Trying to identify this spider.

[bcla]

ahh yes, lets kill something just because it is icky, not that we need to eat it or never mind that is no threat and not doing anything to us besides sitting someplace where we decided it shouldn't... sigh...

Spiders in the home tend to leave webs in the corners of rooms.

 

[Karin1984]

ahh yes, lets kill something just because it is icky, not that we need to eat it or never mind that is no threat and not doing anything to us besides sitting someplace where we decided it shouldn't... sigh...

Yeah... you would think that, but my reptile brain didn't agree with modern logic. And this time my reptile brain won. Huge spider = scary, therefore it must die.

Fair? No.

But as a famous lion once said: "Life's not fair, is it?"

If it helps, the tiny spider that lives under my bathroom sink is still alive. It caught a beetle 3 times its size the other day. The beetle probably just walked into the web, but still.

 

[CindysFriend]

ahh yes, lets kill something just because it is icky, not that we need to eat it or never mind that is no threat and not doing anything to us besides sitting someplace where we decided it shouldn't... sigh...

It’s a possible threat in MY house because my younger son is extremely allergic to spider bites.

So, they’ve got to go. ️

My son’s health comes first.

 

[CAPSLOCK]

Sure it's not Boris the spider?

Can't be; Boris is embedded in the ground. Nevermore will he crawl 'round.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

ahh yes, lets kill something just because it is icky, not that we need to eat it or never mind that is no threat and not doing anything to us besides sitting someplace where we decided it shouldn't... sigh...

Splat. Awwww. I'm sorry.

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

I always catch and release. But then again, we don't have very scary spiders in England.

 

[Karin1984]

Sorry, not sorry.

(Mild swearing)

 

[BrianL]

I always catch and release. But then again, we don't have very scary spiders in England.

You sure about that?

https://www.nhbs.com/blog/the-nhbs-guide-to-uk-spider-identification

There's a few good ones on that list. That said, I wouldn't smoosh any of them, but relocation is always on the table.

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

You sure about that?

https://www.nhbs.com/blog/the-nhbs-guide-to-uk-spider-identification

There's a few good ones on that list. That said, I wouldn't smoosh any of them, but relocation is always on the table.

I typically only come across four - Haymakers (spindly ones, no problem with them), Garden spiders (plump but small), False Widow spiders (pretty scary and BITE!) and House Spiders (the WORST, can grow, fast, nasty )