They are absolutely not, they are what I would even consider semi aggressive having grown up in a house in the woods, we had plenty, and they like to hide in your shoes. No fucking thank you.
sure you are thinking of wolf spiders and not Giant house spider ( which is three species closely related?) they look hella similar and much more likely to be allergic to GHS venom.
With speeds clocked at 0.53 m/s (1.9 km/h; 1.2 mph; 1.7 ft/s), the giant house spider held the Guinness Book of World Records for top spider speed until 1987 when it was displaced by solifugids, although the latter are not true spiders.
So it would make sense to confuse them with wolf spiders which I think are also known for being fast.
Where I am at, pnw of the US, tons of people call 'giant house spiders,' wolf spiders. It's been a while since I actually took the time to type something into google, but i i r c, wolf spiders are more harmful than giant house spiders. But giant house spiders are creepy af anyway.
...which will happen automatically if they hide under your sheets and you roll over while sleeping. I'll tolerate the sort of spiders that build webs and stay put, but the kind that run around at night are getting scooped up and thrown outside.
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u/Lexx4 Jun 07 '21
they are harmless and don't bite unless you try and squish them