10 inch spider near Mexico City

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Four years ago I found a spider so big that I'll never forget. Unfortunately I don't have a picture but I guess there isn't a lot of big spiders in Mexico. So here are some things I remember:

It wasn't a brown spider, I think it had red legs with some parts black and others white.
Its legs were skinny and very long
The main body was tiny compered with the spam of its legs.
I found it at noon, after I moved to my new house. Unfortunately it wasn't moving when I found it
The spider didn't have any visibly hair.

That's all I can remember. I know that this may be impossible but I don't know what else to do.

DeltaEnfieldWaid · Answer

Sounds like a Mexican Red Knee Tarantula. they are kept as pets. not dangerous except for irritant hairs which they can project and which can get into eyes.

https://www.google.com/search?q=mexican+red+knee&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiJlvWuyvLgAhULlhQKHbfrD3IQ_AUIDigB&biw=1431&bih=734&dpr=1.65

Praearcturus · Answer

It almost definitely wasn't 10 inches, but there are some pretty big spiders in Mexico. There is a species of spitting spider with a 9 inch legspan but it lives in South America not Mexico.
Scytodes globula

The cellar spider has a legspan of up to 3.6 inches and a comparatively small body with long skinny legs and no visible hair, but I can't see how that would be confused for 10 inches.
Pholcus phalangioides

The giant crab spider fits that description to some degree. It has a legspan of up to 4 inches.
Heteropoda venatoria

The golden silk spider is very large with long skinny orange and red legs.
Trichonephila clavipes

10 inch spider near Mexico City

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