Spiders will be coming out of hiding in British homes as mating season gets underway While it doesn’t seem like we’ve had much of This means they prefer hiding in cosy homes, a summer this year, autumn is on its way. And rather than outside. this means just one thing - spider season… While there are 650 types of spiders in the UK, only 12 are harmful to humans. Spider season usually begins in the first two weeks of September and is over by the first Leading ecologist Dr Chris Terrell-Nield of week of October. Nottingham Trent University previously said that house spiders are not dangerous, but According to experts, it occurs when male spi- ‘can give you a nip’. ders come out of hiding in search of a mate. He told Nottinghamshire Live: "The spider that is coming into houses at the moment is the While they may have already been living in house spider and it is one of Britain's biggest your home, you could start to see them spiders. crawling around more. The males are up to 10cm across the leg Expert Richard Jones previously told BBC: span and can be the size of your hand - that “The ones we see scuttling around in the is the top range but it can be two thirds of that house – they’re usually the male house size. The size is down to how much they have spiders. eaten. “The ones you see running across the carpet in front of you freaking you out, most often it’ll be a male out on some sort of amorous pursuit.” He added: “I think even the cleanest, smallest house will have a good 20 to 40 spiders. “Old Victorian houses like mine - with lots of little cracks and crevices and places for things to get in - I wouldn’t be at all surprised if we’re well into four figures.” The most common species you’re set to find hiding in your home are ‘house spiders’ which have descended from species that are used to warmer climates, such as the ones in the Mediterranean.
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“They are not dangerous but they can give you a nip. They have biting fangs. These things have been breeding and started their life span in the spring.
