Indeed, we have these big boys and girls in and around the Seattle area. And every Autumn they scared the wits out of the unsuspecting locals when the males start to wander. My wife once observed a specimen she thought as big as a pony and ever after we've referred to them simply as ponies! An impressive spider and a fine video on your part. Thanks!

@spidersavage

2 жыл бұрын

Hahah, petition to rename it 'pony spider'

@bdy576

2 жыл бұрын

@@spidersavage Petition granted!

@kennytm2889

Жыл бұрын

Dude, So many of these in seattle I be collecting like pokemon cards

@jessicaallen755

Жыл бұрын

We absolutely do have them here in Washington!! I live in Lake Goodwin, and have multiple run ins every... single... year... I absolutely hate them... 😭😭😭

@watrgrl2

Жыл бұрын

@@jessicaallen755 hi Jessica! I grew up in Lakewood. Spent summers fishing and swimming at many of the lakes in that area and many hours at Kayak Point. Went to Lakewood grade school and Jr high before they even had a high school. I really miss that area.

Years ago, you'd know I'd seen a giant house spider because suddenly a hole would open up in the plasterboard. Then I took the time to understand them, I learnt they are rather tidy house critters, they benefit your health by eating the bacteria carrying flies and other dirty bugs, and they genuinely try to stay out of your way. I understand they will also not fare well if released because they are used to being in the protection of a house or shed. So now days, I always keep one around the house somewhere. When I see one dart across the carpet I know he's just off to get his end wet. "Where do you think you're off to at this hour Mr?" This is all usual taking place as or after the Mrs has put a hole in the plasterboard.

@WolfsH0ok

6 ай бұрын

My mother got bitten by one a few years ago. She thought it was a leaf on the stairs one September evening. Felt a little pinch and realised it was a house spider. Her hand tingled for about an hour that was all.

These guys used to scare the hell out of me, but a few years ago I started keeping jumping spiders to help with my arachnophobia. Since then, I can now safely relocate house spiders without having a meltdown 😂 Loved this little mini info video on them, thanks!

@spidersavage

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Glad to hear you've overcome your fear!

@victoriareffin2429

2 жыл бұрын

@@spidersavage I still get the eebie jeebies with black bald shiny spiders like Faldo widows and trapdoor spiders, but at least I don’t contemplate burning my house down to remove the threat anymore 😅😂

@sargethx

Жыл бұрын

Lucky you. The fact these species are extremely fast I'm still struggling to relocate the big ones, they still scaring me a lot. Jumping spiders are just too cute, I love them.

@paydayvideos4924

Жыл бұрын

@@victoriareffin2429 i freak at wolf spiders near me but would handle a black widow with gloves

@spooksbukowski63

11 ай бұрын

I feel you I used to be very afraid myself, but as soon as you start to inform yourself and treat them with compassion they will stop bothering you as much

I've got one living in my house. I happened to notice it drinking from some water that was spilled from my cats water bowl. I've since left a Pringles lid full of water out for it and it happily comes out most nights for a drink. I love spiders but I have to admit it can freak me out when it decides to do a dash across the floor ... especially as I tend to sit on floor cushions rather than the sofa. Despite this I'm rather happy to have this little lodger.

I live in Norway. Generally the spiders here do not get big. However there are some who are the exception to this rule. Just a month ago I was in my grandmothers home where we are cleaning things out to sell it since she cannot really maintain the house and it is much to big for her anyway. In the cellar there is one back storage room. As we opened this door there was the most massive spider I have ever seen of the native type. It hung on the door. It is tough to say the measurements, but it is safe to say this was the queen of all living things down there. Had no rivals and no contest for food. Probably lived like royalty down there. I would say it had a legspan of way larger than average.

Just started a tiny habitat for a young Giant House Spider we found in the sink. Thank you for your information. It’s very appreciated ❤️

@julianbe5657

2 жыл бұрын

I want to make a terrarium for a house spider too, what do you put in it? Rocks, soil, branches? I am not sure what kind of habitat they need

@liamsilver

11 ай бұрын

@@julianbe5657 I just made one for quite a large female probably about 50mm. I just started with a base of soil then put my rocks to creat a desirable cave for a home, then sprinkled a bit of small gravel on the floor and added a stick and small peice of fern. Took a few days to make a web but it’s been about 5 days now and just fed her a hornet and crane fly. Seems to be doing well. Also try to keep it moist inside cuz I usually find them in dank places

@richardr3511

4 ай бұрын

@@liamsilverI did the same thing. Now my terrarium is full of baby giant house spiders & I have no clue where to release them. I want some them to survive but my home isn't a suitable spot. Can they be released outside somewhere?

