So the gf called me into the bathroom to deal with a visitor, lol.
But first, a prologue: local BC bylaws prohibit the keeping of any native species as pets (although let's face it - nobody will call the Mounties on you for keeping a spider in a jar). The Teganarias, though, are introduced from Europe and, like bullfrogs here, are considered a "kill on sight" invasive species. So I can keep her in a jar totally guilt-free.
Since I couldn't bring myself to obliterate her, this girl now resides in a former false widow enclosure in the living room. She's already moulted once (and gotten a fair bit larger already), and is a
ravenous eater. The whole jar is now elaborately webbed up in a series of levels and tunnels. I'm going to guess she's a
Tenegaria domestica, since she's doesn't seem as gangly-looking as
Tegenaria duellica, and I really don't think we have the infamous
Tegenaria agrestis here.
All in all, she's far more interesting to keep and observe than the false widow, who as pretty as she was, didn't do much but hide up near the lid almost completely out of sight.
