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A HUGE Spider! (UPDATED)

I found this HUGE spider in my house!!!
That is the biggest spider I have ever seen in my life! :O

I don't know what kind of spider is that, can you please tell me!

I will give you some clues...
  • Found in south London UK
  • Has some hair all over its body and legs
  • Has dark red legs
  • Has brown/black body
  • Has two funny looking antenna (with a 'ball' on the end) on its head

Also, I used a pound coin and a penny to scale its size.

I hope you know what this creepy crawly is!

(UPDATED)
Thank you for telling me what that spider is! A common brown spider...
They are harmless, large, and very common in southern UK and in most places of the southern world...
You americans should be happy about not having those giant spiders crawling around your homes.

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kiss my donkey says: Jun 16, 2009. 5:39 PM
YOU STOLE MY PET I'm coming bob!
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Plasmana (author) says: Jun 18, 2009. 10:21 AM
Lol, I let him back outside where he belongs.... :-)
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kiss my donkey says: Jun 18, 2009. 10:47 AM
good
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Plasmana (author) says: Jun 19, 2009. 7:52 AM
Good? I thought it was bad, because how are you going to fine him?
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kiss my donkey says: Jun 19, 2009. 9:36 AM
When I got him at the pet shop I had them install a chip in him so if he ever got lost I would be able to track him down.
REDNEK777 says: Sep 26, 2008. 4:22 PM
hate spiders
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 27, 2008. 12:14 PM
Yeah, you don't want to meet a hugh one...
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gimmelotsarobots says: Nov 6, 2008. 5:56 PM
Like the 20 foot sci-fi ones in my back yard...
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Plasmana (author) says: Nov 7, 2008. 3:12 AM
Cool!
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gimmelotsarobots says: Nov 8, 2008. 10:26 AM
ha ha. No, If I had those I'd move to canada.
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Plasmana (author) says: Nov 8, 2008. 1:41 PM
Haha! okay...
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Tool Using Animal says: Sep 5, 2008. 3:28 PM
cute little guy, nothing compared to what we have. ;-)
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 9, 2008. 12:33 PM
What spiders do you have?
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Tool Using Animal says: Sep 9, 2008. 1:02 PM
Any walk in the woods around here will find argiope spiders and golden silk spiders. Personally in my yard I have Venusta orchard spiders, spiny orb weavers, black and brown widows (thou I try to keep them under control), various crab spiders and wolf spiders. The wolf spiders are great because as active hunters they keep the palmetto bugs under control. The pic down below is a Venusta orb weaver that was on my porch and an Argiope in my yard.
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 9, 2008. 1:28 PM
Wow, lots of interesting spiders! For some reason, I like the golden silk spiders (I call them "Banana spiders") the best...
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jessyratfink says: Sep 9, 2008. 1:38 PM
Haha, I was about to say that I call it a banana spider as well. I was hoping to get a picture of one when I went home, but we only found a GIGANTIC wolf spider.
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 9, 2008. 3:07 PM
I don't think I ever saw a wolf spider. I might have, I don't know...
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cowscankill says: Nov 6, 2008. 4:29 PM
There was a wolf spider in the little boy's room at school... I peed on it and ran.
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Plasmana (author) says: Nov 7, 2008. 3:18 AM
Pee on a spider? LOL
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cowscankill says: Nov 7, 2008. 1:15 PM
Yeah, it scared me. It was little bigger than a quarter, so not huge.
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gimmelotsarobots says: Sep 7, 2008. 5:42 PM
No, these are very common in southern USA. What are you talking about? That guy is little.
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 8, 2008. 1:39 AM
Are you taking about the Brown Recluse?
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Tool Using Animal says: Sep 8, 2008. 2:09 AM
No, we have large spiders also in the south east US.

golden silk

Golden argiope

Carolina Wolf common in houses
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 8, 2008. 9:42 AM
Ah, yes! I see what you are talking about. I have seen the all the spiders quite a few times in the forest and the swamps of Louisiana. I very often see the golden silks (I call then "banana spider"), they also make HUGE webs about two feet or more!
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gimmelotsarobots says: Sep 8, 2008. 3:20 PM
Banana spiders are awsome! They start out tiny and shed their exoskelton every week or so until they full size. They also build a trap door into their web. If you poke a banana spider on it's web, it goes straight throught to the other side.
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 9, 2008. 5:59 AM
Wow!
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cowscankill says: Nov 6, 2008. 4:31 PM
Yeah, I've seen one in the woods before, really cool.
thebluemartyr says: Sep 23, 2008. 3:33 PM
at my cottage, on the docks, we have much larger (dock)spiders than that, their legs, from one side to the other can be up to 5 inches, and they can run on water, but dont think they bite, not like i give them the opportunity if it can be avoided...
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 24, 2008. 1:23 AM
Holy crap! That is huge!

