Big common house spider ( TEGENARIA DUELLICA )

Found a massive common house spider in my shed?.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Massive
• british
• common
• house
• spider

[djtommybravo]

dude, you have no idea if that is a Hobo/Brown recluse or a house spider. They are impossible to tell apart without a microscope.  Why would you want to hold one? Not a good choice.

[TheCanalCarpMan]

@djtommybravo oh yes i have got a idea,, luckly for us we dont get hobo/Brown or recluse spiders in great britton,, that is a common house spider.

Yes they do bite, but there fangs are not long or strong anough to penatrate human skin?.

[spiler30]

great footage, great spider! :-)

[TheCanalCarpMan]

@spiler30 thankyou.

[SonFess]

God dam that is one big house spider,, and how nice to put him back where you found him.

[TheCanalCarpMan]

thankyou

[ZYRADIA]

If you want to keep these ugly bastards out of your house, make sure you have all your doors and windows weatherprooofed well, especially the one leading to the garage. Also make sure your drain traps have water in them (some unused tubs and sinks will dry out of water in the trap and these creepy crawlers can go down drain vents on your roof and into your house. Also, make sure you have self closing flaps on all vent fans. Some may be stuck open allowing the big ones to crawl on by.

[ZYRADIA]

@GBRIVORBIGUN ... Don't listen to @goldfish09 , he doesn't know anything.

September and October are spider mating months. This type of spider leaves its floor web and searches for a mate. You can see em crawling all over the inside of a house and outside too.

[goodlifejk]

forget the spider, did you see how hairy this beast of a mans hands and fingers are ?

[vixtro]

This is awesome, we need more people like this good man respecting our helpful UK spiders.

[awferfuksake]

Cool. Like these non aggressive spiders.

[AshilanRulez]

@TheCanalCarpMan They do have fangs big enough to penetrate your skin, and have an agitoxin close to that of a bee sting. How do i know? i got bit on the ass with one, left its fang in my butt. Just be careful not to trap it or it will bite. It got caught in a pair of slacks that i fished back out the washing basket

[Apus100]

It´s a beutiful male -  tegenaria atrica

[WhiteHawkUK]

@xMegaWombat : We have a number of spiders that can give you a nasty bite (think; necrotic tissue and liver damage), as well as mosquitoes, wasps, flies, and numerous other little beasties that are REAL pests. House spiders eat them all.

Irrational fears are for irrational minds. Combating phobia is a matter of self-possession- it's not a disability, and those who treat it as such are weak. They'll be the first against the wall when the spider revolution comes! Viva Arachnida! Kill the humans!

[xMegaWombat]

@WhiteHawkUK I consider the giant house spider and any spider in my home a pest. If anything, I can understand why people hate them here in the UK more as we really do not have any true or dangerous pest species! Some countries have dangerous spiders/insects that are warded off by common house spiders, we do not. And the size of the trigger makes no difference to a phobia sufferer - it is a psychological condition, one that cannot be rationally explained! :)

[FeignofCordor]

In my aunties shed in Liverpool she showed me a spider and i`m not kidding but it was twice that size and I wouldn`t touch it for all the money in the world.

[WhiteHawkUK]

@doddleoddle : Truth is that you really have nothing to worry about. Your average house spider will run, hide, roll-up or stand still if you come too near, and is concerned only with getting away from something that might eat or crush it while it's prowling for a mate. The rest of its time is spent safely tucked into a corner pocket of a thick web. When it comes to despatching other creepy crawlies, including wasps, flies, silverfish, mites, they are perfect bouncers, and eat 'em all. :)

[WhiteHawkUK]

@doddleoddle : The biggest ones might be capable of giving you a nip, but you'd practically have to force the poor little fellow into it- even then, their venom is not potent, and they do not waste it on us.

My father was bitten while pulling up floorboards once; it was like a wasp sting but very short lived. He swore the spider was grinning at him when he uncovered her; females have a wider body, shorter legs. He carefully shooed her away and watched where he stuck his hands thereafter. XD