Edited by Martin Cadwell, Friday 18 July 2025 at 20:37
In response to Darren Menachem Drapkin's earlier comment to 'Spiders Like Me', I thought I would add a UK spider identification chart that can be found from the DuckDuckGo search index as an image. I know that it comes from:
You will read that UK spiders can bite and will bite if they feel threatened. They won't kill or incapacitate you though.
I have a lot of Long-bodied Cellar Spiders in every room except the kitchen. They really don't move much and really are not a problem to me. I let them be because they keep the rat population down - just kidding! No, I hope they eat things that might otherwise crawl on me. I have never seen a Cellar Spider anywhere but at the edge of the ceiling, and always motionless. Don't be scared of them.
I have just come across a Cellar Spider carrying something. Despite its really long legs it really couldn't move like you expect a spider to. It had all eight legs and a limp in every one. It was like it took a huge amount of concentration and effort to move each one. If my neighbour wants to know where her cat is, I am going to pretend I haven't seen it.
UK Spider Chart
In response to Darren Menachem Drapkin's earlier comment to 'Spiders Like Me', I thought I would add a UK spider identification chart that can be found from the DuckDuckGo search index as an image. I know that it comes from:
https://spideridentifications.com/spiders-in-uk
I absolutely recommend visiting https://spideridentifications.com/spiders-in-uk
You will read that UK spiders can bite and will bite if they feel threatened. They won't kill or incapacitate you though.
I have a lot of Long-bodied Cellar Spiders in every room except the kitchen. They really don't move much and really are not a problem to me. I let them be because they keep the rat population down - just kidding! No, I hope they eat things that might otherwise crawl on me. I have never seen a Cellar Spider anywhere but at the edge of the ceiling, and always motionless. Don't be scared of them.
I have just come across a Cellar Spider carrying something. Despite its really long legs it really couldn't move like you expect a spider to. It had all eight legs and a limp in every one. It was like it took a huge amount of concentration and effort to move each one. If my neighbour wants to know where her cat is, I am going to pretend I haven't seen it.