Hatsujima III

Given that some may view this blog with teeny screens, I apologize in advance for the camouflage. Forcing my auto-zoom camera to focus correctly on these giant spiders was difficult. You could walk down a path and nearly march into the large web woven on an adjacent bush.

The spiders on Hatsujima were at least one inch (two inches in some cases), and ferocious observing their leftovers spun into the web. Having grown up in relatively developed suburbs, we didn't have snakes or scary insects. This is the closest I have been to a spider in the wild this size.

No joke: Just looking at them too long made me short of breath.