What spider is this? 😩

[Okmama]

I’m not into killing things (even spiders), but after reading an article this week about false widows & the issues that a bite from one can cause I’ve been a bit panicky.

Queue this little fella running across my living room floor 😳 Is it a false widow?! AIBU in thinking if I find another I might have to kill it?

I fee all itchy 😐

That’s just a regular old house spider!

Just a normal spider lol nothing to worry about. Please don’t kill it!

Hard to tell with spotty glass.
But if it’s brown, long legged and slightly hairy, it’s a regular house spider. Fall is their mating season so lots of males start running about looking for a female. That’s when you are most likely to surprise them on the stairs or see them run across your carpet. They are fast too.

A false widow is shiny and smaller and also not much to worry about. It has a tan hourglass on its back.

It's your hairy 8 legged little friend that scoffs any nasties you may have lurking.

Let it go!

OP please don’t worry about false widow spider bites. They’re rare and usually no more serious than a bee sting. The freak occurrences of serious injury result from an allergic reaction or a secondary bacterial infection of the bite (which can occur with any type of injury not just a bite).

No, not a false widow, a house spider. Harmless.
The articles about false widows are wildly inaccurate for a start.

False widows have been around in the uk since Victorian times. They are not dangerous.

Yes looks like a house spider to me. News said there are loads this year due to rain and heat levels. I’ve had at least 6 potter over various floors in our house recently. They sod off eventually.

This is an article with pictures
“The Great British spider invasion is well underway in Bristol - here's what to look out for”
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/great-british-spider-invasion-well-3322631

WARNING: Contains spider images - your definitive guide to the spiders likely to be running around your home in the next few weeks

Oh thank god 😂 don’t worry... I set him/her free ages ago! Also genuinely thought that everyone had this severe reaction from a false widow bite ffs 😂... must educate myself further, before having anxiety for a week over killer spider

I actually saw a false widow in our school recently - properly had a skull pattern on its abdomen. It was really interesting! Scariest spider I ever saw in a house I later discovered was a woodlouse eating one - massive, red fangs and legs, with a pale abdomen. But totally harmless... unless you’re a woodlouse.

If you are on twitter, follow British Spiders, they are good At debunking all the nonsense in the press about “spider invasions” etc.

I once opened a kitchen wall cupboard door to find one of those bastard big house spiders on the inside of the door right next to my face. Gave me a right fright. I always check now.