Can you post a picture and what are they called? Just dock spiders, right?
thebluemartyr says: Sep 24, 2008. 12:58 PM
i think we have a pic some where of me holding one in like a ziplock tuperware, and it fills the whole thing, and im pretty sure theyr just called dock spiders
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 24, 2008. 2:42 PM
Okay, thanks!
thebluemartyr says: Sep 25, 2008. 4:54 PM
P.S big fan of the mini shocker, impossible to solder for me, but still super cool
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 26, 2008. 1:33 AM
Thanks! And I am hopefully try sell some of them soon...
thebluemartyr says: Sep 26, 2008. 4:11 PM
id pay for that anyday, hell il take 2 : P how much yougunna charge for each of them?
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 27, 2008. 10:55 AM
I am not too sure yet...
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gmoon says: Sep 24, 2008. 11:06 AM
Here's a good sized spider I just photographed in the backyard...He's a fighter--missing three legs on one side! Wouldn't want to tangle with him, he looks like a survivor....
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 24, 2008. 2:42 PM
Wow! I never seen a spider that is missing legs...
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gmoon says: Sep 24, 2008. 6:46 PM
Doesn't seem to miss 'em--judging by his well-fed spider belly.

I bet whatever cost him those legs fared worse...
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 25, 2008. 4:40 PM
Yeah...
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Flumpkins says: Sep 6, 2008. 12:42 PM
I don't know what that is. But have you ever heard of the brown recluse spiders? The bites are nasty.
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bikerbob2005 says: Sep 6, 2008. 9:03 PM
whopped 3 of them in my office in the last month ,around here called fiddle back spiders ,the rock wall off back steps are full of black widow spiders they get nice and fat nether are aggressive as long as they eat the bugs and stay outside is fine with me.
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Flumpkins says: Sep 7, 2008. 6:50 AM
I know why you call them fiddle backs!!!
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bikerbob2005 says: Sep 12, 2008. 5:25 AM
i store my tools right under the house other day this fiddleback was waiting right inside the door ,scary part?have a terrible infestation of camel crickets under there too and they jump all over the place so that is past freaking out lol
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 14, 2008. 12:09 PM
Is that a brown recluse on the book?
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bikerbob2005 says: Sep 14, 2008. 2:12 PM
yup got plenty of them here how many you need?
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 21, 2008. 3:02 AM
Have you ever got bitten by a brown recluse?
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bikerbob2005 says: Sep 21, 2008. 3:31 AM
No spiders bites, don't think they like the way i taste,wish i could say same for all the bugs around here
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 21, 2008. 12:03 PM
Like mosquitoes...
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bikerbob2005 says: Apr 2, 2011. 4:01 PM
these guys eat the bugs around here we call them wolf spiders ,the morter joint on the wall is 1/2 inch or about 12.5mm .They do not bite people ,and move really fast
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 23, 2008. 3:11 PM
That is good to know...
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 14, 2008. 2:19 PM
Umm, I would like 0 brown recluses please.
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Flumpkins says: Sep 12, 2008. 4:13 PM
bahahaha
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emuman4evr says: Sep 6, 2008. 4:30 PM
OH WTF! Thats a spider bite jesus christ thats nasty.
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Flumpkins says: Sep 6, 2008. 4:25 PM
I know. Somewhere you can find the time line. From like day 2,3,6,etc.
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 6, 2008. 3:06 PM
AAHHHH!!! Don't say that spider's name to me again! One of my family member got bitten by one... It is really horrible, and the spider is very tiny. I know quite a lot about those kind of spiders...
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Flumpkins says: Sep 6, 2008. 4:00 PM
Sorry... is your family member okay? I only know like one thing about them. To identify one, you have the violin shaped mark on their head.
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 7, 2008. 3:46 AM
Yeah, my family member had recovered from the bite. Boy! I am glad that I am it UK, although, I miss America...
Storm950 says: Sep 21, 2008. 11:24 AM
:O South London, UK! We hae huge spiders! Awwk!!!
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 21, 2008. 12:52 PM
Recognize those beasts?
Storm950 says: Sep 21, 2008. 2:21 PM
No! I like spiders and whatnot, well looking at them on the net and books, But I am kinda scared of them too :(
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 21, 2008. 4:06 PM
Wait a minute, you like spiders and also scared of them?
Storm950 says: Sep 22, 2008. 7:47 AM
Sort of.
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 23, 2008. 2:28 PM
How odd...
Storm950 says: Sep 23, 2008. 2:37 PM
Umm, thats me? ;)
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Yerboogieman says: Sep 12, 2008. 6:29 AM
i had one crawling around my home.
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 13, 2008. 7:53 AM
Oooo, did you catch it?
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Yerboogieman says: Sep 13, 2008. 11:55 AM
yea, but mine was a brown recluse, very poisonous
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 13, 2008. 12:11 PM
Holy crap! Don't ever touch those! otherwise you will get this.
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skunkbait says: Sep 21, 2008. 10:01 PM
I've been bitten twice by a brown recluse. It was hiding in my motorcycle jacket. When the weather got cool, and I put it on, he did not appreciate his home being invaded. My bites did not look THAT bad, but they sure hurt (I nearly wrecked the bike!). The spots grew to about the size of a quarter, turned black and peeled off.
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 22, 2008. 2:25 AM
Ouch!
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Loosewire; SOE Operative says: Sep 6, 2008. 11:11 AM
I think I have found a larger one in my shed. Neglected, damp, dirt and rotting, I entered the shed and found it high in a corner feasting on all of the insects and other arachnids taking cover from the cold. When I examined it i found that with leg span it was larger than my hand!
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 6, 2008. 3:20 PM
Holy crap!!! Can you post a picture?
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Loosewire; SOE Operative says: Sep 7, 2008. 4:29 AM
Unfortunately no, I didn't have my camera at the time. :(
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 7, 2008. 3:15 PM
Oh, too bad...
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Loosewire; SOE Operative says: Sep 8, 2008. 4:54 AM
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! What is that?
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 8, 2008. 9:50 AM
Oh, sorry, that was a bug...

