A male giant house spider in Portland on Aug. 2, 2024. The spider was found crawling out of a pile of loose laundry. Mark Graves/The Oregonian Key things to know about Oregon’s largest arachnid ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — There are more than 500 species of spiders in Oregon, and soon they’ll be breeding. Eeek! Every autumn, the Oregon Department of Agriculture sees an uptick in spider ...

A close up look at Oregon’s largest spider (arachnophobes ... the largest spider in the Pacific Northwest – the giant house spider. READ MORE Woman killed in house hit by plane was sleeping ...

4. A close up look at Oregon’s largest spider (arachnophobes beware), published Aug. 29 Summer is prime time for male giant house spiders to lurk in human homes in Oregon, where the spiders ...

Creepy fascination: The giant house spider was once listed in the Guinness ... century ago and has since flourished in Washington and Oregon. The first specimens were documented in Spokane in ...

Often breeding anxiety in homeowners due to its size and sometimes mistaken identity is the giant house spider, Eratigena ...

Early fall is Seattle's so-called "spider season" when two species, the European orb weaver and giant house spider, reach maturity and are at their biggest in size. And while they make for ...

Face your fears and meet your eight-legged housemate known as the giant house spider. Measuring as large as the palm of your hand, it may look intimidating while loitering in your bathtub or ...

Paper may not provide a strong enough layer between hand and spider, and may not be sturdy enough to support the over-sized Giant House Spiders. During this process, it’s best to keep the spider ...

“Considering spiders as a whole, its not spider season, but considering [giant house spiders and cross orb weavers], the ones that people actually notice, it is their season,” Crawford said in ...