I live in Hastings, on the south coast of the UK, and took this picture in my back garden.
I don't know anything about spiders, and I thought this one looked mad. I would like to know the name of it. I know it's not Horace.
http://webzoom.freewebs.com/dnarex/spider.jpg
2006-09-03 06:25:11 · 10 answers · asked by shoby_shoby2003 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
It's a Ranibulus Proistumums! Better known as The Petaparka!
2006-09-03 06:31:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is that the actual size or is it enlarged?
All I know is it looks dangerous. Be careful.
I did a little googling and it looks a lot like the domestic funnel weaver.
Here's some info:
Funnel Weaver Spiders are often mistaken for Wolf Spiders but the Funnel Weavers construct large, flat, horizontal webs of non sticky silk and Wolf Spiders do not spin webs. The web contains a funnel at one end that serves as the spider’s retreat. The funnel is open at both ends so the spider can readily escape. The spider hides at the narrow end of the funnel; when it feels the vibration of an insect crossing the web, it dashes out, bites the insect, then carries it back to the funnel. Funnel Weavers and grass spiders are usually lighter in build than wolf spiders. Many common funnel weaver and grass spiders are also characterised by having very bristly legs. Most are brown, with grey, black, and tan markings. Some have banded legs and some have long spinnerets that extend out beneath the rear of the abdomen. They will only bite if provoked, and are not considered dangerous. Their bites are not known to be very toxic to humans.
2006-09-03 06:32:13 · answer #2 · answered by Barb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Funnel web spider
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2060.html
2006-09-03 06:33:07 · answer #3 · answered by sunshine25 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That spider looks very much like the ones we have aound our house in upstate NY. Have you noticed the dead bodies of other spiders around where it has its web? (BTW the web is not orb shaped, but kind of scaterred) if so I think it might be a pirate spider. They are cannibals.
2006-09-03 06:32:56 · answer #4 · answered by Margarita 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It looks like a Wolf Spider to me. Very common.
2006-09-05 02:17:38 · answer #5 · answered by organic gardener 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know u did not post a picture sry :) good luck with the spider :)
2006-09-03 06:27:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no idea what kinda spider that is but it is nasty...I would have run screaming through the hills......
2006-09-03 06:30:56 · answer #7 · answered by baby_girl_1219 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Brown recluse?
here are a couple of pictures to compare it with=)
http://images.google.com/images?q=brown+recluse&hl=en&lr=&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-27,GGLG:en&sa=X&oi=images&ct=title
2006-09-03 06:30:42 · answer #8 · answered by *TheShryocks* 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no idea as to what kind it is but dam that thing is freaky.
2006-09-03 06:27:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no clue but it is scary.
2006-09-03 06:28:17 · answer #10 · answered by redhead 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