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The Gentle Giant - _TNY_8072

One of the largest spiders in Sweden, the giant house spider (Eratigena atrica) like this female is also really common.

 

Technically its bite can pierce human skin, but they aren't much for biting and if they do (you basically need to be squishing them for it to happen) *and* it decides to spend venom on you which they often don't, the resulting reaction is comparable to that of a regular mosquito sting, ie negligible

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Uploaded on February 17, 2023
Taken on April 18, 2019