The giant house spider is largely beneficial for helping control other, more dangerous pests, but here's how to tell it apart from other spiders.

“For a spider to get as big the Giant House Spiders, just think of how many insects it has to have eaten,” Crawford said. “And all of those insects were in and around your building.

Certain spiders are so big, they make even the most spider-friendly humans leap off the couch, and those spiders, appropriately named “giant house spiders,” are on the move this time of year ...

Which means that transplanting indoor spiders outdoors is not a kindness. The cross spider and the giant house spider are both imports — non-natives that have muscled in on local species.

Big — like the giant house spider. That’s what many people are seeing around their homes around this time — a brownish spider that is about as big as a person’s palm.

Here are five of the biggest types of spiders in South Carolina, how huge they can get and if they are dangerous to people.

It simply doesn't work on humans. House spiders Secondly, when a big spider comes into your house, it's not out to get you, it's a teenage male spider looking for a female.

A family were horrified after finding a giant house spider in their shower - which was so big some said it looked more like a rat with legs. A father said he was called by his teenage daughter who ...

Monster spiders are invading Britain, with some as big as mice creeping into homes. The UK’s warm, wet summer created perfect breeding conditions for the population of giant house spiders to … ...

Spiders found inside the house, however, are not necessarily our friends, and homeowners should try to get rid of them so that they won't overrun the house or bite people.