I'm so glad spiders aren't the size of bears.

I have giant house spiders in Portland Oregon, USA. They patrol my house and take care of the bugs! I love to see them walk around and they are so fast when they want to be. Not aggressive at all, just startling when they run out suddenly.

I've heard one of these buggers running across the linoleum in the kitchen, not kidding I could HEAR it lit it had on some frigging tap shoes on lol made my skin crawl! Happy they do good work but not in the house thank you!

@EASYTIGER10

Жыл бұрын

Oh you can definitely hear the big ones! I found a huge one in my desk drawer a few days ago and as it panicked and ran away across the papers in the drawer, I could hear its pitter-patter steps on the paper.

Also seen with brown through to iridescent green stripes. Super gentle and beneficial to our gardens

Odd thing most large spiders horrify me however for unknown reasons I have always had a soft spot for jumping spiders

These spiders are really really gentle and they even walk away if you’re walking too loud. Please don’t kill them they will 100% stay out of your way!

I love these guys, the patterns on their abdomens are really cool.

I´ve found like 3 or 4 of these spiders in my bathroom (most of the time in September) over the years because I live on the 1st floor of the building. They indeed run very quick and look intimidating but not to my tomcat who loves to torture them.

This explains why what people in the US term as "big spiders" always seem small to me. These monsters were the stuff of my nightmares in the summer when we had to have the windows open for ventilation. I'd never go into the toilet without taking a good look at the ceiling and walls. Plus our attic, garage, and seldom used closets were full of them. And yes they were FAST. Too many times I'd be woken in the night by one of these running across my bed or pillow making at noise from its huge spider hob-nailed boots (or so it sounded to a scared 10 year old). We knew we had a big spider on our hands when a glass would not fit over it and even if it did you'd need to be very quick to avoid it scampering away to torment you from a spot a small kid could not reach.

Speed: 1.9 km / h (Maximum) Scientific name: Eratigena atrica Parent category: Eratigena Rank: Species Type: greater angle

I loved this thank you.

Hello, Thank you for this video! Informative and helpful. I brought a ladder into my house yesterday to do some work. While moving it, I thought I saw somwting large and brown dangling, but dismissed it as debris. A bit later I noticed that one of my toes had a sharp (but mild) pain, a bit like a tiny shard of glass just at the front edge of the nail. I thought that was weird, but figured it would go away soon. I rubbed the toe to dislodge the splinter, if there was one, but over the time of my project it didn't change. I pulled off my sock (I was doing my project in socks only), and noted a red area about the size of medium pea. Then I noticed the giant spider perched on a low rung of the ladder! Wow, was it big, and ugly! (I'm not a spider hater, but this one I found hard to love, especially since I think it bit my toe.) It was surprisingly willing to stay in one place while I awkwardly maneuvered the ladder out the narrow glass doors to the garden. What a relief that it didn't jump off and run under a chair in my living room. Once a reassuring distance from the house, I took a photo and then jarred the ladder, at which point the spider jumped off and ran for cover. I am writing this about 8 hours later and I still have that tiny pain in my toe. It feels like a tiny paper cut or sharp splinter and is only obvious with any amount of pressure. I'm located in Northern California in the San Francisco Bay Area, which is not on your list of locations. I don't know for certain that this is a giant house spider, but it looks like the photos of the female. If it's not a giant house spider, what else could it be?

Nice to see a KZreadr following the naming conventions. Too many don't understand the second part of a binomial name is not capitalized.

Very nice footage with competent narration. Well done.

@spidersavage

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate the feedback.

@shartmeyer

2 жыл бұрын

@@spidersavage You are very welcome.

seen a few of these in my day, I wouldn't say I'm a complete arachnaphobe, but I think most of my uneasyness stems from my mothers reaction as an arachnaphobic when I was growing up. For context, my dad has poor sight and is registered partially blind so he struggles to see these kinds of things, so I got stuck with the hysterical screaming adult and fix things myself. I'd have to take time to handle some bigger docile species, I'm not too fond on actually physically picking them up, but I'm fine to trap and release. Not too bad considering responses to spiders I witnessed growing up. Funniest case of this was I was working in an office and it was autumn, getting chillier and that's when these guys start setting up shop indoors. One day I'm working and my boss (6'4, full beard, tattoos etc) suddenly looked up kinda nervously. I didn't know what was going on. Then it happened again and I caught a faint movement on the carpet. Took a hot minute for me to see this female house spider against the carpet. Now.... my boss couldn't handle them and was working on his phobia, I'm just like lemme grab a plastic up and some paper. Had to be fast because jesus could this thing move. I mean it's leg span was wider than that of the cup itself. He admired it up close until I offered for him to take it out and it moved. He freaked out again. I went out through reception and had half a dozen people as well as the receptionist skitter away in terror. I'm like, chill. I got this. I was called on for other critter releases since I was the only person in the damn building that seemed to have 'no fear'

