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Can someone tell me what kind of spider this is? Warning photo attached! 😨

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Agghhhh · 02/10/2023 22:19

Is this a house spider? Although to me it looks different 😨any one know what kind of spider this is?!

Can someone tell me what kind of spider this is? Warning photo attached! 😨
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orande · 02/10/2023 22:19

Nope.

vodkaredbullgirl · 02/10/2023 22:20

I bloody huge one lol

truecolour · 02/10/2023 22:20

Omg that’s it, the spider owns the house now

coxesorangepippin · 02/10/2023 22:20

Ahem

Is this in the UK?

OwlBeGone · 02/10/2023 22:20

Yeah it's just a house spider

VerasRaincoat · 02/10/2023 22:20

WTF did I just see! I’m phobic of spiders and that one looks like it means business 🔪 🕷 🩸

HateTheView · 02/10/2023 22:21

I saved the photo and uploaded it to the google app. Apparently it is an Eratigena duellica.

Agghhhh · 02/10/2023 22:21

This was found in the UK, West Midlands, outdoors but I’m thinking not house spider due to it having black legs

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HateTheView · 02/10/2023 22:21

It's quite pretty

Can someone tell me what kind of spider this is? Warning photo attached! 😨
Agghhhh · 02/10/2023 22:22

I always thought house spiders had brown legs, never seen one quite like this one before

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truecolour · 02/10/2023 22:22

Full sympathies they’re awful things. I did think this heatwave would’ve put them off but clearly no

ScrambledSmegs · 02/10/2023 22:23

Common house spider. A beautiful big one too - I'm not too sure (because I need glasses Blush) but I think that's a female.

LoudestRoar · 02/10/2023 22:23

I really think giant and spider have no business being in the same title....

IslaWinds · 02/10/2023 22:27

Yes it’s a female. They grow very big, often twice the size of the males. Usually we only see the males. The females make a nest, usually stay hidden and then this is the season when the smaller males go looking for love.

Agghhhh · 02/10/2023 22:29

Thanks everyone. Definitely the biggest spider I’ve come across!

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DyslexicPoster · 02/10/2023 22:30

Google says giant house spider. Beautiful but unwelcome guest for me.

Direct it towards your neighbours house

Can someone tell me what kind of spider this is? Warning photo attached! 😨
Can someone tell me what kind of spider this is? Warning photo attached! 😨
BumWad · 02/10/2023 22:30

Wowsers it’s a beauty

LNY1986 · 02/10/2023 22:32

I'm off to boil my eyes 😮

egowise · 02/10/2023 22:36

I have a 'pet' giant house spider. I tolerate her existence. Barely. We have an unspoken rule that she doesn't move when I've seen her unless I've left my room.

She never complies.

richteaftw · 02/10/2023 22:43

egowise · 02/10/2023 22:36

I have a 'pet' giant house spider. I tolerate her existence. Barely. We have an unspoken rule that she doesn't move when I've seen her unless I've left my room.

She never complies.

😂😂😂

I remember in one of our flats screaming as I lifted the washing up bowl out and a huge spider jumped on to my sleeve. Thought I'd managed to swish it down the plug hole but it did it to my now DH who also screamed 😂😂

RaininSummer · 02/10/2023 22:52

Blimey. Never seen one like that.

BardRelic · 02/10/2023 22:52

truecolour · 02/10/2023 22:22

Full sympathies they’re awful things. I did think this heatwave would’ve put them off but clearly no

I like them. I have quite a collection in my house. They have some sort of ecosystem going and I leave them to it. That's our deal. I leave them alone, they eat other things that I don't want in the house.

I am in the UK where any native spiders can do very little harm to humans though. I would feel very differently and be much more careful somewhere like Australia.

Somethingweirdisgoingon · 02/10/2023 23:09

That's a McFuckNo spider, it's Latin name is absolutelyfuckingnotius

Agghhhh · 02/10/2023 23:22

@Somethingweirdisgoingon 😂

Oh wow, it’s huge

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