Comments & ID Thoughts
Found this beauty, I think it’s a Giant house spider?? Living in my patio door, I thought it was dead until I touched it and it moved! I’ve never seen one like this before and certainly not in the house
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- Submitted: Sep 2, 2018
- Photographed: Sep 2, 2018
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Newry, Ireland
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
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I think this is a Giant house spider? Anyone know for sure? I found it in my patio door when I opened it, and should I move it as I use the door regularly? And don’t want to hurt it!
Hi. Yes, a giant house spider, looks male, and they may wander anyway. Just a bad location, I simply pick them up and have a safe place for them in the garage. A couple females with their dense sail like flat web with funnel hide.
About as harmless as spiders come, known to be very fast if spooked.
http://www.uksafari.com/housespiders.htm
A couple yeas back, the climate had their populations way up, always straying indoors:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4nX_5JTsa8