Sorry for poor picture quality. Found in France. Never seen anything like it.
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Yup, that’s a giant house spider. No kidding, that’s the vernacular name of the species, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_house_spider. Formerly filed under the tegenaria genus, now its own genus.
They’re comically large and terror-inducing, but not aggressive. And they keep out more aggressive species too.
If it’s big and in a rural French house, it’s very likely a Tégénaire : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegenaria_domestica
We don’t have many dangerous or even biting species of spiders.
Thank for your answer.
ITT I read that it could also be a radiated wolf spider. In any case it was big, bigger than other big a** spiders I found at this place. But what do I know, I’m definitely not a country person.Did it show any signs of super powers?
…maybe let it bite you…?
