over the last couple of months we’ve been getting some pretty ugly little spiders about the house – black body and legs, quite squat, stocky things that are darker than the ones I’m used to seeing about. They’re nasty looking little things, and quite aggressive too – catch one in a glass and it will always come to the side of the glass you’re at and bear its fangs. I’m used to house spiders and welcome them, but these are just grim. I’ll upload a pic later.

One came stalking across the sofa at me last night, and another dropped out of our 4 month old’s sling the other week too.

harmless, or time to call john goodman?

I’m in Sheffield btw

They’re nasty looking little things, and quite aggressive too – catch one in a glass and it will always come to the side of the glass you’re at and bear its fangs.

😆

I’m sure they ‘grr’ too

They’re called Sheffield Death-Bringers iirc

easily confused with the south-yorks baby carer?

Sounds more like an invading force of Derbyshire werespiders. You will die.

They’re called Sheffield Death-Bringers iirc

😆

Look up “false widow” spiders. Could be your new house guests.

Purse Web spider?

http://www.uksafari.com/spiders.htm

http://www.uksafari.com/pursewebspiders.htm

Fangs like this?

Cheers

Danny B

We need Roper he is the mac daddy on Arachnids

Look like this?

Spider by ronnie101, on Flickr

Spider & a coin by ronnie101, on Flickr

It might be one of these http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segestria_florentina

It may be time to move out of Sheffield and nuke it from space….

It would seem living in the UK is no protection from creepy-crawlies anymore, no-where is safe!

Cellar Spiders are nasty critters

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These things live in the UK? FFS I’m leaving, they look irradiated!

Lycosidae brigantes
often out this time of year, looking for food or a mate. Randy little buggers too.

from the link up there it looks most like a purse web or mouse spider. But uglier.

I don’t think mouse spiders live in the UK, not sure about the rest of Europe Europe either?
If it’s a purse spider look at Atypus affinis.They are the only known mygalomorph spiders in the UK. If you get close to an angry one you might hear it stridulate.

I’m going to go with a Hacklemesh Weaver:

I think it might be this

http://www.uksafari.com/lacewebbed.htm

if anyone can post the pic I took on this phone I’ll email it through

Googles “mygalomorph” and “striduwotsit”

pook mail it me. Moseydo@hotmail.co.uk and i’ll post it up.

The Hacklemesh weaver has a smily face tattooed on its bum, must be friendly

I found this worm in my garden last week hehe. He’s called Dave and he’s my 7ft Common Boa. Right chunky fella and very very tame too.

parkes, ygm

Nice Hadge – think he’d easily polish off my corn snake. Right fancy a red tailed boa but Mrs Danny has put her foot down for now…

Cheers

Danny B

The actual spider in question.

Aargh, tis a Caribbean Hammock Web, the wooden leg gives it away

The actual spider in question.

That glass is massive by the way.

(actually, spider is about the size of a 10p piece)

I can’t tell from that photo. If it has large vertical fangs then I’d go with a Atypus affinis. If not then a clearer dorsal view would be needed. Whatever it is it looks like a female, if that helps 🙂

Beautiful boa Badge. Is it fully grown?

That is an ugly spider!

Roper – what else could it be? if I know the options I could google and try to see if I can work it out. Could anything be risky to my little lad?

Shelob not got you yet Pook?

That Spider looks the sort to crawl into your ear while you are sleeping

Check your body for any unusual lumps that move independently when you prod them.

I got told i’d go blind doing that.