hodge911 Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 can any one tell what species of spider this is sorry about picture it was taken on my phone in the garden this afternoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sian Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 These are the ones that suddenly appear about now and go through Sept, October in the garden, making their webs in places that you can just walk into them. Yuk Yuk Yuk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLondon Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 I reckon a buzzing spider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXHUNTER1 Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 A big un Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me matt Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 Looks like a European garden spider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 Looks like a Labyrinth Spider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 Looks like a European garden spider. this was what i found out last year , the green waste bins at work are covered in them , i started looking for info as i found a huge one on my truck . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me matt Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 this was what i found out last year , the green waste bins at work are covered in them , i started looking for info as i found a huge one on my truck . One of our most common I think- get to a fair size too :-0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCat Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 Garden spider. They bite on occasion as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 They all bite the little blighters. Don't mind them in the garden, hate them indoors making webs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBob Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 (edited) That is a Garden Spider, Aranaeus diadematus. They tend to appear now, throughout the Autumn, building a beautiful Orb web in hedgerows and around buildings. Very tame, easily handled, they can nip but are pretty well harmless. A. quadratus is a closely related species which can reach a good size. Eat a massive number of insects, they are a major predator of craneflies, daddy longlegs. Not to be confused with the False Widows, the "Daily Mail Spider", which lives in a messy tangle web and can deliver a mildly venomous bite. Here's a female A. quadratus exploring my finger. Note her fangs are folded, she didn't bite. Which was nice...... Edited July 31, 2017 by DrBob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 You have balls of steel! i'm whimpering just looking at that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sian Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 Just makes we want to puke seeing it on your hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 I'd be screaming like a girl if that crawled on my hand. Fascinated by them as creatures but don't like them on me, or walking through their webs ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCat Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 Have you been feeding it? It's massive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 That's amazing dr Bob not seen one that big before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBob Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 She was a big girl! Quite late in the season, so well fed on a glut of craneflies, and probably laden with eggs. They really don't nip unless held in the hand, they're quite sweet natured. There are a few British spiders which can bite, a couple can be potentially harmful, but you really have to try to get bitten. (Unless you read the Daily Mail, or- the mark of the terminally senile- the Express, in which case they'll get you in your bed.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCat Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 I got bit by a house spider. The bite was painless.it wept and oozed for a a week and was rather itchy afterwards. The lads at work wouldn't go near it thinking something was going to bust out. Not a fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 That is a Garden Spider, Aranaeus diadematus. They tend to appear now, throughout the Autumn, building a beautiful Orb web in hedgerows and around buildings. Very tame, easily handled, they can nip but are pretty well harmless. A. quadratus is a closely related species which can reach a good size. Eat a massive number of insects, they are a major predator of craneflies, daddy longlegs. Not to be confused with the False Widows, the "Daily Mail Spider", which lives in a messy tangle web and can deliver a mildly venomous bite. Here's a female A. quadratus exploring my finger. Note her fangs are folded, she didn't bite. Which was nice...... im guessing that it was one of these that i found on my truck , it was scary big and slightly lighter in colour though , and i wouldnt have dared to touch it . i had lots of false widows in the wood pile this year , an awful lot of hibernating wasps too , i got bitten / stung more than ever when i was splitting the logs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie10 Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 Common Orb Spider. If you have never been outside they are rare, however they are out most common spider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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