6 legged spider with thangs

dorris · #1 (**permalink**) 25-05-2009, 10:15 PM

hiya just come across a 6 legged spider on my frontroom floor it was about the size of an old 50 pence piece it was reddy brown in colour with a black face and thangs!!!! i managed to put it in a glass which it managed to climb up is this normal? and it was very angry and defancive it was up on its hide legs trying to attack!!!!! there was no sign of any damage to the spider to explain the missing legs it looked and ran fine as the lil devil was quick its back body was a strange shape aswell kinda long which then parted slightly but was different colour to the rest of the spider and was baige any ideas on what this could be!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????? as me n my partner now cant sleep

Tursiops2 · #2 (**permalink**) 25-05-2009, 10:29 PM

Earwig?

(photo by hazelwattle)

Harmless

Welcome to WAB, dorris

T2

dorris · #3 (**permalink**) 25-05-2009, 10:31 PM

defo not an earwig it didn't have pincers at the back it was just parted slightly and had thangs on its head underneth its eyes

Tursiops2 · #4 (**permalink**) 25-05-2009, 10:37 PM

OK, not an earwig then

What exactly do you mean by "thangs"?

Venger · #5 (**permalink**) 25-05-2009, 10:42 PM

If it has 6 legs with no damage for missing ones, then its an insect, not a spider

Any chance of a photo?

Sure its not a Devil's coachman:

Photo by Juliejam

Gerel · #6 (**permalink**) 25-05-2009, 10:46 PM

Try looking up cockchafer (on the off chance that the "thangs" were its antennae). It's the right time of year for them. If that's what it was then they are completely harmless by the way.

dorris · #7 (**permalink**) 25-05-2009, 11:06 PM

it was a spider it was narrow it was the size of a 50p in a circle sorry no pic as we put it in a glass and the pictures wouldnt come out at all its face was black not like the rest of its body and it was angreeeeeeeee!!!!!! the thangs where about 2mm ish long it sat like a spider and was in the position like a spider about to charge ran like a spider and well looked like a spider i cant explain it i have seen many spiders but none like this i defo had 6 legs there was no injurys to it it looked healthy but defo had 6 legs as we had a good look as my partner said to me how many legs does a spider have and i replyed 8 but it had six it think if id picked it up it would have bitten me it was that angree

Venger · #8 (**permalink**) 25-05-2009, 11:33 PM

Then I suggest you have a look here and see if you can see anything similar:
Thumbnails of spiders in NW_Europe

Jason Green · #9 (**permalink**) 25-05-2009, 11:34 PM

Thangs = fangs/pedipalps I suspect, T2.

If you have a photo, however bad you think it is, post it. Oh, and welcome to WAB, Dorris!

dorris · #10 (**permalink**) 25-05-2009, 11:56 PM

its bum was like a " nomisia anssereri " the same with the body shape but it was also alot finner but kinda the same shape but with 3 legs on iver side it bum was swady coloured then faded in a redish clearish colour then its face was jet black with a horrid looking mouth onit it had 3 sections of colour it was like nothing i have ever seen ??????????????????