Anyone able to identify this spider?

[SebsC]

Any spider experts out there able to tell me what sort of spider this is?

[minder]

Looks like a general spider to me but how big was it?

[DJKillaQueen]

Wiki says.....

It is a giant house spider and is a member of the genus Tegenaria and is a close relative of both the Domestic house spider and the infamous Hobo spider. The bite of this species does not pose a threat to humans or pets.

(It had a picture of exactly the same spider).

[UncleBen]

Looks like a Sth American Stem spider. Highly toxic bite but not fatal. Often assoclated with bananas and thats how they find their way into the UK on odd occasions. Have you recently brought any bananas into your house? Should call London Zoo for advice. Good luck.

[DJKillaQueen]

It doesn't look like one of those at all. It's a common house spider.....just like this one....

 

[Salsaboy]

Is it Incy Wincy Spider?

[Jeremy]

That would scare the crap out of me.

We've also had reports on this very forum of these creatures popping up:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segestria_florentina

[SebsC]

Thanks everyone! I'm not normally afraid of spiders and whilst it wasnt the biggest I've ever seen it just looked unlike the normal spiders I see around the house/garden. so of course i got myself paranoid that I'd brought home a deadly, exotic spider courtesy of my bananas from Sainsburys! However, it is almost identical to the picture djkillaqueen posted so I'm sure I have nothing to worry about!

[KidKruger]

I have a vertical line of holes drilled in my back wall where I had a damp course injected years ago into alternate brick coarses, each hole has one of these bad boys living in it. At night they sit half-out, waiting for something to grab and eat. Gulp.

[Alex K]

Acromantula venenosa rowlingi. Be on your guard.

[first mate]

To my uneducated eye they do look almost identical but the markings on the thorax are different and DJK's has a slightly plumper abdomen. But, the OP's spider also has horrific-looking prongs sticking out of its bottom. Perhaps we cannot see those on DJK's spider because of the angle of the photo..........? I hope so as the prongs might signify a different type of spider...euuugh!

[DJKillaQueen]

All spider have bottom prongs and they come in different dimensions and sizes. Here's another pic of the same species of spider....

You can see the prongs there.

[uncleglen]

It's a flying spider- because everytime I get one on a newspaper I fling it out of the window!

[DJKillaQueen]

LOL uncle :D