Peteaud
Veteran
- Location
- South Somerset
How big can a common house / Garden shed / Garage spider grow?
Ive been in the garage having a bit of a tidy and found the mother of all of them. I prodded with a stick (a long one at that) and it scuttled off into a crevice.
Biggest ive seen.
Was it even a normal spider?
It did look like the normal house spider, and a troll found this :
Females can reach 18 mm in length, with males having a slightly smaller body at around 12 mm to 15 mm in length. The female leg span is typically around 45 mm. The leg span of the male is highly variable, with spans between 25 mm to 75 mm being common.
Ive been in the garage having a bit of a tidy and found the mother of all of them. I prodded with a stick (a long one at that) and it scuttled off into a crevice.
Biggest ive seen.
Was it even a normal spider?
It did look like the normal house spider, and a troll found this :
Females can reach 18 mm in length, with males having a slightly smaller body at around 12 mm to 15 mm in length. The female leg span is typically around 45 mm. The leg span of the male is highly variable, with spans between 25 mm to 75 mm being common.