Spider off!

W1ggz · Post by **W1ggz** » Wed Jul 02, 2014 9:58 pm

made me squirm looking at that

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Wed Jul 02, 2014 9:59 pm

they are probably her own shed skins

'92 Si VTEC · Post by **jjmartin349571** » Wed Jul 02, 2014 10:10 pm

W1ggz wrote:made me squirm looking at that

Me too, I drokking hate spiders

Post by **Donald** » Thu Jul 03, 2014 6:56 am

Looks like the classic Tegenaria species that make you jobby yourself when a huge one runs across the living room floor. The larger ones have a strong enough bite that you can feel it.

If it has a smoother looking body and a more definite contrast in colour between the abdomen and rest of its body then it might be Amaurobius.

Just guessing though, theres something like 600 species of spider in the UK. Feel any better now?

Post by **Donald** » Thu Jul 03, 2014 10:26 am

Yeah some of the Tegenaria get pretty big, biggest I've seen struggle to sit in a pint glass without body hitting the sides

Tegenaria atrica is a fast dancer, tried to scoop one on a sheet of A4 once and before I knew it it was up my arm and I got a bit hysterical

Dysdera crocata is silky/velvety looking (brick colour sort of) and has a decent bite also.

Post by **Merlin** » Thu Jul 03, 2014 10:31 am

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Thu Jul 03, 2014 11:20 am

I have kept house spiders in the past. grew one to pretty good size on woodlice and beetles.

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Thu Jul 03, 2014 11:41 am

Bring it to the meet, we can all bring our biggest house spider and then, SPIDER FIGHTS!

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Thu Jul 03, 2014 12:10 pm

hahaha it's true, I have found some beefy spiders down here.. like Donald, I have found a few that won't fit under an upturned pint glass!

My friend and I put 3 big males in a Tupperware tub/make-do spider enclosure, they were fine on their own. We added a female and they all went mental! Two were fighting while the female looked on, in the meantime the 3rd male was stalking around the edge of the tub and sneaked up on the female from behind - ooh err, misses!

Post by **Donald** » Thu Jul 03, 2014 1:13 pm

I take it you've all seen bug fighting championships n the internet?

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