Giant House Spider
Taken at Baron's Haugh on 17th December 2020 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.
Fact File
Giant House Spider.
Species:
Order:
Family:
Local names: 		Eratigena atrica.
Araneae.
 Agelenidae.
Food:
Size:Body:
        Legs:
Eyes:
Habitat:
Flies/Found:
Feature:
 		Insects.
Female:Up to 18.5 mm. Male:12 - 15 mm.
Female :Up to 45 mm. Male: 25 - 75 mm.
8 in two rows.
Caves, forests, under rocks and in the home.
Females: All year. Males: July - October.
Webs are flat and messy with a funnel at one end. They do not contain sticky threads. The spider lurks in the funnel until a small invertebrate happens to get trapped in the web, at which point the spider runs out and attacks it.