That is a bite from the camel spider...
Here is a picture of a camel spider.
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Loosewire; SOE Operative says: Sep 9, 2008. 10:14 AM
Why are the insides of his arm coming out.
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 9, 2008. 10:36 AM
I don't know, I guess that is how their body is built... They are very weird looking spiders...
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Loosewire; SOE Operative says: Sep 10, 2008. 10:45 AM
Ha! I mean the human. : )
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 13, 2008. 10:40 AM
Oops! Sorry, I am thinking of something else...
It is because the spider has bit so deep into his flesh - that is his muscle coming out...
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KentsOkay says: Sep 19, 2008. 12:25 PM
*psst* It's a sulpogid, not a spider
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Loosewire; SOE Operative says: Sep 14, 2008. 10:07 AM
Oh! Yum!
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 14, 2008. 12:08 PM
What! You would eat your OWN muscles if it was coming out like that?!?
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Loosewire; SOE Operative says: Sep 15, 2008. 10:02 AM
I wouldn't eat mine or anyone else's muscles if they came out like that or in any other way. Although the spider.........mmmmmm....crispy!
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 15, 2008. 2:55 PM
Thinking of deep-fried spiders?
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Loosewire; SOE Operative says: Sep 17, 2008. 11:39 AM
You too!!!? : )
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 17, 2008. 2:56 PM
LOL! No! :)
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 13, 2008. 10:41 AM
I know, it is really gross.
Mental Fallout says: Sep 9, 2008. 2:14 PM
Nice spider. He's not really huge, I'm afraid. Also, Camel spiders aren't even spiders. XD They're Araneae, or something like that. They are, however, Arachnids. Which means that they're in the same family, but not the same species.I must be insane, 'cause I like Tarantulas, and jumping spiders. They're both cool, and make good pets.
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 9, 2008. 3:44 PM
Wow! I did not know that camel spiders are Araneae, thanks for telling me that!
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Sunbanks says: Sep 6, 2008. 10:49 AM
That spider makes me want to cry. How did you get it in that container anyway?
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 6, 2008. 3:17 PM
It was quite easy as the spider was oddly inactive, it has been sitting on the wall for a few hours and never moved... I put a container over the spider (then it started freaking out) and slid a piece of paper between the container's mouth and the wall and turned it upright. Then the spider is captured...
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Sunbanks says: Sep 6, 2008. 3:23 PM
That definitely seems like the best way to catch it... For some reason I expected you to say that you just picked it up and put it in the container... O_o
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 6, 2008. 3:37 PM
What the hell! I would never pick up an unknown creature with my bare hands! Because there is a good chance of getting bitten or poisoned or anything by a creature that you don't know of...
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Sunbanks says: Sep 6, 2008. 3:47 PM
I'm glad to hear you would never do that.
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 9, 2008. 12:30 PM
How ever, If I know that spider very well, I may pick it up by hands if it not poisonous...
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Goodhart says: Sep 6, 2008. 4:18 PM
Not like this woman......


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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 7, 2008. 3:48 AM
Can you please post me a link to that video?

I really don't know what is going on, I cannot play the video that Kiteman and you posted... :(
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Goodhart says: Sep 7, 2008. 5:55 AM
Sure thing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzOsf15tFCI
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Plasmana (author) says: Sep 7, 2008. 11:11 AM
(Thanks!) Ewww! That is gross!
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