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Is this an outside spider?

B3B3 Posts: 27,505
in Wildlife gardening
It can't  stay where.  it is in the hallway.  It looks like one of those garden spiders you see loads of this time of year but I'm not sure. He's bit  a bit smaller. 
Should it put it outside or find it a more convenient  home inside?


In London. Keen but lazy.

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  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    Put it outside near a shed or woodpile, it will be fine. All spiders must have been outdoors types once unless they were cave dwellers :)

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Out he goes. There's one exactly the same in the link.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • borgadrborgadr Posts: 718
    Buttercupdays said:
    Put it outside near a shed or woodpile, it will be fine. All spiders must have been outdoors types once unless they were cave dwellers :)

    I believe our common house spiders (the big ones you see indoors this time of year because they go wandering looking for a mate) here in England are effectively cave dwellers!  They are native to the Mediterranean where they inhabit dark dry places like caves and other hollows. They thrive in houses here and have slowly spread across the country, house to house over the centuries after probably arriving in cargoes from ships.

    The one pictured is of course a garden spider like panseyface said.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    B3 said:
    Should it put it outside or find it a more convenient home inside?
    Have you swallowed any flies recently?
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Tried the spider method but they wriggle and tickle and tickle inside me.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    Quite common down here.  These spiders spin the most beautiful webs in open spots during the spring, summer and autumn nights.  The dew catches them and they are a magnificent sight.  The French call them "Spider of the Night" - and you don't break the web!!!
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Some times you have to to get past😐
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    Duck!  @B3
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Speaking of outside spiders, back bedroom has four panes of glass. Each pane has a spider. Same kind. They seem to live independently going about their spiderly business. However, I witnessed an altercation about a fat juicy wasp. Didn't see the result as I got distracted. Spiders in their corners and no wasp.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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