There have been various reports of giant house spiders being caught on camera as breeding season approaches.

This enormous eight-legged creature creeped up on a man from east London, who did not want to be named, while he was sitting in his garden with his housemate, reports the Mirror.

This huge spider was spotted in a garden
This huge spider was spotted in a garden



Arachnophobes across the country will be dreading this time of year when spiders crawl through the nooks and crevices of our homes seeking somewhere warm to mate.


This one was spotted in Liverpool and readers of the Liverpool Echo were convinced it was fake as it was huge and the pictures looked too good to be true.

A spider spotted in Liverpool
A spider spotted in Liverpool

But spider expert Paul Finnegan, education team leader at the Bug House, confirmed the massive monster was in fact real... and is packed with over a hundred little surprises.

He said: "Yes, the spider is real. It's an adult female Common House Spider (Tegenaria gigantea). It's probably between five and seven-years-old and looks as though it is full of eggs."

This common house spider (yes, HOUSE spider) is in its breading time (August to October) and is probably on the look out for the best place to lay her eggs, which could be well over 100 at a time. These eggs will take around 14 days to hatch.

These spiders, whose painful bite is similar to a bee sting if it can pierce the skin, can sometimes grow up to 12 centimetres long.





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