Big Spider

UPDATE: After researching funnel-web spiders, I ran across "Trapdoor Spiders" which is a cousin of the funnel web. Trapdoor spiders are known to inhabit the area where I live, so mystery solved.
There's a great pic in the middle of this page http://www.goodnightstories.com/wildlife/insects/card29.htm and shows a dead ringer for the guy in the video. Thanks for all the suggestions and info!!
This guy turned up on the doorstep so I took a couple of quick shots. Don't know what kind of spider it is, but it was about an inch and a half long.

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• GA
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[TheGodstalkstome]

looks to be a mature male i hope u let it live

[georgiahoosier]

I did indeed. As thick as the insect population is around here I like to encourage as many predators like this guy that I can.

[mommymichelle925]

What I have is not a trap door spider I think. The biggest one I have seen was about maybe 1/2 in body length with thick legs. It looked similar to that but I think what I have start with a P, palmar spider? I can't remember

[georgiahoosier]

Is it one of those hairy little guys that moves with quick, jerky motions? Or the dark reddish brown ones with shiny bodies and legs that seem to always be on the move? We get both around here along with enough other types to keep a spider nut happy forever (southeast Georgia)

[mommymichelle925]

What is this spider called? I think we have been nearly infested with ones that look like this. they keep showing up on my patio. They are the biggest things -I- have ever seen and they never really run when I try to get a closer look.

[georgiahoosier]

He's a "Trapdoor" spider, unpleasant looking but harmless in the US. If you were seeing his cousin from Australia called the "Funnelweb" spider you'd have something poisonous on your hands.

If there's a lot of them then there must be something in abundance that they are eating.

[dynamic21150]

Amazing what a little music can do for a normal video... sweet

[checkoutmymelody180]

@georgiahoosier funnel web spiders are not localized to Australia. The Australian and sydney funnel web are though. this does look like a type of Araneomorph funnel-web spider. but i could be wrong.

[sandstorm0819]

i threw my lap top across the room in the close up

[costablancafan]

it is a male one ? isn't it?

[diddylongdong]

i woulda smashed that shit with a rake

[RelaxingMusic212]

music makes this video awesome :L

[anthonyblyth87]

I'm afraid of spiders. In England they don't get very big at all. I am scared of even the smallest spiders. If I saw this thing in my bath, I would either brick the door and pee outside, or maybe even move house

[GRoseaHelpMe]

funnel web male ?

[ZappaFan101]

The music in this is an excellent choice. It sounds like every cheesy 1950s horror film.

[heydiahrea]

it look very mean

[richbebo]

omg even my pet tarantula aint that big, but mine looks much less horifying