the weird spider i saw when i was a kid?

Question

in about 1973 when i was about four, me and my brother who was about six were playing with our toy cars on the floor in the bathroom of our house, this weird spider ran out from under the bath its body was bright blue and its legs were bright red.

it scared the hell out of both of us and we both ran away

its not like any native species in Britain that i've heard of. yet this childhood memory has stayed with me for years.

What was it ????

oh boy it was the legendary blue bodied red legged spider you should have ate it you would have lived forever.

Heh! that would be fun...

but no i definitely remember seeing it, i did not imagine it.

Ed Snow are you in Gt Britain ?

i would love to see one again to prove to myself i didn't imagine it!

Answer 1

Oh my gosh!

You got a visit from Spiderman!

Now you have super-spider powers!

Answer 2

some exciting spider information! :) A spider is an araneae, an order of arachnid. there are a number of thousand categories of spiders. All spiders have 8 legs. maximum spiders have 8 eyes yet some have fewer than 8. they have not got ears, they sense the sound vibrations with tiny hairs on their legs. Their bodies have 2 factors, the pinnacle and the tummy. The abdomen is plump. Spider blood is easy blue. Blood fills up all the empty area interior the spider's physique, it keeps the legs stiff so the spider can stroll. Spiders breathe, too. As spiders strengthen, they molt. meaning they shed their previous epidermis and strengthen a sparkling one. They molt many cases before they exchange into adults. Many spiders stay for decrease than one 365 days yet some, like tarantulas can stay lots longer. Spiders are available in distinctive sizes. some are fuzzy and others are soft, and that they arrive in many distinctive colorings. Spiders stay in many categories of places, water, gardens, properties, and the floor. They stay the place that's warm and the place that's chilly. They stay the place that's moist and the place that's dry. some are poisonous and others are actually not. all of them consume bugs and another animals.

Answer 3

When you're a little boy of four any spider or insect would look big and scary. But to look at one now you'd think...what harm can he do. I say "HE" because I looked in my book of spiders and saw two of what you described. The male has a blue body with red legs and the female has a brownish body with red legs. ATYPUS AFFINIS the english purse spider found in southern england Wales and Ireland.

Answer 4

Got some in my shed, red legs, pale translucent body, which you might call pale blue under certain lighting ,or on reflective surfaces. With the passage of time, and a toddlers obvious exaggeration,a fairly common Spider of dark and damp places, becomes a legendary beast !

Answer 5

I haven't seen one quite like that, but I have seen one with a cream body and red legs. I figured it was probably an albino, and most likely the one you saw was too, as most of them have brown legs and earth-tone coloured bodies e.g. it was an ordinary native species but being an albino mutant it was red and blue because those colours would show without its normal pigment.

Answer 6

There are many different kind of spiders. The one you saw on your bathroom floor is just a different kind of spider than a normal one, but because you were a kid then it looked weird to you.

Answer 7

oh boy it was the legendary blue bodied red legged spider you should have ate it you would have lived forever.

Answer 8

Sounds like childhood imagination...

Answer 9

It was Tony Blair emerging from his cocoon for the first time.

Answer 10

there was alot of acid floating around in the 70's. sure you hadnt taken something?