Giant House Spider

Natural Habitat

Typically found indoors in dark, quiet corners like basements and sheds, as well as outdoors in crevices and leaf litter.

Diet & Feeding

Carnivorous; it feeds primarily on flies, beetles, moths, and other small household insects.

Behavior Patterns

Funnel-web weavers that wait in a non-sticky sheet web; they are among the fastest spiders and are primarily active at night.

Risks & Benefits

Benefits the ecosystem by controlling pest populations; they are generally harmless to humans as they are shy and their venom is not medically significant.

Identified on: 5/16/2026