Origins: Just a glimpse of this photograph showing a huge Angolan witch spider — said to be so large that it preys on dogs and cats and requires several bullets to kill — is enough to send arachnophobes scrambling for a safe place to hide.
No need to worry, though; this image just a bit of digital fakery. There is no species of arachnid known as an "Angolan witch spider," and even the world's largest spiders aren't nearly as big as the one pictured above. The largest known spider species have a legspan of no more than about 12 inches and in repose will generally fit into the hand of an adult human male.
Arist Paul Santa Maria sent us a copy of the original photograph of a wolf spider which he used in creating the image displayed above:
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