Giant, quick spiders

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly

In Armagh 2 weeks ago, I became aware of the presence of a quite huge spider whilst in my Mum's house. I promptly collected it in a glass and removed it to le jardin.

Tonight, Mrs Mellie's squeals alerted me to the presence of the same monstrous beast in our living room in Dublin. I promptly collected it in a glass and removed it to le jardin.

Armagh to Dublin is 114km as the crow flies. This means this large arachnid is prowling our island at a speed of at least one third of a kilometre per hour.

Just to let you all know that it's out there and there may be others.

Atoms for Peace

Was it a Catholic or Protestant spider?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Called the Giant House Spider (Eratigena atria) and very common.

eviltwin

Annika Red Pliers wrote: »

Called the Giant House Spider (Eratigena atria) and very common.

I just had to go and Google image that, no sleep for me tonight

uck51js9zml2yt

Annika Red Pliers wrote: »

Called the Giant House Spider (Eratigena atria) and very common.

I prefer the OPs hypothesis:)

odyssey06

I think I saw this on Starship Troopers... they are using meteoroid showers as cover...

Are Am Eye

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

Was it a Catholic or Protestant spider?

Web-ons decomisioning eh?

Ninthlife

The only solution is to burn the entire country to the ground..lets see those eight legged f*ckers outrun a blazing fire

Capt'n Midnight

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

Was it a Catholic or Protestant spider?

Not as stupid a question as you might think.

Long-eared bats build nests in Roman Catholic chapels, while Natterer's bats live in the eaves of Anglican churches.

timthumbni

Quite used to them now as they always be about at this time of the year. They have long legs and that makes them look a lot bigger than they are. Their body is normally not that big.

There are just looking the ride. (Off another spider I might add)

They keep the other annoying bugs and flies in check. Spiders are our allies...

uck51js9zml2yt

timthumbni wrote: »

There are just looking the ride. (Off another spider I might add)

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The males usually get eaten.*



*Suggest readers dont try this at home

timthumbni

Terrance Late Antenna wrote: »

The males usually get eaten.*



*Suggest readers dont try this at home

I always thought the big ones were the males. They aren't black widows.

mad muffin

We had a giant spider in the house tonight. Now we are homeless…

GritBiscuit

Came home tonight to find a spider at least 3 inches from toe to toe (crouching!) sitting right about my front door...do house spiders usually hang around outdoors or is this some new horror that I'll have to shut the windows to try and keep out?

Irish Guitarist

This little fella has been wandering around for the last couple of days. He's good company. For the most part he just keeps to himself but it's reassuring to know I have someone there to talk to if I get lonely.

Doltanian

Caught a huge spider in the bathroom two nights ago and swiftly deported him to the garden in a glass.

Weathers getting cold and spiders try to go indoors for the autumn, its very normal and this is an annual thing and I've seen it on FB before.

Arghus

Inched down the thread slowly post by post to avoid getting rudely surprised by a close up of a spider. It was all going so well...

Had two of them running about here the last day. Can't say I was too fond of them. I know someone is going to come along and say, (imitates know it all voice) "Well that's the common utterly massive hairy freakish house spider/cat, nothing unusual there!" but, jesus, I don't know, they seemed pretty fcking big to me.

caniask86

Stalker spider alert.

Your Face

I thought you said 'You alright spider'

caniask86

Your Face wrote: »

I thought you said 'You alright spider'

We go way back me and that hairy thing.

Canis Lupus

caniask86

Canis Lupus wrote: »

This made me feel sorry for spiders

podgeandrodge

problem with these feckers is that they appear to be, unlike most spiders, able to actually look at you :eek: they'd be running across the room when you come in and they just fecking stop and stare. Freaks me out.

vicwatson

September is mating time where the male gets the ride and the female kills and eats the male, all of him :eek:

willmunny1990

I find spiders fascinating. Always have since I was a child, always looking for them outside and saving the ones in the house from would be killers.:pac:

A few nights ago in bed I could feel something on my arm, looked over and there one was, looking right at me. I put him on the floor and continued watching T.V, couple of hours later it reappeared on the bed, I could see the silhouette moving briskly across the duvet, anyway I put it on the floor again and the following morning it was on the ceiling...its still up there.

Not as big as the guy in the picture above but still a nice size.

Hammer89

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

while Natterer's bats live in the eaves of Anglican churches.

Had one of these here before. You can't shut them up.

donegaLroad

The False Widow is the only one you have to be wary of. They are becoming more common here.

