Any Arachnologists here?

[keysofanxiety]

Hi all,

So my brother texted me a photograph of a spider he found yesterday. I'll be honest: it looks like it's crawled straight out of my nightmares. We're in the UK and it doesn't look like any house spider I've ever seen.

No other photographs available, I'm afraid - when he turned back it had disappeared.

Even though the legs look slightly thicker due to the shadow it's casting, it still looks like it has a disgustingly scaley body. Any ideas what type of spider it could be?

 

[Donoban]

Hi all,

So my brother texted me a photograph of a spider he found yesterday. I'll be honest: it looks like it's crawled straight out of my nightmares. We're in the UK and it doesn't look like any house spider I've ever seen.

No other photographs available, I'm afraid - when he turned back it had disappeared.

Even though the legs look slightly thicker due to the shadow it's casting, it still looks like it has a disgustingly scaley body. Any ideas what type of spider it could be?

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Oh god! Time to detonate your house. lolz.

 

[keysofanxiety]

Oh god! Time to detonate your house. lolz.

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Mercifully it's not my house. Still got shudders looking at the picture though.

 

[aaronvan]

Hmmm, it's hard to get a sense of scale from that photograph. However, she is sporting some large spinnerets on her abdomen like a funnel-dweller.

I'm sure she only resembles one of the extremely toxic, carnivorous, and predatory types of eight-legged horrors. Hopefully she won't take up residence in his wardrobe.

 

[keysofanxiety]

However, she is sporting some large spinnerets on her abdomen like a funnel-dweller.

Not one part of that sentence sounds comforting.

 

[D.T.]

Hmmm, it's hard to get a sense of scale from that photograph. However, she is sporting some large spinnerets on her abdomen like a funnel-dweller.

I'm sure she only resembles one of the extremely toxic, carnivorous, and predatory types of eight-legged horrors. Hopefully she won't take up residence in his wardrobe.

Yep, some quick visual comparisons seem like it might be this lovely fellow:

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/...es-and-keys/spider-bites/tube-web-spider.html

...and it is a biter, though not too toxic

 

[chown33]

Oh god! Time to detonate your house. lolz.

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Wow, what species is that?

 

[aaronvan]

Jumping spiders often wear dew drops as fancy hats. I like an arachnid with a sense of style.

 

[groutboy1]

"Nuke the site from orbit...The only way to be sure!!! Ugghh!!"

 

[holdemm]

... it looks like it's crawled straight out of my nightmares.

Haha, no kidding!

Could it have been one of these? http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/10-common-spiders-found-around-4200933

(Apologies for adding to your nightmares).

 

[Huntn]

link? Lots of spiders on this page.

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Or: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/10-common-spiders-found-around-4200933

 

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