For the Spider Lovers
Discussion
Apologies for the poor quality photos but they were taken on a camera-phone with a ridiculously bright flash.
For the last few years we've had several Segestria Florentina spiders living in and around our house. They're a type of funnel web spider thats native to the mediterranean and north Africa but is becoming increasingly common in Southern England. They're slightly smaller than a large Huntsman spider, so pretty bloody big by UK standards!
Anyway, we've got one that lives in the frame of our front door, right next to the keyhole! Every evening it can be seen sat at the entrance to its web waiting for some unsuspecting insect to come its way.
A couple of nights later it ventured out of its web, something I've never seen it do before
The brightness of the flash shows the faint green markings on its body. To the naked eye it usually looks jet black. Truely sinister looking arachnid, but utterly fascinating.
For the last few years we've had several Segestria Florentina spiders living in and around our house. They're a type of funnel web spider thats native to the mediterranean and north Africa but is becoming increasingly common in Southern England. They're slightly smaller than a large Huntsman spider, so pretty bloody big by UK standards!
Anyway, we've got one that lives in the frame of our front door, right next to the keyhole! Every evening it can be seen sat at the entrance to its web waiting for some unsuspecting insect to come its way.
A couple of nights later it ventured out of its web, something I've never seen it do before
The brightness of the flash shows the faint green markings on its body. To the naked eye it usually looks jet black. Truely sinister looking arachnid, but utterly fascinating.
I hate the things, but that doesn't seem so big and scary.
Several years back I had one on the balcony so big that the (vegetarian animal lover) OH thanked me for kicking it to death! And, an ex-workmate had to scurry through a doorway in Africa under a spider nearly as wide as the doorway itself.
Several years back I had one on the balcony so big that the (vegetarian animal lover) OH thanked me for kicking it to death! And, an ex-workmate had to scurry through a doorway in Africa under a spider nearly as wide as the doorway itself.
grumbledoak said:
I hate the things, but that doesn't seem so big and scary.
Several years back I had one on the balcony so big that the (vegetarian animal lover) OH thanked me for kicking it to death! And, an ex-workmate had to scurry through a doorway in Africa under a spider nearly as wide as the doorway itself.
Over exaggeration? Several years back I had one on the balcony so big that the (vegetarian animal lover) OH thanked me for kicking it to death! And, an ex-workmate had to scurry through a doorway in Africa under a spider nearly as wide as the doorway itself.
MikeyMike said:
The brightness of the flash shows the faint green markings on its body. To the naked eye it usually looks jet black. Truely sinister looking arachnid, but utterly fascinating.
Wikipedia said:
While subadult spiders have a greyish opisthosoma with a marking similar to Segestria senoculata, adults are of a uniform black, sometimes with a green metallic shine, especially on the fangs, which reflect with a striking green.
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