Tube Web spiders? In Yeovil?

[b0dge]

Hi everyone, I'm b0dge...

I took this photo last year and then, after showing a few people, forgot about it. Until now.

I was having a cigarette outside my back door last night (don't smoke kids, it's not big or clever) and for some reason was looking at the wall, and saw three of the familiar looking holes in the brickwork had black legs poking out of them again. This jogged my memory of this photo, and so I spent a bit of time this morning trying to ID the spider, and as far as I can see, it's a Tube Web Spider (Segestria florentina). It lived (unfortunately, about ten seconds after this picture was taken, my girlfriend hit both creatures with a shoe) in one of the aforementioned holes in a south-facing red brick wall in my house, not far from Ninesprings Country Park in Yeovil, Somerset.

Anyway, I just thought it was an interesting photo, and other people might be interested to see it...

[Action_Man]

Hi B0dge and welcome to the WAB forums.

Can you tell me where you live ?, so i can come round and hit your girlfriend with a shoe, to see how she likes it .

Spiders, inside and outside, provide a barrier against the unwanted pests that try and enter your abode, they are environmentally friendly pest control, you should be encouraging them them rather trying to eliminate them ...

[No.9 Spider]

Hi b0dge, welcome to WAB. Certainly Segestria florentina and you are within the distribution area for this species.
I'd point out to your girlfriend all the other bugs that will be entertained in your house if you didn't have your outside predators. Rest assured that they won't come in the house. It should be a privilege to have these on your property.


No.9 Spider

[posie]

Don't have a go at the poor chap because his girlfriend did that. I'm sure he wouldn't have done it so it's not his fault.But it is his fault if she does it again, cos it's his fault that she's still there...