do tegenaria Jump!

[dasiydaddy]

i think i have a couple of tegenarea, in the house, when i went to catch the smaller of the two, (both in seperate rooms) it jumped off the wall at me!
a few days later another small one was on the ceiling and as i put a jar beneath it, again it leaped, into the jar!
looking at spidery sites it seems i have the common house spider but its two boxing glove bits at the front are huge! and of course it jumped! any ideas on what i actually have!!
i need answers, wife is getting frantic as we have a newborn in the house!

[No.9 Spider]

Well, firstly the enlarged palps (boxing gloves) indicate a male specimen. Of the many I've kept I've never seen a Tegenaria 'jump', more a very fast energetic 'stretch' to catch prey.
Your spiders seem to be 'dropping' off the wall more than anything, which is a defence mechanism in a few species, mainly the orb weavers, though not generally Tegenaria.
Some more info would be good ie. size (excluding legs), colour, abdomen patterns etc. A photo would be even better.
In the meantime also have a look at Scotophaeus blackwalli .



No.9 Spider

[daisymummy]

hi, i'm the nervous wife! the larger of the 2 spiders body is just under1cm i think and is has a round bottom. the smaller is more pointed at the bottom. don't know how to put a picture up of them. thanks.

[Mungo]

Welcome to WAB daisymummy & daddy

[Action_Man]

Hi and welcome to the WAB forums.

Here is information on how to upload images into the forum (if you have any).

http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/fo...otos-info.html