By Ashlea Knickel For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 21:14 EST, 23 December 2021 | Updated: 21:54 EST, 23 December 2021

A huge huntsman spider gave a farming family a fright when it crawled out of their child's school shoe.

The Western Australian family was shocked when they discovered a large spider hiding in their son's school shoe on Tuesday.

Ruth Tinley shared her video on Friday that shows the slinky spider emerging from the shoe.

A Western Australian family was shocked when they discovered a large spider hiding in their son's school shoe on Tuesday

Squeals could be heard as the spider pushed itself out of the shoe and revealed its impressive size.  

The huntsman spider prefers to live in small spaces and is known for hiding out in shoes throughout Australia.

Although the spider is not considered 'dangerous' their bite can be very painful and cause a lot of swelling to the site. 

Ruth said the family is used to 'creepy crawlies' coming out of the bush since they live on a farm but the spider managed to raise alarm.

The family said they are used to 'creepy crawlies' coming out of the bush since they live on a farm but the spider managed to raise alarm

'Creepy crawlies are always coming in from the bush,' she said.

'We stumbled across this huge huntsman spider in our shed and it gave (us) quite a scare.'

She also reassured viewers that the children are well trained in checking their shoes before they put them on to avoid spider bites.

'We store our shoes outside and the kids all know to check their shoes before putting them on!,' she said. 

Huntsman spiders are large, long-legged spiders. They are mostly grey to brown, sometimes with banded legs.

The banded huntsman is one of the largest in Australia.

They are found in the warmer parts of eastern Australia, and range from NSW to Queensland.

They are commonly found living under loose bark on trees, in crevices on rock walls and in logs, under rocks and slabs of bark on the ground, and on foliage.

Huntsman spiders of many species sometimes enter houses. They are also notorious for entering cars, and being found hiding behind sun visors or running across the dashboard.

These spiders are extremely fast, and have the ability to run sideways and squeeze into very narrow crevices.

Direct handling is not recommended. Although these spiders are not dangerously venomous and are quite timid, adults do have large fangs and could give a painful bite.

If you need to transfer them, they can be easily guided into a jar or plastic container.

The comments below have not been moderated.

The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.

By posting your comment you agree to our house rules.

Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline?

Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual.

Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline?

Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual

We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook.

You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.

Published by Associated Newspapers Ltd

Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group