Found this at home in England. I moved to England from Hong Kong not long ago, so I’m not familiar with local spiders at all. Maybe it’s very common?

  • Mariulo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Looks like a giant house spider, Eratigena atrica.

    They’re completely harmless, the males do wander around looking for female, so it’s not unusual to see them during the day.

    On a side note, they’re fast as all hell, fastest spider on land, so they can make you freak out when they zoom across a room at full speed.

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        1 year ago

        I caught it in a container while it stayed still. Released it outside in some green area. I’m now kind of interested in seeing how fast it can run. Not sure I’m looking forward to it…

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    1 year ago

    When I was living in the UK (moved from the Czech Republic) I was shocked how big the spiders get. I believe it’s cause of the humidity. It was common to see spiders like this in the size of my hand. They are harmless, but it took me some getting used to. Later on we “befriended” some of them and kept trowing them flies. I miss Matylda. 😅

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      1 year ago

      Didn’t know big spiders is a thing here. I thought only Australia has these… But I guess this one is still tiny in Australia standard.

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    1 year ago

    Fun fact: Spiders in a house normally mean it is basically a dry building. They also get rid of more unpleasent insects. If you feel you must be shot of a spider, please just put it outside.