READERS have been getting in touch with us to tell us their views on creepy-crawly this week with spider season now upon us.

The Leader recently reported that the UK has 650 different species of spiders, and the largest among them is the cardinal spider.

Cardinal spiders, known internationally as Tegenaria Parietina, have been recorded to grow up to 14cm.

September to mid-October is known as spider season in the UK as lots of the creatures come into people's houses looking for mates. 

And although some of them have been known to bite, their small fangs will only render mild discomfort in a human. So there is no need to be fearful of these creatures.

However, the mere sight of them can be enough to trigger fight or flight mode for many of us!

Here's what our readers think of their creepy-crawly friends (or enemies)...

Coralie Botfield, who sent us the picture at the top if this article, said: "Removed this beast from the toilet, biggest spider I’ve ever removed."

Allison McCullough said: "I used to have a massive one that lived in my home years ago. I've never seen such a big one since. I fed it flies that I'd captured and named it 'Boris.' They're our allies."

Catherine Feely added: "I bought a spider catcher two years ago, it's been a god send, I don't like spiders at all, but don't want to kill them either, so this does me."

Bernadette Pennington told us: "I have three. One under the washing machine, one under the bed, one under the bath panel. Two others I have caught and put outside."

Keith Driscoll said: "If you live in the countryside, they don't hide. They sit and watch TV with you!"

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Sian Blanche Jones added: "They eat flies etc they don’t hurt us just put them back outside."

Alan Jones said: "Caught one the other night, struggled to fit all the legs inside a pint glass, then slide thin card underneath and flip the glass, spider in the glass and taken outside where it belongs."

Others saw the funnier side of the situation.

Like, David Ramanaden, who said: "I’m gonna need a bigger cat!!!"

Graham Mainwaring added: "I will be charging it rent with the cost of living nowadays!"