Giant House Spider

Commonly found in residential homes, dark corners, garages, basements, and gardens.

Carnivorous; feeds on flies, moths, beetles, and other household pests.

Builds messy, funnel-shaped webs; extremely fast runners that prefer flight over confrontation; most active during late summer and autumn mating seasons.

Benefits include controlling indoor pest populations. They pose very little risk to humans as they are non-aggressive; their venom is medically insignificant and they rarely bite.