What type of Spider is this ?

[EuroTrotters]

I think it nipped me !

 

[Mikeco]

A big one it’s 7 bricks long.

 

[Phill D]

its a standard "house spider"!

Common house spiders. Most common house spiders pose little threat to humans. While they may bite if they feel threatened, most bites are typically either harmless or cause only minor irritation.

 

[StitchesnFluff]

They do ‘nip’

 

[olley]

Brother in law got Bitton on the leg by one this year, blew up like large boil needed antibiotics and took a couple weeks to go down.

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[tonyidle]

Orb spider. Probably the most common garden web spinner. They do grow quite large.

 

[EuroTrotters]

it ended up down the back of my shirt last night. Let it go and it rebuilt its web

 

[tonyidle]

it ended up down the back of my shirt last night. Let it go and it rebuilt its web

They're pretty determined. I had one in the wheelarch of a caravan (could have been the car) that travelled to France with us. It re-spun its web (onto the wheel) each time we stopped and returned home with us.

 

[Podney]

Aren’t spiders just bxxxxy amazing! They always make a web from my van wing mirror to the door and I don’t drive fast enough to blow it away. I believe that a web is one of the strongest things in nature,pound for pound.

 

[Phill D]

spider webs are amazing i agree ... i was cleaning the sofits and fascias on the house with a pressure washer and they still hung on.......

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[Just smiffy]

They are wonderful things but in my book and especially my house they look much better dead..?

 

[MR. FUSION]

Spiders are not vegans therefore entirely untrendy.

 

[MR. FUSION]

They are wonderful things but in my book and especially my house they look much better dead..?

I kill on sight now, after seeing my neighbours arm balloon up after a bite.

 

[Vipar]

Best way is tap them on the head with a shovel works every time ??

 

[Ridgeway]

Found this when pruning the Wisteria yesterday, it's a beauty !

Wasp spider, totally harmless (also orb-web spider family)

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[ambulancekidd]

Tis a Garden spider or Cross Orb-Weaver, fascinating creature in its own right.

 

[Gerby]

never had any issue with spiders have always found that if you need to catch one then if you catch it in your hands give about 2 minutes as when you open your hands it will be much calmer and easy to handle when you release it. Apparently its something to do with it reacting to the temperature change it senses from your body heat when you first catch it, give it chance to acclimatise and it will be fine.

 

[Tea break]

Please don’t hurt these wonderful creatures they will surely not hurt you if you leave them alone

 

[CazPaul]

Spiders are wonderful, a spider rich garden is a healthy nature friendly garden.

 

[mitzimad]

we had one in our front room and without any background noise you could hear his footsteps as he run across the laminate floor

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[Potty]

If you wish to live and thrive, let a spider run alive.

 

[tonyidle]

we had one in our front room and without any background noise you could hear his footsteps as he run across the laminate floor

That was your cat ?

 

[EuroTrotters]

spider webs are amazing i agree ... i was cleaning the sofits and fascias on the house with a pressure washer and they still hung on.......

I have driven 1000's of miles with them stuck in the wing mirror.

I read years ago they were experimenting with using them for healing wounds.

 

[Jim]

I kill on sight now, after seeing my neighbours arm balloon up after a bite.

Don't think I've ever knowingly killed a spider. Can't think of a single valid reason to do so either. Awesome creatures.

 

[MR. FUSION]

Don't think I've ever knowingly killed a spider. Can't think of a single valid reason to do so either. Awesome creatures.

Not if they are in my mancave, forbidden entry to spiders and females.

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[Reallyretired]

I am fine with spiders in the garden and spiders in door mirrors but spiders in the house get the bums rush in short order.

 

[Speve]

I would never knowingly kill one they catch lots of pests and if they are indoors usually catch them and put them outside?

 

[movan]

I would never knowingly kill one they catch lots of pests and if they are indoors usually catch them and put them outside?

If ever we are on the same rally please may I ask your wife if I can borrow you? .

I can't go to sleep at night if there is one in my motorhome.

TeeMyob I think you are a brave soldier and have not received the sympathy you derve from this thread.

 

[tonyidle]

I would never knowingly kill one they catch lots of pests and if they are indoors usually catch them and put them outside?

From whence they return. They aren't called "House Spiders" without reason .

 

[Speve]

From whence they return. They aren't called "House Spiders" without reason .

Yes they do come back but not found a way to see if they are the same ones??

If ever we are on the same rally please may I ask your wife if I can borrow you? .

Easy way to catch em is get a large glass and a post card put glass over spider and slide post card under glass pick it up and take outside as far away as you can and release it.?

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