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The giant house spider has become pretty common here in the UK in the last few years

I don't tend to mind smaller spiders but THIS thing?

I see one of those crawling towards me and I'm running a mile

>>1165897
Was it ever not?
I think House spiders have been common around in Europe for like since I was a little child.

False widows, though, at least the Noble False Widow have been increasing in numbers in the UK.

>>1165897
To be honest, these spiders still freak me out when I find them around the house.
They're fast, but apparently, despite their size rather skittish.

I recently peeled one from inside the doorframe and lifted it to some bush outside.

But, like, how scary they may look at first, they tend to have a pretty cool pattern on their back, if you just happen to be able to observe them a bit.


One thing I have to say about travis McEnery videos on spiders, the whole "cheese test" gimmick makes the spiders just look more vulnerable and I don't know if it just applies to me only, but it just makes them less scary to me.
https://youtu.be/y2LVZhYMtLw?feature=shared&t=1490 (giant house spider cheese test)

>>1165898
>>1165897
I've noticed these spiders being rather recent myself.
Why? Why has it become a recent thing?

>>1165914

I imagine the cold weather of the last few months has forced many of them to find shelter which in turn has lead to a lot more breeding than usual

>>1165932
I'm not saying they're a recent thing in the last few months. It's just they're a revelation to me when I first noticed them a few short years a go when I found this massive spider in the bath tub this one time. I try to wash it down the plug hole but even in it's scrunched-up state it was too big to fit down the train.

>>1165934
just relocate to the outside in an alive state