Here is a pic of a spider that a friend took while in the Amazon. He said the body was about the size of a golf ball. Towards the back it was purplish. He was living with the Indians for a few weeks. These people live in the jungle. The Indians said they never seen this type spider before. Scary looking. The Indians told him not to mess with it, they thought it might be very poisonous - how they figured that is unknown. He told me the thing had a thick web and it reminded him of a train trestle the way it was woven. The pic was taken at night with his cell phone.
He knows I respect spiders and asked me to find out more about it. I looked through many spider photos online and could not find anything like it. He may have discovered a new one?
Any ideas?