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Posted
  • Location: Castle Howard, North Yorkshire
  • Location: Castle Howard, North Yorkshire
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This particular little beauty decided to reside in my downstairs toilet last week and has remained there ever since, much to

the delight of my daughter who hates spiders.

Can someone identify this spider for me please? :doh:

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Posted
  • Location: south London
  • Location: south London
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I dont like the look of that thing.....Cant say I have ever seen one myself

Im not sure I would go back in that toilet...Looks a foreign visitor...I hope its safe GMG....Or your get a nasty bite on the back side :doh:

Posted
  • Location: SE London
  • Location: SE London
Posted

oh thats simple Bri,

its a pipe hugger otherwise know as laggus longus leggius :D

sorry mate i have never ever seen a spider looking like that. and would run a mile if i saw it in my house. i hate spiders!! :doh:

Posted
  • Location: Up North like
  • Location: Up North like
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Brian, I don't usually mind spiders but I would run a mile if I saw that :D Doesn't look very native to the UK :doh:

Posted
  • Location: Colchester, Essex, UK (33m ASL)
  • Location: Colchester, Essex, UK (33m ASL)
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Not sure...just had a google about and I cant find anything similar nor have I ever seen one like that.

Maybe be on the safe side, get a large jar with a lid with a couple of very small holes in it, carefully knock the spider into it and check with your nearest natural history museum, zoo or with the natural history museum in London? Send them some photos, they may be able to identify it and it is probably perfectly safe.

Posted
  • Location: Stanley, County Durham.
  • Weather Preferences: Anything Extreme!
  • Location: Stanley, County Durham.
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I've just had a google too, even though I am really scared of spiders, don't know why I put myself through that! :doh:

Couldn't find anything but that looks really horrible and like nothing i've seen before. Hope you find out what it is, I'm interested now :D

Posted
  • Location: Vale of Belvoir
  • Location: Vale of Belvoir
Posted

I've just had a look through some pictures and it might be one of the harvestman group. It looks a bit like a Dicranopalpus ramosus, at least thats the nearest I think.

Posted
  • Location: St. Albans, Herts
  • Location: St. Albans, Herts
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I don't know what it is, but I do know we get lots of them in our old creaky house! They're like a little fat ball with skinny legs!

Posted
  • Location: Stanley, County Durham.
  • Weather Preferences: Anything Extreme!
  • Location: Stanley, County Durham.
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I've just had a look through some pictures and it might be one of the harvestman group. It looks a bit like a Dicranopalpus ramosus, at least thats the nearest I think.

It could be, there are 2300 species of Harvestmen aka Daddy Long Legs.

You could post the photo on this forum, someone on there should know for sure...

http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects/

EDIT: I think Pete has it, just googled that name.

Posted
  • Location: Up North like
  • Location: Up North like
Posted

Well done Pete, I think you've cracked it. I see it wasn't originally native to this country, quite a newcomer really.

Posted
  • Location: Redhill, Surrey
  • Location: Redhill, Surrey
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Name this spider please?,

yes I can. How about Monty or Fred?

Posted
  • Location: Heswall, Wirral
  • Weather Preferences: Summer: warm, humid, thundery. Winter: mild, stormy, some snow.
  • Location: Heswall, Wirral
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According to wikipedia, this species is not technically a spider. How does it move with those amazingly long legs??

They're not poisonous but apparently do release an odour when they feel threatened which is desgined to repel predators. Get the Airwick out, quick!

Posted
  • Location: Cambridgeshire Fens. 3m ASL
  • Location: Cambridgeshire Fens. 3m ASL
Posted

If you get any problems with it Brian I can send my dogs round. One catches them and the other one eats them. Also good at catching Flies, Bees, Moths and anything else that moves. No matter how many times he gets stung our English Setter still wants to catch Bees.

Posted
  • Location: Castle Howard, North Yorkshire
  • Location: Castle Howard, North Yorkshire
Posted

Thanks Pete, that definitely looks like the one.

I have a little problem though. I have just had a peep in the toilet, and I can't find it. :o

Even though this thing is harmless I would feel a lot more comfortable if I knew where it had gone

Posted
  • Location: SE London
  • Location: SE London
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yes I can. How about Monty or Fred?
now come on Lou, its name is boris, boris the spider (to all you Who fans out there) :o
Posted
  • Location: Stanley, County Durham.
  • Weather Preferences: Anything Extreme!
  • Location: Stanley, County Durham.
Posted
Thanks Pete, that definitely looks like the one.

I have a little problem though. I have just had a peep in the toilet, and I can't find it. :o

Even though this thing is harmless I would feel a lot more comfortable if I knew where it had gone

:o

My worst nightmare! I hate that when I know there's a spider in my room but I lose it. I'm still checking my room every time I go in for a huge spider I lost a few weeks back and i'm really paranoid.

Hope you find it!

Posted
  • Location: south London
  • Location: south London
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LOL....GMG...you wont sleep tonight.....Your eyes will be looking over the covers for anything moving towards you...

Goodluck :lol:

you could always put a frog in your bedroom...He wont miss it while you sleep

I woke up once with a massive spider sitting on my face... :lol: ...truth

Posted
  • Location: Castle Howard, North Yorkshire
  • Location: Castle Howard, North Yorkshire
Posted
:lol:

My worst nightmare! I hate that when I know there's a spider in my room but I lose it. I'm still checking my room every time I go in for a huge spider I lost a few weeks back and i'm really paranoid.

Hope you find it!

It's Ok Mark, I have found it. It had gone for a little wander and it is now sat behind the toilet cistern.

If you prod it's legs it sticks them in the air like feelers.

I'm tempted to get it into a jar and take it outside as soon as possible, preferably quite a few miles away from here :lol:

Posted
  • Location: Colchester, Essex, UK (33m ASL)
  • Location: Colchester, Essex, UK (33m ASL)
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not a harvestman, but a Camel Spider (Solifugiae) - harvestmen don't have those horn-like things out front.

...is a foreign import, isn't poisonous, but can bite if provoked.

Try Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel_spider

We have already identified it pretty much 100% certainly as a Harvestman Dickie :lol:

800px-Dicranopalpus.ramosus.jpg

Dicranopalpus ramosus, a member of the Harvestman group.

Posted
  • Location: Castle Howard, North Yorkshire
  • Location: Castle Howard, North Yorkshire
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We have already identified it pretty much 100% certainly as a Harvestman Dickie :lol:

800px-Dicranopalpus.ramosus.jpg

Dicranopalpus ramosus, a member of the Harvestman group.

Yes, I'd say that is definitely the one, SnowBear.

The spider that Dickie posted a picture of (thanks Dickie :lol: ) seems to be too hairy and has much shorter legs.

Also, the spider which is in my toilet appears to sit in an identical resting position as the Harvestman.

Posted
  • Location: Eastbourne, East Sussex (work in Mid Sussex)
  • Location: Eastbourne, East Sussex (work in Mid Sussex)
Posted

I'd like to name the spider Boris.........

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