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The Spider Insider
by The Call of the Wendigo Mon Mar 22, 2021 9:10 am
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Re: The Spider Insider
by Butterfield Thu Jun 03, 2021 1:27 am
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!
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!
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Re: The Spider Insider
by Butterfield Sat Jul 24, 2021 5:19 pm
There is a spider that mimics a ladybird.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraplectana_tsushimensis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraplectana_tsushimensis
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Re: The Spider Insider
by Nightjar Sat Sep 11, 2021 2:19 pm
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.
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.
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Re: The Spider Insider
by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Fri Jan 14, 2022 9:38 pm
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
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Re: The Spider Insider
by Nightjar Fri Jan 14, 2022 9:46 pm
Mealy mouthed Sean Murphy.
What a surprise.
What a surprise.
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Re: The Spider Insider
by Nightjar Fri Jan 14, 2022 9:47 pm
It looked like a harvestman anyway. 
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Re: The Spider Insider
by Nightjar Fri Jan 14, 2022 9:57 pm
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.
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.
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by The Call of the Wendigo Sat Jan 15, 2022 8:45 am
Surely, the important word in all that is, "Gigantia." 
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Re: The Spider Insider
by Butterfield Sat Aug 13, 2022 11:59 pm
A huge house spider just ran from under the settee where I'm sitting!
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Re: The Spider Insider
by Butterfield Sun Aug 04, 2024 12:19 am
A GIANT spider, one of the biggest house spiders I've ever seen, was just sitting motionless on the closed curtains. I went to get a glass but when I came back in it went through the gap in the curtains and is now lurking somewhere behind them.
I've got the glass and card ready for if I see it again.
I've got the glass and card ready for if I see it again.
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Re: The Spider Insider
by Fangirl Three Sun Aug 04, 2024 6:37 am
This thread could be called Spider insider [gossip] 
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Re: The Spider Insider
by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sun Aug 04, 2024 8:18 am
Only with a capital I on Insider, obv.
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Re: The Spider Insider
by The Call of the Wendigo Sun Aug 04, 2024 9:23 am
Have I mentioned before that my living room has a floorboard with a knot hole in it and, at any point in time, there's always a huge house spider living in it?
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Re: The Spider Insider
by Fangirl Three Mon Aug 05, 2024 10:17 am
Different spiders too. ISTR that generations of them have come and gone since I joined the OHOTW.
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Re: The Spider Insider
by Butterfield Thu Aug 22, 2024 12:50 am
https://www.itv.com/news/2024-08-20/spiders-the-size-of-rats-make-comeback-in-uk-after-nearing-extinctionGiant spiders that can grow to the size of rats and live off fish are making a comeback in the UK
For centuries the fen raft spider lurked in the UK's wetlands but, after the industrial revolution led to many of its habitats being drained, the species almost went extinct in the 20th Century.
Now, after years of conversation work by the RSPB and Chester Zoo, the species is now back to thriving in the UK.
After hitting a low of just three areas where they were known to exist in 2010 but there is now an estimated 10,000 breeding females across the UK.
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