A man has photographed a terrifying-looking spider which many claim looks like Aragog from the Harry Potter series.
The eight-legged wolf spider was spotted hiding beneath some twigs in a garden in Sydney, Australia, MailOnline reports.
The finder of the spider originally posted the image on Reddit, asking if anyone knew what it was.
Some people compared it to Aragog – Hagrid’s giant spider in the Harry Potter series.
‘Isn’t that the spider from Harry Potter?’ someone asked.
‘Aragog, my old friend,’ another said in reference to a quote from the book.
Thankfully the wolf spider isn’t quite the same horrifying size as Aragog – they grow up to around 2 inches in length.
Wolf spiders are common throughout Australia in dry shrubs woodlands, wet coastal forests and alpine meadows. They are often also found in people’s gardens.
They are called wolf spiders because they actively hunt and run down their prey such as crickets, other spiders, ants, grasshoppers before devouring them.
Wolf spider bites are not lethal to humans but they are poisonous. The spiders aren’t aggressive but will bite if provoked so are considered dangerous to humans.
People are recommended to seek medical advice if bitten by one, even if the pain and itchiness isn’t that bad.
Instead of spinning traditional webs, wolf spiders create a burrow in the ground and line it with silk, and cover it with leaf litter.
They can live for up to two years.
It boasts eye eights in three rows, with the smaller eyes at the front and the four largest on the head in the shape of a square.
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