I never had any phobia of any insect until one of these fucked me over as a child. I can remember crawling up the stairs and suddenyl one of these comes out and scares the child me... sadly my mother was the only person there (who also hates spiders), although I do think if my dad was there I wouldnt have as bad arachnophobia

I know they have the capability of biting but i've handled dozens of them to move them with my hand (encourage them to step onto it) but i've never been bit by one, even as a kid when i held them inside my hand with no escape to move around. Super chill

I own a terrarium with these in it, they make for good, if solitary, captive spiders because they are pretty docile and they weave tangled webs

I'm English, not great with spiders and you're 100% correct, these scare me the most because they're just so fast

I was once walking in a dark alley and one of them was crossing the road....its size combined with its shadow, made it look huge! I get a lot of them in the house around Autumn but they don't scare me, I even handle them when I'm in the mood.

@Hilts931

Жыл бұрын

This happened to me but I was walking on the pavement and it was crossing the road. Thing looked monstrous with it's shadow!

In Czech they are callet pokoutník - corner one. Fiting name.

If you see a giant house spider you can identify it by the sight of me running at the speed of light 😟

@Napoleonwilson1973

7 ай бұрын

They are more scared of us. Cool spiders

There was a male in my bedroom earlier this year. He had a 7cm legspan. He'd be out of his hide usually first thing in the morning but he'd bolt as soon as he felt my presence if I tried to get too close.

Really enjoyed it! Thanks for the informative video!

we have them in germany too, i have several of them in my garage and i let them chill there because we have our garabage bins in the garage and its smell atracts flys and those spoders take care of them

This is a very informative video, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

need more videos like this teaching about spiders

We have a potato cellar that seems to be spider heaven, I've tried to count them and gotten to about 45 - 65 each time, they're literally everywhere with a few enormous females taking the cake size wise. I love just watching them, as they're easily the biggest spider species in Sweden.

HaHa! Great Name for your channel. I was ready for a spider video... and here I am.

Best spider channel for brits 🤟🏽💜💜💜

You can get a Spider ladder for your bath or just tie a few strands of string together and tie it onto the taps. My Mum used to scream the house down when she saw a Spider and used the shower to wash the ones in the bath away, so I bought her a Spider ladder for her birthday, It wasnt for her, I got it for the Spiders lol

Only ever see juveniles in the house here, never the 10 cm big ones. I suspect it may have something to do with the Giant House Cat that also shares the premises.

@redtailarts101

5 ай бұрын

If you only ever see small ones it might be the spider's cousin the hobo spider

I thought the Australian Huntsman had the record as the fastest spider? You know what, even if that isn’t true, I’m gonna believe it’s true for my own sanity.

Found one of these in my damn shower today, which is fun when the biggest thing you’re used to is things the size of a fingernail

Great to see and hear a Brit doing a video on our spiders. However good this video was, and it was a good video, there was one small error. *NOT* all true spiders, and I don't mean the non-spider, Camel Spider, a venomous. _"Uloboridae is a family of non-venomous spiders, known as cribellate orb weavers or hackled orb weavers. Their lack of venom glands is a secondarily evolved trait. Instead, they wrap their prey thoroughly in silk, cover it in regurgitated digestive enzymes, and then ingest the liquified body."_ What I do enjoy is my missus' total fear of spiders of any size. If one of those long legged male or female House Spiders is found in the house, I'll know it's about when she screams! I'll go to her aid and pick it up and show her it's OK! Only to see her run up the stairs in fear. 🤔😲 😅🤣😂

I love your accent. you almost sound half-American, but I can definitely hear the British. where are you from? The UK only? Also I loved your video. More people should educate so that we don't squash these uniquely amazing little creatures.

@LewisZilla

8 ай бұрын

He sounds very similar to most of my friends In Northern Ireland, but with the hundreds of accents across the UK even as an Englishman its tough to put a finger on it

how often do you typically feed it, if you were to capture one :p

@spidersavage

2 жыл бұрын

I typically feed mine once every 1 or 2 weeks. Although these spiders live by feast and famine, meaning they could feed multiple times in one week and then not feed again for a month. So I just judge by the spiders reaction to movement on its web, if it doesn't react quickly it's not hungry.

