Spider!!!

[CAJ1]

Does anyone know what this spider is called?

http://www.flickr.com...cheryl111/4884250973/

Thanks!

[wildwood]

A scarey one! ☺

The general shape is consistent with a wolf spider but this is only a fuzzy guess.

[CAJ1]

It is a scary one and I was home alone so had to deal with it myself!

Thanks for the guess, I just want to google it as I have 2 raised dots close together on my leg that were itchy and I'm wondering if it was on me and bit me. I originally thought they were just insect bites but then I found another 2 raised dots exactly the same width apart nearby

[Milvus]

It looks like a tube web spider. Google Segestria Florentina if you're brave enough :)

[CAJ1]

I'm really not enjoying this googling experience lol!

[naomi24]

I trust you sucked it up the hoover!!

[CAJ1]

I hit it with a shoe first and then sucked it up the hoover... sorry anyone that likes them!

[ummmm]

His name is Harry and his brother henry wears a big leather jacket...

[carmalee]

caj1 why does your spider look as though it has more than the regulation eight legs? - lost one and grew two in exchange?

[naomi24]

Oh, with me it wouldn't get the shoe treatment. I wouldn't give it the opportunity to run somewhere else. Straight up the hoover!! No messing!

[hippyhoppy]

Bloody hell! That's one hideous specimen!

[Milvus]

Just to add to your fun with "Harry the Tube". Tube Web spiders are one of the british spiders that can give humans a bite.

[CAJ1]

Hopefully his brother Henry isn't crawling about my house ummmm!

Oh god, its even worse than your usual spider carmalee, 9 legs??!! I never even noticed!!

I like to know they're definitley dead naomi, I'd have visions of it crawling back out the hoover looking for revenge!!!

[CAJ1]

Isn't it just hippyhoppy!

Hmmm, Milvus that is possibly what it is then...do my dots on my leg ^^^ sound like a spider bite?

[ummmm]

They don't bother me CAJ....I had one that always came out at night and he'd scuttle across the floor and you could see his shadow on the wall. I just watched him with fascination...

[hippyhoppy]

Keep the Dyson running for five minutes.. it won't have any legs left to crawl out of the machine....!!

[CAJ1]

I wish I was like you ummmm, I have a serious spider phobia, absolutely cannot stand them... I keep thinking things are crawling on me now lol!

[naomi24]

I know what you mean. With that thought in mind, depending on the size of the unwanted visitor, I've left my hoover running for ages in the past.

[CAJ1]

lol, good tip hippyhoppy!

[ummmm]

I have never understood spider phobias....although I have seen my friend crying her eyes out because she seen one. She also stopped her car because there was a spider inside and ran screaming down the street with engine still running....lol

[Milvus]

Spider bites leave a pair of puncture holes. All spiders are venomous so any bites will get local swelling at least. The Tube web bite is painful for a few hours