Monthly spider ID thread

[Uhtred]

Found this chap outside today, he caught my attention as I've not seen anything like it before. I've checked a few sites but couldn't find him. Can anyone help?

Linky

 

[UncleRuckus]

Spoiler

 

[PMKeates]

That's a Branius arachnis.

Eats human brains via telepathy.

 

[arknor]

That's a Branius arachnis.

Eats human brains via telepathy.

holy **** I thought you were joking then I watched that video.
I'm going to have no sleep tonight FFS!

omg the male spiders telepathically rape the females that is worse than those ducks with the corkscrew dongs

 

[bloodiedathame]

Nothing to worry about, just a friendly giant.

 

[Puzzled]

Pretty sure its an obese house spider.

Spider obesity is a serious problem in the arachnid community and you should encourage the young chap to move about more. Perhaps let him run around your face?

 

[Edrof]

Looks like a lesser garden nope.

 

[mrk]

Pretty sure its an obese house spider.

Bet it's claiming benefits then posting about how foreigners are taking all the jobs.

The nerve!



As for Op, that looks like the spider the pizza guy pointed out was sitting on my shoulder yesterday evening when I went to collect pizza. Damn thing do I look like a taxi?

 

[d_brennen]

Thread hijack, anyone know about tiny luminous spiders? Really, really small, about the diameter of a garden pea including legs. Seen green and red ones out in the back garden, their colour is quite striking, but they definitely are not crab spiders

 

[413x]

i think its a harvest man of some description.. not technically a spider!
they only have two eyes, does it only have 2 eyes..go on..have a look

btw thats a really cool harvest man

 

[V|per]

Yeah, having no real expertise on spiders, i'd have said it was a harvestman too. I knew harvestmen weren't spiders, but i was totally unaware it was because they had 2 eyes!

 

[413x]

Yeah, having no real expertise on spiders, i'd have said it was a harvestman too. I knew harvestmen weren't spiders, but i was totally unaware it was because they had 2 eyes!

it wasnt long ago i found this out, its just one difference, if you look at the body you can see it is a single blob rather than discreet sections on an arachnid
also, how their legs join their body looks different. they look like little solder joints i think

 

[Nightglow]

Summer is now over folks, all those spiders large & small outside will soon making their way in your nice cosy houses for the winter.

 

[arknor]

Summer is now over folks, all those spiders large & small outside will soon making their way in your nice cosy houses for the winter.

and they will all end up inside my hoover

 

[Uncle Petey]

Time to get a cat.
The dog just gives them a sniff and leaves them to it

 

[Nightglow]

and they will all end up inside my hoover

Did you know there are over a dozen British spiders that can bite you.

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/...ation-guides-and-keys/spider-bites/index.html

 

[Uhtred]

it wasnt long ago i found this out, its just one difference, if you look at the body you can see it is a single blob rather than discreet sections on an arachnid
also, how their legs join their body looks different. they look like little solder joints i think

Cool, very interesting. Thanks

 

[Herman Gelmet]

Time to get a cat.
The dog just gives them a sniff and leaves them to it

Buddhist dog?

 

[arknor]

Did you know there are over a dozen British spiders that can bite you.

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/...ation-guides-and-keys/spider-bites/index.html

money spider is one of them! how would you even notice a 3-4mm spider biting you?

 

[Uncle Petey]

Buddhist dog?

Apart from the vegetarian bit, pretty much, yeah.
She tries to make friends with random cats and they're not having any of it

She can't stand foxes, and squirrels are there to be chased, though she once cornered one and just looked at me like 'Now what?'...