Battle of the Creepy-Crawlies: Australian Spider And Cockroach Spar

Citizen entomologist Lisa Van Kula Donovan captured the moment her pet tarantula, Ojitos, was forced to retreat after a cockroach fought back against the hungry spider on April 13.

Van Kula Donovan posted the exchange to her Instagram account, quipping that the cockroach “was not having it today.”

“It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog,” she wrote on the post. “My eastern tarantula (Phlogius crassipes) Ojitos got punked, lol.” Credit: Lisa Van Kula Donovan via Storyful