I found a large red spider on the porch yesterday, never seen a spider like it in the UK. It had a large orange/red body and red legs. The body was perhaps the diameter of a £2 coin (ok I know it isnt that big but with the legs it looked big compared to a general garden spider).
No markings that I could see. Its body looked very swollen, like a bubble almost. It was a deep orange/red. I know nothing about spiders, only that this one looked like no other I have seen before
It was bigger than any garden spider I have been used to seeing.
I really wish I had a picture, perhaps the body wasnt that big. It didnt look like a tarantula, my OH brother keeps them, it didnt look like that. But it looked more "exotic" than a normal everyday spider
I will be staying well clear of the North West coast until monster spider has been captured!!
I'm really not good around spiders, but i'm always draping loo paper over baths and basins to help them escape, I hate killing them, I just wish they would leave the house after I rescue the little blighters!!!
i've come out in a sweat looking at that picture ugh!!!!! i have a big black spider in my kitchen and it's freaking me out, goodness knows what i'd do if that red thing appears .