help with IDing a spider sorry no pic

[Simon]

I know its quite a vast list but would anyone know where I can find a list of english spiders with pics, because my dad just found a spider and he thought it was an escaped tarantula, but I looked at it and its not one of mine, but it looks hell of alot like a T, I would take a picture but my camera is crap can anyone help me out please??

[Gigas]

Can you describe it? if it looks a lot like a T and your in somerset it could be Attypus affinis!!

[Huk7]

Hi Simon,

There are a lot of excellent British Spider Enthusiasts/IDer's on here, that with a photo, can (I'm more than confident) ID it (as best they can) for you.

Hell, I'll even go as far to say with a half decent description, give you a good idea!!!

Howard

[Simon]

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/FOOTBALLFAN_02/Picture.jpg

basically a terrible picture could be anything I told you my camera was bad, but to describe it as best I can, its totally black and it does just look like a little tarantula, it might be easier if you ask me describing questions and il try and answer them best I can though shes about half a centimetre long maybe a tiny bit smaller, her abdomen is shaped like a t but a bit narrower in comparison with the rest of her, her legs sort of look like they get thinner at the ends, as she walked over my arm she was spinning web on my arm

[Simon]

I fed her a pin head cricket and she ate it over night also under the bit of leaf I put in shes kind of webbed a little bit and made a little hole to sit in

[Simon]

right if people can bear with me for a few days then I have a camera with a zoom but its a film camera so I need to take the film and get it developed onto a disk so hopefully I should have some good pics soon

[Tegenaria]

simon,i'm guessing the camera you used is a digital,if so you could find a magnifying glass and hold it in front of the camera lens. that way you will able to get better close ups

[Simon]

ah thats a good idea actually il see if I can find a magnifying glass

[Tegenaria]

i do it all the time with my camera phone simon, get some really goopd close ups like that

I get shots like this using that method-its the only way my camera will focus close enough:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Dawnrider/Spiders/A-1.jpg

[Gigas]

I'm certain from for your pic its a Gnasphosid of sorts a six eyed true spider

[Tegenaria]

Gigus,how can you possibly tell from Simon's photo,or are you referring to the example pic I posted? I am pretty sure that one is Amaurobius similis.