I've just returned from holiday to a very muggy London. Got home about 11pm, flat very stuffy as I'd closed all the windows. Went to open the living room window. First pulled the blinds up and I saw what looked like a huge hairy Tarantula sized spider on the window ledge.
The shock of me whipping the blinds up made the spider drop off the ledge.
I still have the window open with the blinds shut, but am concerned that it is still lurking.
I've never seen a garden or house spider that size. Could it be a lost pet? Or has the warmer climate led to growth in "shape of a seven year olds hand" spiders in London?
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"<i>Tarantulas are sluggish, will not bite unless provoked, and are not poisonous.</i>"
So it's not that bad.
*puts it off till next year*
I live on Stapleton Hall too.
Spiders are <i>venomous</i>, not poisonous. They all have venom in their fangs for paralyzing their prey. Poisonous means that you'd be taken ill or caught dead if you ate one.
oh, and... Tarantula's <i>what</i> in Stroud Green?
and now it reads like a Viz comment!!! Seriously though, the hairs are an irritant, but the spider rarely bites, if they are used to being handled.The bite is supposedly like a bee sting.
Had a small spider that had made it's home behind the wing mirror of my car, and built a web across it. One day, as I was driving, I noticed that the poor thing was hanging onto the web for dear life as it had been unable to retreat to safety behind the mirror. I could not bear it so I stopped the car to let it go home.