Spider ID

[MarshallGTi]

Yea its probably something obvious, but I'm not clued up on critters with too-many legs... What is this and is it dangerous? Starting to get an unnerving amount inside the house, some bigger than my hand, and one recently amongst my daughters teddy bear pile

[Hendel1986]

Yea its probably something obvious, but I'm not clued up on critters with too-many legs... What is this and is it dangerous? Starting to get an unnerving amount inside the house, some bigger than my hand, and one recently amongst my daughters teddy bear pile

ASI app. Quite useful

[Spliffcat]

I call it a Wolf spider.
Harmless.
The spider folks will be along and will no doubt have more info.

[Schambies]

Yea its probably something obvious, but I'm not clued up on critters with too-many legs... What is this and is it dangerous? Starting to get an unnerving amount inside the house, some bigger than my hand, and one recently amongst my daughters teddy bear pile

Keep them around. Unless you prefer mozzies and little critters

[jeeperscreepersXJ]

Is that not a common Rain Spider (Palystes superciliosus) huge bastards that terrify everyone, they're quick as well

[jeeperscreepersXJ]

Wolf spider is small, 3cm
Common wall spider, 5cm or smaller

Rain spider... about the size of a helicopter, will give you a nice bite like a boil, but they are not poisonous or dangerous by any means.

[MarshallGTi]

Is that not a common Rain Spider (Palystes superciliosus) huge bastards that terrify everyone, they're quick as well

Very, which does not help in a house full of people afraid of spiders...

[MarshallGTi]

Wolf spider is small, 3cm
Common wall spider, 5cm or smaller

Rain spider... about the size of a helicopter, will give you a nice bite like a boil, but they are not poisonous or dangerous by any means.

ASI app. Quite useful

I would lean more towards rain spider based on the size, no exaggeration these things are as big as my hand, easily 15cm across

[PJ SA]

Is this from Trachelidae Genus? Or Woodlouse Spider. Location is Cape Town. About 15mm

[Gungets Tuft]

Very, which does not help in a house full of people afraid of spiders...

You need to hear them running on wooden floors. Sound like the horsemen of the apocalypse. You can hear their feet hitting the deck. I hate them. Genuinely dispise spiders, but rain spiders the most.

[SAND]

I’m not great at spider ID, but ZA only has 3 dangerous spiders that we need to be weary of: Button-, Violin-, and Sac spiders. Those I can ID in a heartbeat

[jfh]

Is this from Trachelidae Genus? Or Woodlouse Spider. Location is Cape Town. About 15mm

Maybe this?

https://www.ispotnature.org/communit...e/observations

[jeeperscreepersXJ]

Definitely looks like a Woodlouse spider, found all over the world, but rare near humans.. probably just looking for a warm place, they don't spin webs. They're harmless, and I guess pretty good to have around a house as they eat things.

[MarshallGTi]

I’m not great at spider ID, but ZA only has 3 dangerous spiders that we need to be weary of: Button-, Violin-, and Sac spiders. Those I can ID in a heartbeat

In the house I grew up in, the underside of most of the outside window ledges always has black widows nesting there, and the cupboards and roof were filled with sac spiders, it was bloody awful. Strong memories imprinted deep in my brain of my dad changing bandages on a sac spider bite for weeks on end and it just seemed to get worse and worse...