Featured Eeek.... My new friend is... A terrifying huge spider!

Beware, arachnophobics!

Here is my latest addition to my jewelry critters hoard

Bought on French Ebay.

8 centimeters (3 inches) wide.

Unmarked silver with gold plaques highlights, its only flaw is a slight bump on the body.

Very realistic (as far I can say, lol), even carved hairs on its legs!!!

 

For sure it looks real!

(you mean it isn't?)

 

The only similar construction I saw is this one, tiny and broken, French Ebay too, so I suspect both are French made, during end of 19th/beginning of 20th century:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/BROCHE-ANCIENNE-EN-ARGENT-REHAUSSEE-DOR-ARAIGNEE/202520160249

 

It is gorgeous, kyra.

 

Ha, if it was a real living one, I'd be running away, screaming

 

That would be my guess too. Are you sure you don't need that one as a little friend for yours?

 

Sure! Too much damages for the price

 

I realize I must share my last kyratisations, there are some friends for Spidy the spider

 

It is exquisite!

 

Awww, Nooo... It is HUUGE and FRIGHTENING Thanks for your kind , exquisite word!

 

I'm not the least bit scared of spiders. . .I'll stick with exquisite.

Now a bat, in the house, would be a different story!

 

I love bats! Even in the house, it happened one night, I let the window open, closed the bedroom door and the poor thing found its way out alone

Another story was the huge night moth who wanted to sleep with me when hubby wasn't home for one week...

I sprayed insecticid...

Wait outside the room peeping by the nearly closed door until the beast seemed dead on the floor...

Came in with a bowl in the intention of covering it...

As I bent towards the "corpse" it resurrected and flied toward my face

I threw the bowl away, screamed loud and.... Ended the night in the other bedroom

 

I love bats and spiders. Not overly fond of slugs. The bastards eat my plants.

 

Great detail on your spider. In my part of the U.S. it would be called a "Daddy Long Legs"

 

Love this name!

 

Bats are just fine outside. I've had way too many up-close-and-personal encounters indoors with them. Slept in my car one night because of a bat. . .left my mother alone in the house with it. . .I was in my 20s.

Now snakes. . .well let's just leave it at they scare the HELL out of me!

 

Batphobia... I can understand
For herpetophobia... would you be afraid of this smiling buddy?

 

I snake has to be alive to scare me.

 

I won't touch any real insect even dead, even a butterfly