the biggest house spider i ever seen

[chemicalbro]

hey guys n gals.... (more backlog shots for you all)

this spider was HUGE (well for the UK anyways)
i actually heard it before i seen it (it ran over my newspaper in work)
http://hellmouth.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/spider-01.jpg

and here's a shot to give a sense of scale (forgive the dirty finger but i do a dirty job :))
http://hellmouth.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/size-01.jpg

[Omri Alon]

I really like #1 :D

[Action_Man]

That is BIG Alan - i had one a while ago that would have stretched to around 4 1/2" :D ...

[racketman]

Shiny surface does him proud, great photo. You can see why they upset kids.

[thescottandrew]

wow thats a great photo, i hate spiders

[dazzlebea]

If you can hear it before you see it, it's BIG! Mean looking too, he's giving me the shivers.

[LordV]

Lovely Tegenaria :)
Brian V.

[calicokat]

Great shots, looks scary next to your finger :eek:

[S230]

Yikes!!! that's huge!.. I probably would had already flattened it with the newspaper!

[chemicalbro]

thanks guys n gals
S230 I wouldn't like to think how long it took it to grow to that size..... i'm not about to splat it for nothing other than being there.....

[dewmuw]

Wonderful shots. My 3 year old daughter has a sign on the wall that says "no spiders here please" in her mind they are all this big! ;)

"Inverness - cloudy" well there's a surprise! ;)

[Canonada]

Great shot of a nice spider. Thanks for posting.

Joe

[chemicalbro]

"Inverness - cloudy" well there's a surprise! ;)

LOL they all say rain except Inverness... thats it i'm moving :)....
to be honest i don't know whats scarier..... the spider or Joan Burnie (the agony aunt on the left)

[chemicalbro]

thanks Joe

[Ferco]

nice pic- you come up here we get spiders that eat those ones! well they're bigger at least lol it's actually scary!!!! have to say that what's worse than seeing a spider is NOT SEEING it!! lol

[bandit 1]

Hiya Alan,
That's a beauty, excellent couple of shots, where is the Spider in #1, looks like the inside of a plastic cup ???
Ha my Ami is petrified of these so I'll leave this on screen to keep her away from my pooter ;-)
Cheers for now
Mark

[philbyuk]

nice pics it seems to be a Tengenaria Agrestis

[canonloader]

HOBO SPIDER (Tegenaria agrestis),

Hobo spiders, like many other venomous creatures, are more likely to incorporate venom in a food getting bite than in a defensive bite. Typically, defensive bites by the hobo spider are lightning fast, the spider opening its scissor-like fangs, closing them together into the tissue of the victim, and then withdrawing rapidly. Such local lesions may become deep and extensive, and may not heal for two to three years.

A picture of the wound. >:(

http://www.srv.net/~dkv/hobospider/poison.html

[chemicalbro]

Hiya Alan,
That's a beauty, excellent couple of shots, where is the Spider in #1, looks like the inside of a plastic cup ???
Ha my Ami is petrified of these so I'll leave this on screen to keep her away from my pooter ;-)
Cheers for now
Mark
yep it's in a pastic cup :)

[urbandancer]

Huge indeed thanks for sharing

[chemicalbro]

HOBO SPIDER (Tegenaria agrestis),



A picture of the wound. >:(

http://www.srv.net/~dkv/hobospider/poison.html


I don't think it's a hobo...I think it's Tegenaria gigantea .. same family different species

"In its native Europe the hobo spider is a resident of fields, rarely entering human habitations due to the presence of major competitors, particularly the giant house spider, Tegenaria gigantea"

http://www.the-piedpiper.co.uk/th11f(1).htm

[::Lisa::]

EEK! It is pretty big for here.

Funny thing is before I moved house 2 months ago we used to have tons of these huge spiders emerge from a hole under the fireplace and run around the room yuck!

Great capture

[BigAl-SA]

First shot is really cool Alan - I like the reflections from the mug. He really has monstrous fangs, but he's not all that big :p

[kallousa]

Excellent shots Alan The first one is perfect.

Regards

[photobitz]

Awwww how cute :)

It's a baby compared to the spiders in my house. LOL

[nitefrogger]

I love the detail of the mouthparts and the hairy legs in #1. (Please don't quote me out of context!):rolleyes: