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 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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

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) ...

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) ...

You’ve probably come across more spiders or have even walked straight into spider webs recently, and that’s because the spider season in western Washington has begun. Well, kind of. Although spiders ...