House spider, Tegenaria species

Update: it seems this could be Tegenaria saeva, T. duellica, or a hybrid of those species, and likely is a male.

[From a brief look online I had reckoned this was T. domestica, judging from its appearance. Its size is unexpectedly large for this species and would better suit T. duellica (T. gigantea is a later synonym), so I thought ' just a big Tegenaria domestica'.]

In any case it is commonly called a house spider.

This was the first of four spiders that I saw and photographed or videoed today, all within a few hours.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• tegenaria
• domestica
• duellica
• gigantea
• spider
• arachnid

[shaolinfingajab]

It is a Male... you can tell because of the palps in front of the front legs.. they are its sex organs..

[bigboy45454545]

I had one of those as a pet in a jar. Charlotte lived almost three years. Throw an insect in and turn on the Jaws music. Great fun. She laid eggs somehow with one B/F to be found. They hatched into little guys so I was forced to drown the little guys. She lived for another year.

[sikstyn]

peknej....-.

[britelite2657]

one of those critters was on my neck in bed and when i tried to grab it it darted off and ran right inside my flippin ear hole right inside lol.

[qeipzcvbm]

normally i am afraid of spiders, but i found the second one funny because its back looked like a peanut shell. ike a peanut with legs.

[KawaiiKemonomimi]

You are right about it being a male. I have a mature male T.gigantea I got from an arachnid forum.