This greeted me this morning. WARNING: May cause severe trauma in some.

[Peter1469]

We had Banana spiders back home in South East Louisiana. They look similar.

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[Lummy]

I just let him be there. Who knows where he is now, LoL.

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In your bed, probably in your pillow case, waiting for just the right moment to attack.

[Just AnotherPerson]

In your bed, probably in your pillow case, waiting for just the right moment to attack.

LoL :)

[Cotton1]

We had Banana spiders back home in South East Louisiana. They look similar.

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The first time I saw one of those waa last summer in Memphis. I was walking around a small lake with a girl that was a nature freak so she knew what it was. As for me? I was mortified.

[Lummy]

He/she surely is a sight!

When I find spiders in my house I usually capture them and out they go, unless it's a black widow, then someone else has to capture it and put it out, ha!

And by the way, You're most welcome!

They probably capture it and put it in your bed, in the pillow case where it will be warm next to your face.

[Collateral Damage]

I never kill spiders. If they are alive, they are eating bugs that would otherwise be breeding and running around your house. Spiders eat 10 percent of their body weight in food per day. If there is nothing to eat - they leave on their own.

Just remember, YOU taste like chicken.

[nathanbforrest45]

Its called a Banana Spider and will just one day disappear. Maybe it will be back next year or maybe it won't. As long as you don't climb up in the web it will completely leave you alone. This is the female of the species. If you look very closely at the web you will see a much smaller spider, about the size of a fly. That is the male. At the end of their life cycle they will mate and she will eat the male. After she lays her eggs she will disappear, presumably she crawls off and dies.

[Just AnotherPerson]

Its called a Banana Spider and will just one day disappear. Maybe it will be back next year or maybe it won't. As long as you don't climb up in the web it will completely leave you alone. This is the female of the species. If you look very closely at the web you will see a much smaller spider, about the size of a fly. That is the male. At the end of their life cycle they will mate and she will eat the male. After she lays her eggs she will disappear, presumably she crawls off and dies.

That's tragic. That's one hell of a love story. :)

[Tahuyaman]

I have a similar spider who lives in the frame of my front door. I named him Jared. Yes I agree with post 4, he is most likley a garden spider. Hes bigger than he looks in this picture when he is cold he cuddles up into a ball, like he is doing in this pic. I have become familiar with him. He has lived in the door frame for a few weeks now. He is harmless. I like him.

The other day I had to do some work sitting at my kitchen table and there was one of those giant brown spiders on the floor. He was injured he was missing a few legs. I normally put them in a cup and release them outside. But he was injured, so I just let him be. I sat down at the table to do my work, and he walked over near my foot and even though I would move around he just stayed there, almost like he needed comforted. I just let him be there. Who knows where he is now, LoL.

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Most people try to rid their home of insects.

[Dr. Who]

Most people try to rid their home of insects.

Spiders are not insects, they are arachnids.