ewwww

[Layla Mc]

what is it? She has left them now :cry: has she died? The eggs are still there...I check them everyday....I still dont like them though so dont think you smelly true spider people have converted me :biggrin_hat:

[Tegenaria]

Hard to tell but it looks a bit like Ziegiella x-notata.

[buthus]

Hard to tell but it looks a bit like Ziegiella x-notata.

Looks like that could be the winning answer. We have those around here or something close to it. From what the maps show, its range is generally coastal, but World wide.
Has it made an orb web yet? It may need a bit more space to show its true nature ...let alone eat and be a happy spider.

[Layla Mc]

There is soooooooo no fear of me disturbing her. Cant see her anywhere. We are about 5 miles from the beach so costal would be correct :)

[Gigas]

Aww isn't she a pretty one.

[Layla Mc]

I decline to comment! I thought she had left them but she hasnt.
Last week I found 2 huge female spiders very dark brown/black. Bout 2" Leg span and quite stocky what are they? Biggest 'house' spiders I have seen.

[Gigas]

2" they could still be T. domestica, I have seen T. gigantea females reach 4" in legspan.

[Layla Mc]

:shocked: :cry: :hmm:

[Mary]

2" they could still be T. domestica, I have seen T. gigantea females reach 4" in legspan.

Well I for one don't want to meet on of them in a dark alley.

[Tegenaria]

Actually there's another spider it could be,cant remember the full name but its something umbratica

[Tegenaria]

Nuctenea umbratica,a particularly long legged spider with a flatish body that doesnt do a lot! A lazy spider that tends to act dead when picked up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuctenea_umbratica

http://www.nicksspiders.com/nicksspiders/nucteneaumbratica.htm

[Layla Mc]

Argh shouldnt have looked at the link. Will give me the heeby jeebies for the rest of the day now! Nope not her. Much bigger all around. Think juvy new world T with slightly thinner legs. It could have been bigger than 2" too I was running off at the time!!!!:jimlad:

Just done a search on the gigantea and domestica and they didnt look anything like the ones I saw. ARGH Im gonna have to go find them now to get pics....*cries* Im far too interested to not know. And no its not escapees from my house!

[Tegenaria]

Ohj sory Layla i thought it was a small spider, now im intrigued-siounds like the size of a Tegenaria but with much different markings! I wonder if its a foreigner that came in with some bananas or summat?

[Layla Mc]

Nah there was 2 fems and a male under my beer brolly and they are normally in my shed. Will have a search around tommorow and see if I can find some to take pics of.

[Tegenaria]

Err,Amaurobius similis?

[Layla Mc]

nope bum still to fat for rest of body.

[Tegenaria]

youre not making this easy for us are you:cry: :D

[Layla Mc]

nope!

[mambo]

The spider with the egg sac is Neriene montana, a relative of the money spiders in the Linyphiidae, although subfamily Linyphiinae. They're quite common. The two large brown/black spiders are Amaurobius ferox. They're common too, I've got some good pics if you would like to see! :biggrin: