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What spider is this?

freddyblack1993freddyblack1993 Posts: 49
in Problem solving
It dragged an old bin out from the bottom of the garden to be confronted by this hairy looking spider! 
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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Pic?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • freddyblack1993freddyblack1993 Posts: 49
    Sorry, I got Sidetracked 
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Araneus diadematus, the 'garden spider'. Harmless and very helpful friends to have around.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • freddyblack1993freddyblack1993 Posts: 49
    wild edges said:
    Araneus diadematus, the 'garden spider'. Harmless and very helpful friends to have around.
    scary bugger... i picked it up in a pot and dropped it at the bottom of the garden :s
  • Hampshire HogHampshire Hog Posts: 330
    I get these huntsman spiders in the house constantly this is charlie lives in the lounge most of the time.

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    "A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in."
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I have never seen a huntsman. I'm not sure I could cope with him creeping about the house, much as I love spiders.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Hampshire Hog said:
    I get these huntsman spiders in the house constantly this is charlie lives in the lounge most of the time.
    In the UK? I don't think I'd be ok with a huntsman and I've let a garden spider crawl across my eyeball after walking into a web in the greenhouse. :#
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Hampshire HogHampshire Hog Posts: 330
    They do seem to be particularly prolific in Hampshire for some reason I can remember even as a child we seemed to have one in the house all the time and would often find one walking around in the bath, I think that's why I have no fear of them just pick them up and move them on if you can catch them.
    "A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in."
  • freddyblack1993freddyblack1993 Posts: 49
    wow i would have a panic attack if i seen that! im not a fan of spiders at all
  • Mary370Mary370 Posts: 2,003
    OMG that huntsman is HUGE!!
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