This close-up shot
was reportedly taken on May 5th inside of a
residential building in Shijiazhuang (石家庄), the capital city of Hebei
Province neighbouring the national capital
Beijing.
The Hebei Youth
reports that spidrer is about four to five mm
in length, with its head and feet in pale
green, and its tummy in white colour. The
pattern that resembles a human face is on its
back.
According to the
report, man faced spiders have also been
found in other parts of China, including
Shandong, Guangxi, Zhejiang, Henan, Sichuan,
Inner Mongolia, Shanghai and Xinjiang.
Although in most
cases a human faced pattern is observed on a
spider's back, sometime it could be on the
belly. And the aesthetic quality of those
patterns can differ greatly: some look like a
bald guy, others may have an appeal of a
pretty young girl, or remind you of a
terra-cotta warrior, and still others would
be so urgly that are more akin to monsters
and devils than humans.
Some local experts
say these spider-men are non-poisonous and
produce no silk but make a living by hunting
bees in flowers.
We know they are not
really men, but then, are they even spiders
if they build no web and cast no net?
