House / Cobweb Spiders - Tegenaria sp.

    Family - Agelenidae
    Genus - Tegenaria 
    Large, fast moving Spiders, thought to be
    responsible for many cases of Arachnophobia.
    Eleven European species. Sheet Web with a Tubular retreat.
    The only Spider I don't handle but I am working upto it.
    Females can live for several years. Males can be seen late Summer
    searching for mates. They live together for a few
    weeks but eventually die and are eaten by the Female.

    She took 3 Woodlice and a Weevil in a few minutes!
    Hove
    25.05.12

    Female
    Extra Mural Cemetery, Brighton
    30.01.12

    Young Tegenaria escaping from it's molted Exoskeleton - Exuvia
    Brighton
    16.01.12

    Female with her impressive Chelicerae and Fangs.
    Brighton
    12.10.2011

 

    I found her in the street so bought her home and let her go in my garden.
    She soon found her way in to my flat!
    I took advantage of the situation and put her in my bath for a
    quick photoshoot!
    Brighton
    29.08.2011

    I think this is Tegenaria silvestris
    Found under a Log in the Woods
    Kingley Vale Nature Reserve
    West Sussex
    16.02.2011

    Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery
    01.07.2011

    Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery
    22.03.2011

    Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery
    07/11/2010

    Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery
    31/10/2010

    Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery

    06/10/2010

    My back garden in Brighton, East Sussex
    14/06/2010

 

 

   Juvenile

   Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery

   25/10/2010