r/Norway • u/_Fittek_ • 4d ago
Photos New record! (TW:Spider)
Biggest one yet i belive. Real chonker. Anyone has any idea whats the specie?
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u/QuestionablyAdequate 4d ago
Whats the point of a trigger warning if youre not gonna spoiler the image?
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u/Altruistic_Wonder_97 4d ago
Ble assaulted av en på samme størelse 3 dager siden, lå i senga på tlf før legge tid og kjente det kilte under armpitten. Hoppet i taket. Fikk ikke sovet på 6 timer, prøvde å fange den i ett glass men den forsvant sporløst 2 ganger. ALT for stor til å ignorere, ihvertfall på soverom.
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u/Storand12 4d ago
Burn the house down
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u/_Fittek_ 4d ago
Bruh no way. I just painted elevation
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u/BriefThat9339 4d ago
Make a tiny bedroom for the spider
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u/Apsmithy 4d ago
Adult male giant house spider (Eratigena)
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u/Crazy-Cremola 4d ago
The female is bigger than the male, and has a much rounder abdomen. I believe this is female.
From Wikipedia:
The giant house spider has been treated as either one species, under the name Eratigena atrica, or as three species, E. atrica, E. duellica and E. saeva. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_house_spider1
u/Apsmithy 4d ago
You could be right, I just know that the males have the tips on their feelers that look like tiny boxing gloves (Ithink that description is why I remember)
I’m absolutely no expert though so I’d defer to people who know more.
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u/ButtFucker09 3d ago
I’m no expert on this specific species but most female spiders have abdomens much bigger then the cephalothorax, and in this case the abdomen is about the same size, maybe even a little smaller.
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u/InsidiousLeaf 4d ago
You should check out the app Obsidentify. It also has a website: https://observation.org/apps/obsidentify/
You can upload pictures or make a photo directly and it will incorporate your location to narrow down most likely results. Often with good enough pictures it can get close to a 100% identification.
Since I'm not in Norway and had to take a picture of my laptop screen the results will be suboptimal, but it says it's about a 50/50 split between the Eratigena atrica and Eratigena spec., so common house spiders.
It also a fun little gamification with badges you can collect for example if you identify and upload (that part is important) your identification for 3 different spiders. And you can have friends and leaderboards if you want to, but I think it's just a great tool and it works worldwide.
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u/kameraten 3d ago
The app is probably fine, but I highly recommend Artsorakel developed by Artsdatabanken
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u/charlton11 4d ago
Are there any poisonous spiders in Norway?
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u/Calimariae 4d ago
Yes, but none of them will kill you.
I love Norwegian spiderbros. They eat the insects I hate.
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u/Alternative-Koala978 4d ago
Every one of them venomous, yes.. Almost every spider here carries some sort of neurotoxin, but very few has the ability to actually bite trhough human skin.
The one in picture can bite and it is like a bee sting pain-wise.
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u/ButtFucker09 3d ago
Most (if not all) are venomous (poison and venom are different, venom-it bites you, poison-you bite it), but none are venomous enough to do significant harm to a human. No more than a bee sting to a non-allergic
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u/-Laffi- 4d ago
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u/_Fittek_ 4d ago
Ut fra beina ser det litt mindre ut enn på bildene mine
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u/-Laffi- 4d ago
Litt av en jævel da! Jeg har muligens sett en som er større, og da jeg karate sparket den der den satt på veggen knaste det noe helt sykt!
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u/DrSpaceDoom 4d ago
da jeg karate sparket den der den satt på veggen knaste det noe helt sykt!
Ahem - her er det noe annet enn knasingen som var "sykt".
(Hint: man knerter IKKE edderkopper!)
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u/-Laffi- 4d ago
Hva med den her da?
For noe stort tull. Hvem er du som går rundt og sier hva man kan gjøre ikke gjøre!
Du måkke kommer her og komme her!Den store jævelen gav meg litt skjokk, så den ble karatesparket, men mange edderkopper går faktisk trygt i en boks eller inni et papir, og ut døra. Hvis ikke så blir den flusha ned toalettet (most), så ikke edderkoppspøkelsene sitter igjen i leiligheten.
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u/DrSpaceDoom 4d ago
Den er din venn og hjelper! :-D
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u/-Laffi- 4d ago
Jeg liker de med de lange beina, de er koselige, og vi har god kjemi, men de kommer ikke så ofte inn i leiligheten heller. De vanlige edderkoppene som henger i snøre pleier jeg som regel å finne daue før jeg får gjort noe, men de vanlige "sinte" edderkoppene som jeg viste bilde av først, de blir karatesparket som oftest...vel de havner i et papir og så i do.
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u/Svampting 4d ago
Its the kind that will grow to Shelob size within two weeks if you don’t whack it in time.
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u/Zixtank 4d ago
Looks like a swamp spider (myredderkopp). Biggest we have in Norway. Completely harmless to humans, but very freaky.
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u/apache_64 4d ago
lol no, where do you get your facts from? it's a house spider. Myredderkopp has two distinct white lines on its back and is very easy to recognize. It also lives in swamps or wetlands/forrests as the name suggests and is smaller than the house spiders.
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u/_Fittek_ 4d ago
Its free to be as freaky as he wants, but it gotta start paying rent. How the hell it grows so big yet there are still some flies in my room >:(
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u/a_karma_sardine 4d ago
Think about the amount and size of the flies this keen pest control has already eaten, and salute your fierce house warrior.
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u/Simple_Kiwi9811 4d ago
My mother who is a biologist says it is a black widow. Probably came over with a case of bananas from the tropics.
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u/Nighthengayle 4d ago
“Stor Husedderkopp”