SebsC Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Any spider experts out there able to tell me what sort of spider this is? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/33984-anyone-able-to-identify-this-spider/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
minder Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Looks like a general spider to me but how big was it? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/33984-anyone-able-to-identify-this-spider/#findComment-659825 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJKillaQueen Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 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). Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/33984-anyone-able-to-identify-this-spider/#findComment-659827 Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleBen Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 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. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/33984-anyone-able-to-identify-this-spider/#findComment-659833 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJKillaQueen Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 It doesn't look like one of those at all. It's a common house spider.....just like this one.... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/33984-anyone-able-to-identify-this-spider/#findComment-659840 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salsaboy Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Is it Incy Wincy Spider? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/33984-anyone-able-to-identify-this-spider/#findComment-659888 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 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 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/33984-anyone-able-to-identify-this-spider/#findComment-659899 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SebsC Posted July 8, 2013 Author Share Posted July 8, 2013 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! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/33984-anyone-able-to-identify-this-spider/#findComment-659932 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidKruger Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 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. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/33984-anyone-able-to-identify-this-spider/#findComment-659943 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Acromantula venenosa rowlingi. Be on your guard. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/33984-anyone-able-to-identify-this-spider/#findComment-660003 Share on other sites More sharing options...
first mate Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 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! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/33984-anyone-able-to-identify-this-spider/#findComment-660041 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJKillaQueen Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 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. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/33984-anyone-able-to-identify-this-spider/#findComment-660050 Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncleglen Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 It's a flying spider- because everytime I get one on a newspaper I fling it out of the window! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/33984-anyone-able-to-identify-this-spider/#findComment-660059 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJKillaQueen Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 LOL uncle :D Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/33984-anyone-able-to-identify-this-spider/#findComment-660079 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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