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Giant house spiders may compete with hobo spiders for the same resources. Hobo spiders grow no more than a body size of 15 millimeters (0.59 in) long whereas the larger female giant house spider can have a body size of 18 millimeters (0.71 in), [15] but has proportionately much longer legs. [16]
“Spiders are beneficial bugs that help control other pest insects such as flies, adult mosquitoes, ants, etc.” Capture and release can look like using a cup and a piece of paper to capture and ...
The giant house spider can grow to have a body length of 1 inches with its legs growing up to 4 inches long. Its long legs make the spider appear large in size (hence the name) which might instill ...
“The brown recluse spider also bites in defense when disturbed,” Fredericks explains, adding that, unfortunately, severe bite wounds from brown recluse spiders may take longer to heal and can ...
The Agelenidae are a large family of spiders in the suborder Araneomorphae.Well-known examples include the common "grass spiders" of the genus Agelenopsis.Nearly all Agelenidae are harmless to humans, but the bite of the hobo spider (Eratigena agrestis) may be medically significant, and some evidence suggests it might cause necrotic lesions, [1] but the matter remains subject to debate. [2]
Common house spiders will bite humans only in self-defense, when grabbed and squeezed. [citation needed] The species' synanthropic habits, however, increase the risk of human bites. [2] Common house spiders possess poor vision and cannot detect any movement more than three to four inches away. If cornered, they will feign death as last resort.
There are a few larger spider species, including wolf spiders and fishing spiders, that might get aggressive and bite humans if they're provoked. But bites from these spiders aren't dangerous.
This sentence needs to be fixed. Since the African Sun Spider is not a spider it must be another kind of spider that took the record. Either that or the Giant House Spider still has the record. --Godlesswanderer 22:12, 11 August 2007 (UTC) The answer is that Guinness isn't a very good authority, and writes what they wanna write.