Spider ID

[Paul in the woods]

It looks more like a cave spider to me, possibly Meta menardi.

[treefolk]

It looks more like a cave spider to me, possibly Meta menardi.

Reckon you may be right

 

 

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[agrimog]

an ugly one, hit it with an axe anyway, just to be sure its not dangerous....lol

[Billhook]

I was drivin' in my car

(It's not quite a Jaguar)

 

I felt something on top of my glasses, hardly any more than one of my few hairs so I brushed gently. Felt it again so brushed it again and this was followed by the most painful sensation I have ever encountered next to hitting my finger with a hammer.

It was like an injection going in at the point where some religions put the dot in between the eyebrows.

it was so bad that I had to pull over onto the grass verge and luckily I was on a minor road. It could have been quite serious if I was on a motorway.

I was expecting to see a wasp in the car but after a careful search there was nothing.

It swelled up and there was a large red area but there were two marks on the skin. One was the small white spot that you sometimes see with wasp stings but also I know now comes with uk spider bites.

The other turned into a hard lump that was still tender a week later.

I also had feelings of nausea for a day afterwards.

 

Britain's most poisonous spiders - BT

 

 

i have never heard of anyone being bitten before like this but I met a woman in town who said she had been bitten and went to the A&E at the main hospital because it had affected her so badly and they took a sample from the bite and actually identified the spider from the poison.

 

Before this I have always handled spiders gently to remove them from house/car by hand now I will use gloves or a small stick.

[Haironyourchest]

Something used to bite my hand while sleeping, once or twice a year. I always presumed it was spides, but never felt the bite or found a squashed one. Hand/arm used to swell up like a potato, hot and itchy for a few days. Not unpleasant.