Info regarding chicken eating spider .Pamphobeteus

[Rich.Harrington]

Just been watching a program about these T's tonight and tried to google them without any luck other than things talking about the program I had just seen. Has anyone else here seen or heard anything about them? are they a seperate species? can anyone offer any isight about the communial habits of them?

[Nicola Dolby]

Hi Richard,
I don't know much about the Pamphobeteus other than I've seen the documentary as well and if you look under 'committee' on this site you'll find Martin Nicholas, the man who did the documentary (if its the same one as I saw) His e-mail address is there too. Also there is another spider from Australia with similar stories told about it, called Selenotypus plumipes. Look up Steve Nunn's website for more info on this spider. Try "Chicken Spider" on google, some results there too.

[Mark Pennell]

Just been watching a program about these T's tonight and tried to google them without any luck other than things talking about the program I had just seen. Has anyone else here seen or heard anything about them? are they a seperate species? can anyone offer any isight about the communial habits of them?

Rich
Look no further http://www.thebts.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=1632
lots of pictures of this legendary beast


Mark

[Johanna Turner]

Wow!


Thought it was a joke when I saw the phrase 'Chicken eating spider' how did it get that tag?


What a beast!