{"id":1079,"date":"2012-08-14T10:39:57","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T09:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leirdal.net\/blog\/?p=1079"},"modified":"2014-06-27T10:07:41","modified_gmt":"2014-06-27T09:07:41","slug":"under-the-stairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leirdal.net\/blog\/archives\/1079-under-the-stairs.html","title":{"rendered":"Under the stairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have got big spiders in Norway too, but they are not dangerous. Size wise they might not be that large either, but these guys were big enough for my girlfriend. We discovered them under the stairs outside our house. While painting our house this weekend we moved the stairs in front of the house and below we found a few of these guys. My guesstimate is that the body (without the legs) was about 1-2 cm long. Including the legs it was about 5-8 centimeters in diameter. <del>After checking out a few sites it seems that they are some kind of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liocranidae\">Liocranidae<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.edderkopper.net\/Liocranidae.html\">Norwegian<\/a>)<\/del> Updated: This is known as a <a title=\"Tegenaria Atrica\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tegenaria_atrica\" target=\"_blank\">dust spider<\/a> or dustbunny spider. Here are two Norwegian sitations: <a title=\"Stor Husedderkopp\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fhi.no\/eway\/default.aspx?pid=239&amp;trg=List_6212&amp;Main_6157=6263:0:25,5999&amp;MainContent_6263=6464:0:25,8141&amp;List_6212=7039:0:25,6004:1:0:0:::0:0\" target=\"_blank\">FHI<\/a> and <a title=\"Tetragnathidae\" href=\"http:\/\/www.edderkopper.net\/Tetragnathidae.html\" target=\"_blank\">edderkopper.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><del>If you happen to know what they are called, please leave a comment below.<\/p>\n<p><\/del><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1077\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leirdal.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/5D31956-20120812.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1077\" data-attachment-id=\"1077\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.leirdal.net\/blog\/archives\/1079-under-the-stairs.html\/_5d31956-20120812\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.leirdal.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/5D31956-20120812.jpg?fit=1280%2C853&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,853\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Jon Leirdal&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1344785535&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 Jon Leirdal&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Hiding under the stairs\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Hiding under the stairs&lt;br \/&gt;\n(A large spider of what I think is the Liocranidae group)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Hiding under the stairs&lt;br \/&gt;\n(A large spider of what I think is the Liocranidae group)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.leirdal.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/5D31956-20120812.jpg?fit=1170%2C780&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1077\" title=\"Hiding under the stairs\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leirdal.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/5D31956-20120812-550x366.jpg?resize=550%2C366\" alt=\"Hiding under the stairs\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1077\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hiding under the stairs<br \/>(A large dust spider)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1078\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leirdal.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/5D31966-20120813.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1078\" data-attachment-id=\"1078\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.leirdal.net\/blog\/archives\/1079-under-the-stairs.html\/_5d31966-20120813\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.leirdal.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/5D31966-20120813.jpg?fit=1280%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Jon Leirdal&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1344880972&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 Jon Leirdal&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"What are you looking at\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;What are you looking at&lt;br \/&gt;\n(A large spider of what I think is the Liocranidae group)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;What are you looking at&lt;br \/&gt;\n(A large spider of what I think is the Liocranidae group)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.leirdal.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/5D31966-20120813.jpg?fit=1170%2C1170&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1078\" title=\"What are you looking at\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leirdal.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/5D31966-20120813-550x550.jpg?resize=550%2C550\" alt=\"What are you looking at\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.leirdal.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/5D31966-20120813.jpg?resize=550%2C550&amp;ssl=1 550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.leirdal.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/5D31966-20120813.jpg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.leirdal.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/5D31966-20120813.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.leirdal.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/5D31966-20120813.jpg?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.leirdal.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/5D31966-20120813.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1078\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What are you looking at<br \/>(A large dust spider)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have got big spiders in Norway too, but they are not dangerous. Size wise they might not be that large either, but these guys were big enough for my girlfriend. We discovered them under the stairs outside our house. While painting our house this weekend we moved the stairs in front of the house [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[526,520,511,18,233,544],"class_list":{"0":"post-1079","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-photography","8":"tag-macro","9":"tag-norway","10":"tag-photography","11":"tag-picture","12":"tag-pictures","13":"tag-spider","14":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.leirdal.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/5D31966-20120813.jpg?fit=1280%2C1280&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1xqPf-hp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1914,"url":"https:\/\/www.leirdal.net\/blog\/archives\/1914-wildlife-at-work.html","url_meta":{"origin":1079,"position":0},"title":"Wildlife at work","author":"leirdal","date":"2014-09-01","format":"image","excerpt":"Sometimes I bring my camera to work, like last Monday. Mostly I do not get blog-worthy new photos on these occasions, but I liked this one. I did not bring my full macro toolbox, but I managed to capture this \u201clittle\u201d guy through the window at work. He was on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Photography&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Photography","link":"https:\/\/www.leirdal.net\/blog\/archives\/category\/photography"},"img":{"alt_text":"Korsedderkopp","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.leirdal.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/5D33297-20140825.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.leirdal.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/5D33297-20140825.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.leirdal.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/5D33297-20140825.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.leirdal.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/5D33297-20140825.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.leirdal.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/5D33297-20140825.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":519,"url":"https:\/\/www.leirdal.net\/blog\/archives\/519-summer-on-the-west-coast-of-norway.html","url_meta":{"origin":1079,"position":1},"title":"Summer on the west coast of Norway","author":"leirdal","date":"2011-07-20","format":false,"excerpt":"Earlier this summer NRK had one of the most talked about live shows ever in Norway. 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Thus there are several birds that stay in Norway during the cold season, but when the temperatures drop below -20 degrees celcius\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Photography&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Photography","link":"https:\/\/www.leirdal.net\/blog\/archives\/category\/photography"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"\/blog\/uploads\/_MG_3930-20100207.serendipityThumb.jpg","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1175,"url":"https:\/\/www.leirdal.net\/blog\/archives\/1175-wildlife-in-norwegian-woods.html","url_meta":{"origin":1079,"position":4},"title":"Wildlife in Norwegian woods","author":"leirdal","date":"2012-09-21","format":false,"excerpt":"Some photos of red squirrels, eurasian jays and a willow tit.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Photography&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Photography","link":"https:\/\/www.leirdal.net\/blog\/archives\/category\/photography"},"img":{"alt_text":"The common red squirrel","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leirdal.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/5D32757-20120908-550x366.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leirdal.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/5D32757-20120908-550x366.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leirdal.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/5D32757-20120908-550x366.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6,"url":"https:\/\/www.leirdal.net\/blog\/archives\/6-sinnataggen-angry-boy.html","url_meta":{"origin":1079,"position":5},"title":"&#8220;Sinnataggen&#8221; &#8211; Angry Boy","author":"leirdal","date":"2007-07-11","format":false,"excerpt":"I managed to take this nice picture of a famous statue in Norway. 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