Look away... now! Terrifying moment a pest controller finds HUGE huntsman spider and hundreds of her babies in a roof - before the sac bursts and they scamper all over

  • Pest controller Noel Parminter discovered a huntsman spider family in a roof
  • Footage shows the huge mother keeping a close watch over her hatchlings
  • He was doing a termite inspection at the home in Queensland's Kholo
  • The veteran said the mother was the biggest arachnid he had encountered 

By Nelson Groom for Daily Mail Australia

Published: 11:29 EDT, 12 March 2017 | Updated: 12:33 EDT, 12 March 2017

It could be a scene in a horror film: you’re trapped in a dark, confined space where hundreds of spiders are scrambling in all directions.

But it's all in a day’s work for pest controller Noel Parminter, who stumbled upon a harrowing huntsman family in the roof of a Kholo home in Queensland.

Footage of the nasty surprise shows the mammoth mother spider keeping a close watch over her hatchlings as they clamber out of their nest.

A mammoth huntsman spider discovered by a pest controller in a roof in Queensland 

A mammoth huntsman spider discovered by a pest controller in a roof in Queensland 

The Queensland veteran said it was the biggest arachnid he had encountered in his 16-year-career, estimating she measured in at about 20cm.

‘If spiders make you squeamish, don't press play ... you have been warned!’ he wrote on Facebook.

But it seems many didn’t heed his advice, with commenters vowing they would rather burn down their house than face the eight-legged intruders.

‘There's no way. I’d just burn the place down. Now I'll have nightmares.'

‘Omg that makes me want to vomit!! That's like some seriously scary spider movie s**t!’ wrote another.

The bite of a huntsman isn't dangerous to humans – it’s their fearsome appearance, and knack for crawling out of car dashboards, that’s the real concern.

Noel Parminter stumbled upon a harrowing huntsman family during a  termite inspection

Social media commenters vowed they would rather burn down their house than face the eight-legged intruders

Social media commenters vowed they would rather burn down their house than face the eight-legged intruders

Noel Parminter said it was the biggest arachnid he had encountered in his 16-year career

Noel Parminter said it was the biggest arachnid he had encountered in his 16-year career

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