@ 1:45 never like to see spiders eating other spiders 😢 The Northern Irish accent is refreshing though, subbed!

Got a few of these chunky Boys in my flat, they best get to catching flys or I'm charging them rent 😂

When I lived in Seattle In an older house with a basement that was half unfinished and we would find several big ones daily but I will never forget the one that I found low on the wall by the toilet on the main floor. I was drying my hair and in the mirror I could see the toilet behind me and a large dark shape on the wall that I never noticed before. I immediately felt my heartbeat speed up and a sinking feeling like when you see a bad car crash and know any humans involved are going to be mangled beyond recognition and you are hesitant to get close enough to see the actual carnage because some things you just don’t want to have in your visual memory. Well I knew this was probably the biggest spider I’ve ever seen in Washington State but i am scared to death of them so getting a closer view of that large dark area wasn’t something I wanted to witness since I had to go sleep in the unfinished basement where my room was and where we already had too many encounters with those wicked eight legged beasties. Anyhoo I ran out with a scream and my roommate with her European boyfriend and his friend came to investigate. I told them what I suspected but they just made fun of my fear of spiders and teased me that they would come to my rescue and dispatch the little thing for me. I stayed in the living room by the front door in order to run out if that thing got away. What I heard coming from those two “manly men” vindicated my original fears. I heard “what the hell! ” “god that thing is huge” “that thing is the size of a tarantula!” “I’m not touching that without gloves.” “ do you guys have a broom?” They both came out of the bathroom looking shook and grossed out. Thank the Lord it was flushed down the toilet. They both lived in Belgium and had never seen a giant European house spider that large before. I guess they eat well in Seattle.

Their silk is statically çharged so the prey sticks to it

I was going to take my morning shower, and when i opened the curtain, this shit was just chilling in my bathtub. Scared the shit out of me, Decided to not to take a shower and never return to my home.

Great video. I have a huge female in my bin store which inspired me to find out more. We see less and less these days - and more False Widows.

@Thisisaweirdthing2makeusdo

2 жыл бұрын

Same. I was looking out of my window because it was covered with strange looking web and a reasonable female widow had inhabited it. I have it in a case now 🥹 and my friend told me it was a false widow and now I see them everywhere.

@sweetycamy

Жыл бұрын

They most certainly are not false widows.

@JagHiroshi

Жыл бұрын

@@sweetycamy What are most certainly not false widows?

@michaelportaloo1981

Жыл бұрын

Giant house spiders are less common for sure than when I was a kid. Used to see plenty in the autumn. Now I maybe see one or two. More cobweb spiders about, which catch and eat them.

When we visited Ireland we had one of these show up in our rental house and it scared the bejeezus out of us. Good to know it wasn't a real threat.

2:10 😂

I East Anglia tgey always start turning up from September onwards, , some of them are huge, and really fast. I dread this time of year.

I was bitten by one more long ago. Got a bit of a shock since I've been picking them up for ever.

Im guessing mine is a female then! Weve had one for months behind my plants. Moved them all to do a deep clean so kept this spider as it was so skinny. Fattening it up!

I both hate spiders but love them 🕷️🕸️😰😖🥰😂

in 2023 ive found 2 of these not fully grown in about the sapce of a week on my kitchen floor...that wud be hell to touch that for me

They are stupidly quick never knew they were world record holders 😂😂😂

@axxomovies-he6zi

Жыл бұрын

@@CuriousConnoisseurs It would be awful , I struggle to find two socks that roughly match . then there's buying 4 pairs of shoes for every occasion 🥴

The funnel weaver grass spider is just is fast, this spider is part of the same species of fast funnel spinning spiders!

Thanks for the info great video and by the way I have a lace web spider plus found a big house spider hopefully soon I catch it

@spidersavage

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome my man

I've never seen one do a happy dance 🥹

Picked up loads of these and never had a bite.

i had a giant house spider in my spare room few years back it was massive 3 inches across / no joke needed a pint glass to remove it

Can confirm they’re not dangerous to us but from experience with spiders they have one painful bite still a sick little critter tho

@petsandthingsilike

Жыл бұрын

What does it feel like?

@leightonreed480

Жыл бұрын

Like stabbing yourself with a sewing needle or drawing pin

Yaaaaay! 🕷

They are so cute. And yeah i managed getting bitten by one. Feels a Bit Like getting stung by a wasp.

A love them picking them up and move them to a new home coz a work in construction demolition

cardinal spider (tegenaria parietina) have a slightly longer legspan but the giant house spider (eratigena duellica) have a bigger and heavier body and are more robust build. in fact the eratigena species are the most robust build sub species of tegenaria.

