Eratigena

Picture ID 9757

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I’m no expert, but due to the abdomin I took the guess false widow, however it seems to big and it’s out of season.

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zinc_hydroxide
Submitted: Apr 16, 2018
Photographed: Apr 16, 2018
Spider: Eratigena
Location: Rhyl, United Kingdom
Spotted Indoors: Other
Found in web?: No
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BugmanDan

April 16, 2018 3:22 pm

Hi, and welcome to the site. Your spider is a funnel weaver,Agelenidae family, Eratigena atrica species, a female giant house spider.
http://www.uksafari.com/housespiders.htm
These will pose no threat to you.

Zinc_Hydroxide

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Reply to BugmanDan

April 16, 2018 4:29 pm

Thank you for the help, BugmanDan. One question- how could you identify this so easily? I find spiders rather intriguing myself, but I’m certainly no professional. What signs should I look for to determine a species or danger?

BugmanDan

Reply to Zinc_Hydroxide

April 16, 2018 4:50 pm

Hi Zinc, We have these here in the northwest US also, My sisters place has lots of these year round, and you play with as many as I have, you just get to spot them instantly. With nothing to judge size, a smaller, near identical spider is what we call hobo spiders, and most average people can’t distinguish the European house spider. You have no spiders of medical significance in the UK, but they are venomous much like an ant or bee, I have just never been bitten by these even trying to provoke a bite. I started with spiders… Read more »