A giant spider just ran across my bedroom floor!

I don't normally like to but I had to jump up and squash it - it was heading straight for some shelving where it would have got lost within, which is never good just before going to bed.

I didn't think June was big spider season!

There is a spider that mimics a ladybird.




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraplectana_tsushimensis

The (quite small) spider (Derek) that lives in a nook at the top of my bedroom window of the Bijou Mini Flatlet has just caught a whopping gert fly.

The fly was at least three times the size of Derek.

I say was because, after a lengthy struggle, the fly (who I think was called Ian), is now completely cocooned in death-silk and has ceased his frantic buzzing for time evermore.

https://www.eurosport.co.uk/snooker/english-open/2020-2021/english-open-shaun-murphy-refuses-to-play-as-ginormous-spider-lies-in-wait-under-the-table_vid1370191/video.shtml

Mealy mouthed Sean Murphy.

What a surprise.

It looked like a harvestman anyway.

No, after a second look, it's deffo a Tegenaria Gigantia (formerly called Tegenaria Duellica or Tegenaria Domesticus).

a.k.a. the Common House Spider.

Also, to vindicate Murphy further, it's definitely a male - relatively small body, very long legs.

It's also probably turned up in this snooker arena because it's a) looking for a mate as it's the 'season', b) it's the beginning of Autumn and it's looking for warmth.

These are my spidery facts for the day.

Surely, the important word in all that is, "Gigantia."

A huge house spider just ran from under the settee where I'm sitting!