Eratigena

Picture ID 55793

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This spider crawled over me in bed. It was very fast and almost jumping. Does anyone know what it is?

Submitted by:
baileystuart
Submitted: Apr 3, 2019
Photographed: Apr 2, 2019
Spider: Eratigena
Location: Inverness , United Kingdom
Spotted Indoors: Other
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Dorsal

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CalumEwing

April 3, 2019 10:23 am

It looks like one of the House Spiders, one of the Eratigena species in the Funnel Web Weaver family Agelenidae. Adults, especially males, often wander about at night looking for mates.

BaileyStuart

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Reply to CalumEwing

April 3, 2019 4:35 pm

Thank you! Do they bite? Do you think there are anymore hiding around?

BugmanDan

Reply to BaileyStuart

April 3, 2019 5:11 pm

Hi. They are capable of biting but don’t run around biting people. trapping against skin and they cant run, bites are possible. Not a dangerous spider, for most, a bite is nothing more than a nuisance bite like ants. They do produce venom, so unknown how you would handle that.
They do nothing to me, just a brief iritation.
As for more, they don’t live communally and usually combat with like genders.
House spiders though can live and breed indoors.
You won’t have more around than there are insects to feed them.