Anyone know anything about spiders?

[monkeytrousers]

There are two spiders who live in our front and back gardens, like sentrys. I'm sure our bathroom window never see's the window cleaners shammy because of it. They're brown with stripy legs and a white zig zag pattern on they're seriously huge abdomen. About 50p piece across, maybe a bit bigger but really bulky (and scary).

Have they escaped from my bananas?

they are the guardians of your house - dream catchers and weavers. Don´t touch them they may wrap you up in their web and eat you when done.

Have you googled any pictures of spiders or perhaps the local library might have some excellent books on Arachno. Pity your ds is not older he would love it !

Hmmm Id say that sounds like the getthefeckoutofthere spider....!!! Not liking the sound of those at all - do you live in Scotland? If so Im moving....!

They could be Wolf spiders. Native to britain, pretty common in gardens & completely harmless (aprt from the scare-the-living-crap-out-of-you way).

looked on the net. wolf spiders looked hairy, these aren't

My 21 month ds has just learnt about spiders as there was a mama in our front room the other night.DH was scared to crap and muggins here had to trap it under a dish.

He now calls any type of fly,insect,"PIDER! PIDER!"-deffo got the heebeejeebee's off dh about them, as has a big look of shock on his boat!

Think he would run a mile at yours!

I let DD watch Bugs Life, so now we have Pider, Fry and anything else is "bug" - bug drives me nuts.

I like the idea of them beign your guardians.

did someone call?

Are they anything like this

i know something about spiders

they scare the living hell out of me does that help you any

DIT, I am also the spider catcher in our house - my big hairy macho hubby is scared to death of them - also, he calls them 'whimseys'??????? wtf! Its a family thing apparently. Still gets him out of clearing garage/shed out etc .

Have to say dd 21 mnths loves spiders which is a good thing as we ahve one of these in our front room. You are all welcome to pop by and say hello to her if you like

Araneus diadematus or Larinioides sclopetarius I think Tarantula. The one in the back garden is bigger than the one in the front. And they are massive!

But not as big as yours!

Not quite as big no but very pretty all the same. and great for keeping the flys and other insects away.

This it? If so its a garden or diadem spider

its a genetic experiment escapee - watch out spidertrousers

Here's a link to a blurry photo. Even my camera doesn't want to get too close!

enter yea arachnophobe at your peril

You don't but your bananas from Tesco at Kingston Park do you?

I do!!!!!

Why?? Has there been an alert??

Seriously, do you really?????

I'm trying to find the leaflet we were given.

I really do! Are you from Newcastle too?

I might do, but I'm not coming anywhere near you if that spider is what I think it is.

I'm looking for this leaflet...Didn't you get one the last time you were there?