tendance
Number 2
the Hercules baboon spider with legs that span an
unbelievable eight inches the Hercules baboon
spider is reportedly the biggest and heaviest spider
in the world in fact the size of this massive spider
rivals both the Huntsman and the Goliath birdeater
two of the world’s other biggest arachnids but unlike
the Huntsman and the Goliath birdeater the Hercules
baboon spider is very rare in fact it is so rare that
there is only one known specimen in existence
furthermore, the Hercules baboon spider hasn’t
been seen in the wild since 1900 this doesn’t
necessarily mean it’s extinct though it may just
be very elusive the Hercules baboon spider is often
mistaken for a king baboon spider as they share
several similarities and sometimes king baboon
spiders are sold under the guise of a Hercules
baboon spider but the Hercules baboon spider
which is native to Nigeria is nowhere in captivity
it is in the tarantula family and is often called
the rarest tarantula in the world, however, because
it is so rare not much is known about this behemoth
spider other than the fact that it’s enormous it’s
usually brown or black and it might or might not
be extinct
Number 1
the bracken bat cave mesh weaver the securing
of the knee more commonly known as the bracken
bat cave mesh Weaver is not only rare the actual
status of its species is currently unknown there
have only ever been two specimens of the species
collected but one of the specimens has been lost
the spider is native to Bracken Texas it lives entirely
underground and in a very specific habitat one was
found in 2012 workers on a construction site noticed
a strange spider so they stopped working the spider
was found in a 6-foot deep hole which was its habitat
the rare find caused construction to come to a halt
which was no small feat as they were breaking
ground on a 15 million dollar project the mesh
Weaver which is eyeless and around the size of a
dime was gathered by biologists no one had seen
this species of the spider for nearly three decades
because the caves these spiders live in had all been
filled in or polluted but biologists were convinced
that it was only one of the many other blind spiders
native to the region so they killed the spider to run
tests it was only after its death that biologists
confirmed that it was in fact a Bracken Batcave
mesh weaver there has not been another one seen
since and scientists fear that these eyeless spiders
may now be extinct the fact that the bracken Batcave
spider may no longer exist makes it one of the rarest
spiders in the world which is why it has earned
the top spot on this list of top ten rarest spiders thank you
