia)

[@znate6730]

I like your terrarium, where do you get it? Thanks, cool video 🤟

[@tonycardone990]

Beautiful huntsman. I haven't kept them in over 30 years but maybe I'll start a new small collection again someday soon.

[@ChunkyKitKat87]

10:08 Excuse you? Think you are doing lol. We leave the spiders alone...Great pest service

[@joancottam6956]

Can You do a video on just your wolf spiders, and the different kinds of them

[@venator7251]

Oh? Barylestis! I have B. scutatus. Very pretty! And shes pretty chill and only eats butterflies 😅

[@australianamigagazette8313]

Hi Kat, Looking for some recommendations. I have some Giant burrowing cockroaches. They spend most of the day in their burrow. I want to set a camera on the outside of their tank to look into their burrow. The camera needs to do macro as the focal point will be short and it will need to be night vision. Do you have any experience with such a camera and can recommend a model?

[@richardbriansmith8562]

Awesome Video Tarantula Kat and I hope you are well Tarantula Kat 😊

[@Glossyvixen]

Could you do a video on why they need to be in separate enclosures or tell us which types can cohabitate? Maybe you have but I missed it. Surprised the jumping spiders dont mingle!

[@mre912]

That enclosure they shipped her in is where she would have stayed 😅 great video Kat

[@Marymooau]

I have those two genus of huntsman making my house a regular home. They are super cool and I love them :-). I’m in Australia 🇦🇺

[@evie-sumckenna-groom480]

What huntsman is it I have a David Bowie and beware huntsman either eat or not mine hasn't eaten though yet and I've had for a good 5-8months

[@christinabodah1711]

We have those spiders here in Florida ( Huntsman).

[@GNZA_Jelly_Baby]

This video was so enjoyable 😂😂😂

[@flauscheballchen2855]

How ist that with spiders orbweavers(?) i think its called xD they make these big nets can you keep spiders like that? Because i can imagine its not that easy when they need space to build there net.

[@garymarr9527]

Great review kat from England 😊

[@Rat2rrj]

Slurry, avalanche (avie), slush for the male maybe?

[@alaynamae4671]

You could name them north and south!! So cute and snowy

[@sieglindedeboer6408]

So that means the wolf spider that I saw on the ceiling last summer right before I left for my vacation is still here somewhere. Nice.

[@tylerpalombi7081]

If that bad lady drops a sack, I'd gladly take one or two. Most of my huntsman are old enough that they're on their way out soon. I also have a few hierodula membranacea if that peaks your interest at all. They're leftover from my last oothe and I'm just either giving some to people I like, or going to raise them myself but I already have so many other mantids haha.

[@staceynewychick]

In Australia.. that is a baby huntsman lol

[@emilyknott4838]

So im driving myself crazy i like in utah and i began keeping jumping spiders. Most of the ones that I caught were little tiny babies and molted a few times so they got to be pretty decent size. It was just this spring/summer I collected them. Ive been having so such fun Just recently as the weather changed and got colder they all died like a new one died every day and maybe have two they’re still alive at like 20 what happened?

[@arimeowww]

i think for the boy wolf, Frost is a handsome/cute snowy name :D or for the girl too, it sounds both pretty and handsome tbh lol

[@CKSBoltaction]

In aus they are sent in much better packages. I could be wrong though I doubt it, but she looks to be dying... She didn't have the strenght to rear up, hence turning and fangs out and the sluggishness of her.. I'd say she was slammed into the top of the container... and the poop looked to me to be guts. I hope I'm wrong though.

[@Funnyhorse777]

Please read this: In grade 4 I was obsessed with spiders (still am) and we were on a bathroom break. I walked into the bathroom and all my friends were telling me there was a huge spider in the bathroom. I still am not sure if it was a brown recluse or a huntsman. so I did what came natural to me. I picked it up. Keep in mind, this spider was half as big as my hand. I walked out and it jumped off. A teacher was freaking out about it and smashed him. His spirit still lives in those halls.

[@tracyagee4585]

I would name that huntsman Arethar (Franklin) sounds like you have R-E-S-P-E-C-T for her! At least that is the song I could hear in my mind. That is awesome though!

[@FroschkeuleTv]

10:15 Why are you so afraid? You have spiders that are much faster and more dangerous. 🤣😂 I love your collection of spiders. If I weren't from Germany, I would love to get to know you and see your collection.

[@amyasawesomeasalways]

It looks sort of like the scorpion spider we have here in South Africa

[@DarrenAndOzzy]

I think I know where you got those tiny amanita mushroom decs ;)

[@hollowcrusader2106]

Love your Fall Out Boy Sweatshirt :)

[@Kiefer3262]

Avalanche and Blizzard would be a cute names for the wolf spider!

[@coldcountess]

Claudia from Interviw with a Vampire, she was a scary little vamp !!

[@Conweighpitty]

Elsa and Olaf would be fun names for them. Snow themed but subtle.

[@crazybuglady]

Omg, keep that thing securely locked... I'd call it Thing

[@dethsightgaming]

just the way you said " *gasp* scary!" had me rolling lol

[@DerekEklund]

"Let's just hope for that" -The arboreal keeper mantra