Bit of a jovial entry here.
Spiders have evaded me for some time now. Disappointing really, when one is trying to trap, snap them and then write about them. Summer has seemingly been and gone and then arrived again.
You mark my words though, Tegenaria species will be stonkers this autumn.
Perfect summer. Very warm and very wet. Insects a-plenty for them to feed upon. These arachnids are the large species group that Brits know and usually detest.
I'd be amazed if there weren't thousands of them crawling out come the third week in September. This is the time they generally look to mate.
So if you see one, Pleeeeeeease don't kill it.
They are the largest genus of UK spiders (give or take the raft spiders and cave spiders, that we never come into contact with).
Like I always say, leave big house spiders alone, or move them outside humanely.
Always better to trap them in a cup or suchlike. Like most large spiders, they have an ability to bite. Tegenaria species generally hide away and fake death rather than attack. But if large and cornered, may try to nip. They are not at all dangerous and their bite (at its rarest worst) could feel like a mild bee sting.
Anyway, back to my entry.
Not trying to be a showbiz ligger here, but please enjoy this small insight into TV presenter Philip Schofield's late night antics! - it IS spider-related.
He could obviously handle Gordon the Gopher, but when he realised an eight-legged beast was going live in their bedroom, he went into twitter mode......
However,
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