Teyla Emmagan

Mam and Dad have one in the bath the size of an apple. They have to lift him out to have a shower because he's too big to get in beside. I could hear him tapping a front leg in warning the last time I peeped in at him. I should stop calling it a him because she's a laydee

Irish Guitarist

I haven't seen my spider since yesterday. I saw one on the kitchen floor last night with only six legs but I think that was a different one. I was going to move that one to safety before he lost another leg or worse but he ran off.

I still don't know where my friend is. I'm getting worried now. You hear about people losing their spider but you never think it will happen to you.

If you have a spider you care about tell him or her you love them. Tomorrow might be too late. I have to stop typing now. I can barely see my computer screen through the tears in my eyes.

Working class heroes

Anyone remember Spider bro

Postgrad10

I can live with flies and spiders but I can not stand those spiteful wasps. Evil little .....

LirW

I had a tarantula before I moved over. She was good craic, literally the laziest thing I've ever seen. Low maintenance was an understatement, it only moved when I fed her, otherwise she'd feck off in her cave she digged. Whenever she got rid of her old skin I thought she died because she flipped on her bag. I kept all of them, I could see her grow, she was the size of my hand.
It was by far the best pet I've ever had.

MonkieSocks

Your Face wrote: »

I thought you said 'You alright spider'

uck51js9zml2yt

I remember spraying a wolf spider in my apartment in Hong Kong with a pesticide. It was the size of my hand. It ran off the balcony to outside the ground floors front door. Next thing I hear is a scream from the girl downstairs. It looked like it was going to jump at her....it was dead however:)

Geimhreadh

Seen some monstrous ones around my place too. Have to gotten into a bag of steroids somewhere.

Had to stop dropping off I the garden and just ending them since they just made their way back into the house

DrPhilG

What's with all this "moved him to the garden" bull?

You know the bugger is heading straight back in.

Kill em dead.

Whatsisname

DrPhilG wrote: »

What's with all this "moved him to the garden" bull?

You know the bugger is heading straight back in.

Kill em dead.

Kill or be killed.

gitzy16v

My little 8 month old Jack Russell is a giant spider serial killer...always spots them and toys with them pawing them then biting and basically torturing the spider until its almost dead...then its picked up and brought to his bed where he feasts on the insides.
End up feeling sorry for the spider in the end,they really dont bother me,used tocollect them in a jar as a young fella.

B0jangles

donegaLroad wrote: »

The False Widow is the only one you have to be wary of. They are becoming more common here.

I found one of them in the bathtub a couple of days ago, I just picked it up on a loofah and put it out the front door; poor thing just looked confused




I looked it up afterwards because the pattern on the back was unfamiliar and found out what it was - apparently they are about as dangerous as any other irish spider, which is not at all dangerous. They are not aggressive and have terrible vision so they only bite if they are directly threatened, they won't chase you around the house. The bite is about as bad as a bee sting and only a risk if you are allergic, or if it gets infected.

ConnyMcDavid

It's that time of year again. The large garden spiders roaming indoors in search of mates and warmth.

Just got rid of the 1st one. Would have thought 5 floors up would be out of range but oh no.

CinemaGuy45

eviltwin wrote: »

I just had to go and Google image that, no sleep for me tonight

Are you sure you found the correct one there are lots of spiders on the web.

TheValeyard

B0jangles wrote: »

I found one of them in the bathtub a couple of days ago, I just picked it up on a loofah and put it out the front door; poor thing just looked confused




I looked it up afterwards because the pattern on the back was unfamiliar and found out what it was - apparently they are about as dangerous as any other irish spider, which is not at all dangerous. They are not aggressive and have terrible vision so they only bite if they are directly threatened, they won't chase you around the house. The bite is about as bad as a bee sting and only a risk if you are allergic, or if it gets infected.

One of these currently living in my garage. Bigger than a two euro coin. Great at keeping flies and the wife out of the garage.

listermint

Timely thread, one ran up the wall around ten minutes ago about the size of 2 euro.

Got the cordless Dyson, didn't phase him was still running around in the collector so emptied him out the garden. He ran off into the night time

TheValeyard

listermint wrote: »

. He ran off into the night time

He will be back.




With backup.....

Billy86

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

Was it a Catholic or Protestant spider?

The fact OP never mentioned South Armagh should tell you all you need to know. Feckin' proddie spiders.

listermint

Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »

He will be back.




With backup.....

Oh I know, il be waiting with the dysons corded big brother

Saucepan and sliding sheet, what if master Dyson amputated a leg or several.

MonkieSocks

Just spotted a New Zealand Haka Spider, doing this at the back door.

Renegade Mechanic

DrPhilG wrote: »

What's with all this "moved him to the garden" bull?

You know the bugger is heading straight back in.

Kill em dead.

Every spider you kill makes the overall gene pool more stealthy and deadly