Terrifying moment Australian driver finds a huge spider hiding under his car door handle

‘This is the worst nightmare of anyone living in Australia’: Terrifying moment driver finds a huge huntsman spider hiding under his car door handle

Australian man filmed ‘worst nightmare’ finding spider hiding car door handle
TikTok user Lachie posted video that has been watched more than 50,000 times
He labelled the video ‘this is the worst nightmare of anyone living in Australia’

By Sam McPhee For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 22:59 EDT, 20 April 2021 | Updated: 22:59 EDT, 20 April 2021

An Australian man has filmed his ‘worst nightmare’ finding a huge spider hiding under his car door handle.

A man named Lachie posted the footage to his TikTok account, peering under the handle to find a massive huntsman perched on his car.

‘This is the worst nightmare of anyone living in Australia,’ he captioned the video.

An Australian man has filmed his ‘worst nightmare’ after finding a huge spider hiding under his car door handle

Are not venomous

Are not dangerous to humans even though they look scary

Live for more than two years

Are sometimes called ‘tarantulas’ even though they are not related to the South American tarantula

Eat cockroaches and insects

Are timid and like to hide in dark crevices of bark or rocks

Are genuinely frightened of you

The TikTok clip has been viewed nearly 50,000 times since being posted on Friday with more than 2,000 comments.

The large huntsman can be seen with its legs spread across the car directly below the handle, looking down on the man as he peers underneath.

‘I’d just sell the car,’ one user replied.

‘This is my worst nightmare and I’m not living in Australia,’ another TikTok commenter said.

‘The car is theirs now, sorry bro,’ said another viewer.

Huntsman spiders are extremely common across Australia and despite possessing a painful bite their are not venomous and cannot kill a human.