Love this video thanks ❤🎉

I almost burn my house down because I fucking saw one

Don't worry, if I see one of these, I won't be smushing it, I'll be running away!

giant house spiders lives in harmony with amaurobius ferox (black lace weaver). but instead of the giant house spider are non agressive to humans, black lace weaver bites immediately if you try to pick them up with your hands and their bite is painfull.

‘Right mucker! Tell me ‘is…. Do they eat those whispy gangly ones that are always in the top corners of rooms?

@eyemallears2647

11 ай бұрын

So it is

As I have said in the comments sections of other videos about Spiders, it doesn't matter what kind of Spider 🕷️ they are, I love 😘 them, so they're always welcomed around me!! Those nasty mosquitoes, flies, roaches and mice, among some other no good critters are what I love watching Spiders devour!!

At night if you shine a flashlight in their direction, you can see little reflections ^^

I don’t have anything against them - in fact, in general, I’m pretty good with most all critters, (jumpers and cellars spiders get to stay as long as they want in my room for example) but unfortunately one too many encounters with these fellas showing up at 2am in my bed has made me way too jumpy to feel comfortable leaving them to their own devices when they get big. I don’t kill them though - just throw them out into the garage so they still have shelter and their own space, just not in the house itself.

And also thanks bud exactly what I was after

I've seen one of these as big as my hand and I mean huge big gurthy thing 🤣

This must be the UK's counterpart to the Crevice Spider here in the southern US.

We mostly see males of these but omgawd when you accidentally desterb a female. Did this as a kids with my sister. She was hiding in our toys. She literally chased us into the kitchen and my mum had to use a broom to get her outside. Sadly I've seen less and less spiders like this and more of those long leg ones that are everywhere now. I've even seen them attacking a house spider. I generally use the sneak technique to catching them. Wait till they're sat nice and still then attack with a glass before they see me coming. Then off back outside to the little dude.

Why am I OK handling grasshoppers, moths, butterflies, bees, dragonflies but spiders make my blood run cold?

These are the ones I hate the most 😩 they’re always running around our London flat 😭 scare the 💩 out of me every time!

even though I've been keeping these much longer than my first T I got a while back these are still scarier. I love em tho. Great eaters and webbers. Fast as frick tho

This spider is the one that gives me nightmares, along with the cardinal. Usually a pint glass and an envelope is used, but on one occasion, a biscuit tin as the cardinals leg span was bigger that the pint glass. My ex partner who was a yorkshire lady, always said they look bigger down south. Fantastic creatures, butas much as I love them, I am still arachnophobic😂

@Tsy172

10 ай бұрын

i have a giant cardinal outside the fact i tried t kill it and it got away means its double its size now

2:09 LMFAO 🤣

I have picked up hundreds of them, some of a considerable size, never been nipped by one. Even if you were to be, their venom is not strong enough to do harm to a human, or even a mouse. Their diet consists only of small insects, flies, moths and beetles etc.

They get big around woodpiles.

Got bit by one two puncture marks at the tip of finger creeping finger joint pain then running down into thumb joint painful movement three hours later gone!

Fastest spider in the world is the Moroccan flic-flac spider (Cebrennus rechenbergi), with a recorded top speed of 1.7m/s or 3.8mph.

My dislike for spiders dissipated due to my even greater detest for flies.

Hmm glad they are in the UK

@Zomerset

8 ай бұрын

😂 I’m not 😅 But, it could be a lot worse….

I wish these things would eat stinkbugs. I despise stinkbugs, and these spiders just sit there and do nothing about all the stinkbugs.

Pretty sure we have those in indiana.

Pretty sure you have larger raft spiders in the Uk as well, and they're definitely bigger then teganaria's

I had one of these suckers bite me. It definitely doesn't feel good😂

Wouldn't the cold of outside kill the house spider?

Then Guiness is slacking...because Wolf Spiders can run 2 ft a second...while the giant house clocks in @ 1.73 ft a sec making the Wolf Spider easily faster.

Have you heard of the purseweb spider? Looks like a funnelweb and is native to the uk.

Although I hate interacting with spiders, I think a massive (bear sized) spider would be really interesting if it were to exist

@austinanilthomas130

Жыл бұрын

Sameee

@HowToDrinkWater101

Жыл бұрын

It would be stronger than you and would probably prey on actually bears

Currently keeping one I found as a pet and it’s already quite large with about a 50mm leg span I’d say. Just fed a crane fly and wasp today, any tips?

I tried to chat with my Mom's exterminator about Giant House spiders and I referred to them as "Tegenarias". Dude had no idea what I was talking about. Disappointed 😢