*Warning- contains picture of spider* To be frozen in fear and awe all at the same time!!

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I was folding laundry in my bedroom and this chap fell out, across my wrist and onto the floor.

I'm thinking of ways to catch it safely without hurting its legs. Normally I'd put it in my hands and out the window. Not happening this time!

Does anyone know what type of spider this is?

And did I say, HELP!!!!

Horror films play in that leg thing - John carpenters "the thing" when that blokes head stretches of the morgue gurney and grows legs .....🙈

I found one like that, in my shoe that I'd put on barefoot to pop out to the garden. I don't know who was more horrified. It didn't bite me, I just felt it tickling my toes.

Somethings else I always think they'll feel kinda crusty ? Dunno why 🤷🏻‍♀️.
I can handle tarantulas - but they're more like mice with lots of legs plus their slow ....

You don’t swallow spiders when you yawn, or in your sleep. It’s a common myth.The actual amount of spiders you swallow is zero.

ooh bitchy, I like it.

Its a genuine question though, I want to understand why so many people are scared of spiders, it interests me.

Not sure what thread I pissed you off on but if you want to PM me with your grievences I'll happy reply :)

I caught one the other day. He was too big for the cup. I had to get a pint glass and even then he needed to pull his legs up to fit in (or lose a leg. His choice, I was not messing!)

He sat in his glass prison, glaring at me, giving me the stink eye all day (DH aka beast removals expert was due home at 8pm) but by dinner time the cat was trying to release him for what I can only imagine would be a gladiator style fight to the death in the arena of my living room.

A stiff drink later and locking the unhelpful feline in the bathroom, and with the help of a ripped up cardboard box I managed to wrangle the monster outside.

@CaptainFlubby

I know. Guess you can’t argue with stupid.

Honestly I know that, I was just being silly

It looks like a Giant House Spider (as others have said). The males come inside at this time of the year, looking for mates. You'll be safe, unless you have eight legs, eight eyes and live in a web.

You do know it will be a HOMING SPIDER!

I heard one running across my living room floor last year. I thought it was the cat or something. Do they wear boots?!?!
I miss my country cottage. Full to the brim of quiet, calm cellar spiders who barely moved anywhere and never saw a single fat bodied fucker in all the time we lived there.

I woke up to one of these on my left boob this morning. I think the whole street heard me screeching. After my blood pressure had returned to normal I found it in my bed and caught it in a Pyrex jug. Currently in bed with the hoover next to me (just in case!)

I was sat on the toilet the other evening and a big spider ran over my shoulder from my back ! not that size thank fuck

He or she, is now safely in our back garden. The speed they move at is immense and bloody scary.

I do agree that the fear response is almost a compulsion. I jumped as it ran in different directions, even though it was running from me not towards me.

For those that asked for a size comparison, my apologies. I didn't see these requests until after I'd set my landlord free.
My 8 year old was so close in terms of studying the creature that I could actually have got a comparison shot in relation to her head and she has a big head!

Those saying kill it, I just couldn't. I don't believe I have the right to do that and other than staring at us, the spider was causing no harm.

Cannot get over the sheer size of it and once it was in the box, the thudding as it ran!

Holy shit. I'm not scared of spiders but that is Not Ok.

Oh they are early his year

house spider 😊

had two already here so far which I have vacated from bedrooms

pint glass job!

I wouldn’t say I have a phobia as such but anything above 10 pence size make my skin crawl and induce slight panic !

It’s a Wolf Spider. They are sprinters-they don’t make a traditional web, they race down their prey.

Wow that’s a big one.

Heres a photo of my pet spider. He’s called Artemis though we’ve shortened it down to Artie since we discovered he was male

Made me lol!

Good job op!

thats really lovely to see and it will be fine outside at this time of yerar (till it makes its way back )

Your dd needs a good well done too! Thank you for not killing her (the spider not your dd)

I don't know what it is but I found a doppelgänger in my en suite. Toothbrush for scale.

You have a jumping spider pet? They are awesome!

It's beautiful! Her name is Florence....

OMG It’s on me isn’t it!! OMfG it’s crawling down my arm!! SOMeBODY HELP!!!

Massive arachnophobe here, but luckily we live in a fourth floor flat in a building with lime in the brickwork, apparently they don’t like it. We never get them.

bet we bloody get one now I’ve said that

it is 100% not a wolf spider