posted on Oct, 11 2010 @ 07:45 PM
We have these in Ireland too. They have only been seen as of the last 2-3 years, especially in the last year there has been a dramatic increase.
People are actually talking about it at the dinner table.
We didn't really get spiders this big, and there are bigger ones that we also get. None of these have been really seen in the past though, it is
strange.
We get these really big jumping spiders by the way, really long legs on them too. Big increase in the last few years of tropical looking spiders here
in Ireland. I know a few people who walk around with a Tarantula spider in their pocket while standing with their mates in a woodland area between
roads) in the suburbs where I live. They just walk around with it, and what I think is that maybe one escaped, or a few; and bred with local irish
spiders to form new spider types.
edit on 11/10/2010 by the_denv because: sp