The giant house spider is largely beneficial for helping control other, more dangerous pests, but here's how to tell it apart ...

Wed., Aug. 17, 2022 This female giant house spider was recently caught and photographed after scuttling across a kitchen floor in Seattle. Don’t worry, she’s harmless.

Editor's note: This story references a spider found in Seattle homes that grows to be 4 inches across. Certain spiders are so big, they make even the most spider-friendly humans leap off the couch ...

The national health body added: “Some spiders’ bites can cause you to feel or be sick, sweating, and dizziness. Bites can also become infected or cause a severe allergic reaction in rare cases. Get ...

The giant house spider can grow to have a body length of 1 inches with its legs growing up to 4 inches long. Its long legs make the spider appear large in size (hence the name) ...

Once the giant spider decoration was complete, Brown briefly hung Mavis up to test her durability, adding that the eerie creature was surprisingly durable, having withstood a massive storm in 2021.

The spider’s long, tentacle-like legs enable it to dart as fast as 1.5 feet per second across a hard surface, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, which ranked the giant house spider ...

You’re most likely to see the giant house spider (Eratigena duellica, formally known as Tegenaria gigantea and T. duellica) between July and September, when males are commonly found lurking in ...

A male Eratigena atrica, also known as a giant house spider, in Portland, Oregon, August 2, 2024. The spider was found crawling out of a pile of loose laundry.

The giant house spider can grow to have a body length of 1 inches with its legs growing up to 4 inches long. Its long legs make the spider appear large in size (hence the name) ...