I’ve finally found out what kind of spider that lives in my apartment. It’s called a Brown Huntsman Spider (Heteropoda venatoria). I really didn’t research on it. I just read it in a book about keeping tarantulas as a pet while waiting for Resie at the National Bookstore. There is this part in the book about tarantula look alikes and I saw one look-alike on the book that matches the one in my apartment. So I did a little bit or research to verify this, and when I say little, I just visited Wikipedia about it.

I know that seeing a spider this big (with a legspan of 5-6 inches) will really give you a scare. but is it dangerous? The answer is: NO! Here’s what Wikipedia says:

“In general, Huntsman spiders are not regarded as dangerous, and can be considered beneficial because they feed on insects (Many Australians will relocate Huntsmen to the garden rather than kill them).”

“Brown huntsmen are welcomed in many homes as they feed on pests such as cockroaches and silverfish.”

So I just let those spiders go around the apartment and surprisingly, there aren’t any roaches and other crawling insects. Hopefully this information would be helpful in case you see one and let it live an eat roaches instead of kill it for it’s horrendous look.

By the way, one brown huntsman spider lurks in my girlfriends house. It actually tried to bit me when I poked it. Hahaha! There are no roaches in my apartment. Don’t kill it, it’s a natural anti-roach.

Can someone help me identify this spider? He/She lives in my apartment before I moved in. He/she is really big! When I was a kid, I normally play with Daddy Long Legs and the common spiders found in the houses here in the Philippines. Most of the time, I play with the spiders and compete with the other kids so normally I am not scared of spiders. Except for this one, it’s huge and I am not even sure if it’s poisonous!
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Why post something about BENECO’s office hours? Well… here’s what happened. I just got out from work around 5:30pm and it was the last day of payment for my electric bill or it’ll be overdue. I didn’t know what time will they be closed. So I hurried back to my apartment to get the bill’s receipt and zoomed to the nearest BENECO collection center, which is near Baguio City’s City Lights.

I don’t know the name of the street… anyway… the collection center is not part of my Baguio. My Baguio, the only places I had gone to, is Trancoville, Aurora Hill, Bonifacio Street, Session Road, Harrison, Nevada Square and PEZA. I have to ride any jeep going up Session Road and get off near Baguio City Cathedral and have to walk down hill from Upper Bonifacio Street to get to the collection center. I have to walk runningly because it’s starting to rain. It’s not just a drizzle! It was like a huge drops of water falling from the darkened cloudy twilight sky. Read the rest of this entry »