Unwanted visitor?

[Triggermortis]

Sat in a doe box and noticed this wee beastie, anyone been bitten in this country?

 

[Devon Stalker]

Can I ask what it is?

 

[Scapegoat]

It’s a spider.

 

[Triggermortis]

Can I ask what it is?

I like you was hoping someone could tell me, it did raise into a threat posture, legs raised and knashers on show.

 

[long_range_rob]

Looks like a false widow

 

[shakey jake]

looks to me like a house spider, the histeria that the tabloid rags have stired up is crazy, wasps kill people every year spiders dont. if you dont like them tread on it and move on

 

[User00026]

Is it not a wood spider?

 

[bullet chucker]

looks to me like a house spider, the histeria that the tabloid rags have stired up is crazy, wasps kill people every year spiders dont. if you dont like them tread on it and move on

While on a high seat?

BC.

 

[deerstalker.308]

While on a high seat?

BC.

They don’t speak English so struggle with understanding what a highseat is…. It’s unfortunate but hey. Rather like house sparrows and now officially termed barn swallows and barn owls what on earth they did before we invented their titles and nesting locations of choice…. Poor things would have been homeless….

 

[dartmoordog]

False Widow.

 

[Triggermortis]

I think it is a little on the large side to be a widow,it was about 30mm across

 

[Woodsmoke]

Reckon it could be a giant house spider? Bloody things terrify me, even though they're more or less harmless

 

[Tazz]

Could be an alien (Small information gathering one)

 

[dartmoordog]

I think it is a little on the large side to be a widow,it was about 30mm across

Yeah, on reflection.

 

[Grannysmith]

I hope you squished it

 

[deerstalker.308]

I hope you squished it

Why? They do no harm. If you don’t like them brush them away with something, shame to just kill them for no reason.

 

[Grannysmith]

That's fine each to his own

 

[deerstalker.308]

That's fine each to his own

I just fail to see the rationale in killing something for no reason, it’s mindless and unnecessary. Wasps and horseflies have a clear open season as they bloody hurt and serve no purpose other than to annoy but spiders that do no harm…. Na.

 

[shakey jake]

I just fail to see the rationale in killing something for no reason, it’s mindless and unnecessary. Wasps and horseflies have a clear open season as they bloody hurt and serve no purpose other than to annoy but spiders that do no harm…. Na.

wasps do loads of good! the number of insects a nest eats is huge something like a cubic meter of insects. horse flies no clue

 

[deerstalker.308]

wasps do loads of good! the number of insects a nest eats is huge something like a cubic meter of insects. horse flies no clue

Yeah I was playing slightly fast and loose with that statement but I still find them intolerable if they decide to pay me too much attention….