Do House Spiders bite?

[Hades]

Apparently these things are becoming more and more prevalent in the UK and they also like human baby meat.

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING???????????

 

[Grandmaster Fap!]

Now would be a great time for someone to post that gif of a spider grabbing a cigarette....

 

[EdGey]

I knew it was a mistake, and yet I felt compelled to go to page two.

Now I am suffering.

 

[Narj]

I quite like spiders, I can deal with small ones or tarantulas, but for some reason, the mahoosive house spiders you sometimes see these days make me a bit edgy so I just catch them in a pint glass and release them outside rather than using my hands.

 

[RetiredGreyFox]

My eldest daughter says you are a fairy boy :

 

[Cosimo]

So much girlie fear about spider bites.

 

[Angilion]

I quite like spiders, I can deal with small ones or tarantulas, but for some reason, the mahoosive house spiders you sometimes see these days make me a bit edgy so I just catch them in a pint glass and release them outside rather than using my hands.

I leave them alone. If one is stuck in my bath, I drape toilet roll over the side - the spider will soon use it as a ladder to climb out. I even leave their webs in corners.

I don't particularly like spiders, but they eat nasty dirty creepy things. I hardly ever see any insects in my house and the few I do see aren't around for long. Spiders or flies? I'll have the spiders.

 

[LiE]

My dogs like to nom these spiders on a daily basis.

 

[meths]

My eldest daughter says you are a fairy boy :

My 3 year old daughter says the OP is a fairy boy.

She even picks them up and takes them outside while her mum runs about screaming like a banshee.

 

[elmarko]

One of the best thing about having cats, Is the lack of living spiders in my home. Worst thing....Sometimes standing in spider guts. mmmm Guts

I can attest to thing.

My GF has three & I've yet to see a spider in the last 4 years.

 

[grimm]

Anyone else feeling a bit itchy?

 

[taliesyn]

All spiders can bite, but british house spider types cant break skin as the fangs are too small and they dont have enough power behind them.

In other words they are harmless, unless you're a fly, in which case you should be afraid... very afraid

Rubbish. Yes they can bite, and of course they can puncture the skin, but the venom is harmless. You may go ".....!" and have a bit of soreness at the site, but that's generally all.

 

[andicole0]

FYI a list of spiders that bite (and probably cause discomfort) that are native to the UK.

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/insects-spiders/identification-guides-and-keys/spider-bites/

Andi.

 

[wilber]

that youtube video, ughhh im not even bothered by spiders but damn..... that made me jump and squirm.

 

[Apok]

i cannot stand spiders, they make my skin crawl.

That video however made me lmfao.

 

[BusError]

This is the "gigantica" house spider, who also has the trick of being the fastest running one. A few messages back there is mention of then being very dangerous, and it's actualy not a joke: The "normal" one can bite painfully in some case, without much harm, but there is also a "newer: variety that can cause necrosia and causes bites that will takes months to heal.
Do check out wikipedia, theres a lot about both models of it...

I personally had these (luckily, the less bad ones) especialy in autumn when they run around looking for mates, and I solved my problem by introducing .... another spider ! The typical "cellar spider" with it's very thin legs is in fact an excellent predator, and can eat house spiders several times their size. And these are perfectly ok to have around!

 

[Dr.EM]

Seen that type of spider before, there's one that lives inside our fireplace lol! I found a bigger one when clearing out the garage though, probably around the size of the one the OP posted. I just put him outside because he was too big to go up the hoover nozzle like most the smaller ones I encountered when cleaning did

Here's the one in our fireplace battling with a beetle. Crazy thing is that beetle actually played dead for a minute or two, waiting for the spider to retreat to the hole in the fireplace, before making a run for it! Spider chased it but I think he escaped. Wouldn't think insects would have any kind of tactical thinking tbh!

 

[Scrutinize]

Do check out wikipedia, theres a lot about both models of it...

Think you mean species unless you can now spec aircon and sat nav as standard.

 

[Delvis]

Poured a litre of boiling water on it (thankly it was in a bath) and it's dead now, but there could be more of them Can they do a harm to a toddler?

Poor thing

 

[GJ02]

yes spider do bite, not a house spider more of a hotel / b and b spider
i have living proof. got bitten in south africa, but didnt realise it was a bite until i went back 3 years later and while on safari saw the guide had the same mark i have, so i asked him what it was and he said it was a spider bite. i foget the spider type but all it is now is dried blood lump, the wife is always on at me to let her pin ***** it.......women !!