The spiders, whose bodies grow to almost an inch, give a painful and potentially fatal bite.

It also contains myotoxins and hemotoxins it can easily give a fatal bite.

Adults are large and capable of delivering a painful and potentially fatal bite.

However, caution should be exercised and a safe distance maintained as it can inflict a potentially fatal bite.

The spider quickly envelops its prey with silk and then inflicts the fatal bite.