We are the Stuarts (formerly of Imperial) now residing in Okinawa, Japan.

This blog started from a desire to bridge the miles as we were preparing to leave the USA for 3+ years. It has turned into much more. It's part travel diary, part personal reflection, part "sociology of military life" and part mommy-blog. We hope you read something here that is interesting to you (or at least not a total waste of your time).

Sunday, September 27, 2009

A Spider the Size of Your Face


Jake spotted the hugest spider I've ever seen at the base of Habu Hill. I guess it's a pretty common spider, but I hadn't seen one in real life before.



Can you spot it up in the trees above Jake?



Probably not...so I'd better zoom in for you.



Trouble is, from this view point, you really can't appreciate the size of it. What do you have to measure the scale?



Let me help you with that. If you can't judge it's size against the branches of the tree, imagine your face right behind the web. Now imagine the legs wrapping around your chin and extending to your forehead. Yep...it's that big. I will NEVER enter Habu hill in darkness. EVER!

3 comments:

Marsha said...

That seriously gives me the creeps!! I wouldn't have slept for days.

Gina said...

We get a wide variety of spiders here in Australia but your one wins! Hands down!!!

Living in oblivion said...

Our kids played there alot and beleive it or not, but there are ones the size of large hub caps in there! Yeah, could not imagine running thru there at night time!!!