Tegenaria duellica? - Eratigena duellica

Moved to Tegenaria gigantea

Moved from ID Request. I hope you don't mind.. I photoshopped your second image to get the spider closer to the tape. Did you notice the tiny spiders?

… Lynette Elliott, 14 August, 2012 - 9:22am

Thanks!

It looks great! And yes, I noticed the tiny spiders :)

… zenzenzen, 14 August, 2012 - 11:22am

Possibly

About how large was it? Body length, excluding the legs.

… Kyron Basu, 5 August, 2012 - 6:43pm

Quite large

I'd say the body was about 5cm in length

… zenzenzen, 5 August, 2012 - 6:48pm

5cm?

That seems pretty extreme for just the body - they don't get much larger than 20mm. Are you sure that isn't including the legs?

Edit: assuming that includes the legs, I'd guess the spider's body length is about 15-18mm, which is about right for a female T. gigantea. This definitely doesn't look like T. agrestis, which is the only other likely candidate in that size range for WA.

… Kyron Basu, 5 August, 2012 - 6:50pm

Woops!

Sorry, yeah I was including the legs. Just the body was maybe 22 mm?

Edit: Could be more like 18mm since I'm an arachnophobe... I just went out and checked and it's still out in the shed. Trying to figure out a way to overcome my phobia and measure it, heh!

… zenzenzen, 5 August, 2012 - 7:10pm

Arachnophobia

No worries, these are not dangerous or aggressive spiders. :) They do move awfully fast when they want to, which still startles me sometimes, but that's about it.

… Kyron Basu, 5 August, 2012 - 7:26pm

Thanks! Yeah, one of the main reasons I joined this site is to try to overcome my phobia... trying to identify as many spiders as I can and learn a bit about all of them. I've added the best I could do in terms of a measurement photo

… zenzenzen, 5 August, 2012 - 7:35pm

Tegenaria gigantea/duellica

seems pretty certain at that size and with the fairly clear markings. Good luck to you in your quest! :)

… Kyron Basu, 5 August, 2012 - 7:44pm

Thanks!

I'm proud of myself for even getting the tape measure that close, ha! Thanks for the help!

… zenzenzen, 5 August, 2012 - 7:46pm