Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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I look at the biggest spiders found in the UK and why there is a debate over which is biggest

Fen Raft spiders, House spiders including Cardinal Spider, Green fanged Funnel Web Spider and Four spotted Orb Weaver, and talk about another possible candidate that's rarely mentioned, the Wasp Spider





Photo credits

Segestria florentina Spider by John K Thorne flickr.com/photos/seattlecamera/34034967963/in/photolist-7aWpvp-NqFyqs-7aWDkH-HbCa8m-Hcny5r-HcnxtX-GpupUy-oyzZcr-7aWmL2-bmAh4V-bmAgUp-TRy7dt-RDy9Pf-XYvKAh-SgpBmS-Sep9h3-RHiHMW-25QyWVi-26ueS26-dPKYVN-TkmYzh-MhMbiU-PicikC-21BLzx5-25pyQ5o-258CgJF-26wwM1Y-dPEn3a-RHfPz3-QYjBu5-NH9QiP-Si13eT-RHeZhG-21DSRWu-25hXywf-25hXBVj-TcAjV4-XT7BRq-27ufxSR-29rYeXv-SeTsVZ-TtV24d-SXx9bC-MX8awo-Gjxyjx-GjxwWT-H8Vw8a

Tegenaria parietina with a 3.5 inch diskette in the background by Belgani commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2733279

Vierfleckige Kreuzspinne (Araneus quadratus) by Marcus Börner
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Vierfleckkreuzspinne (Araneus quadratus) by Holger Krisp
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