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Facebook have already decided that this picture of giant spider was fake, but the ECHO can reveal that is it very much real, and could be living in your home right now.

Barry Malpas discovered the beast crawling out of a skip on his driveway in Liverpool and was brave enough to take some close up pictures.

He shared his terrifying discovery with his Facebook friends.

Clearly the pictures looked too good to be true and many commented on Barry's photos saying they thought it was a fake.

So, the ECHO took the photos to local spider expert Paul Finnegan, education team leader at the Bug House, in Liverpool's World Museum, who confirmed that the massive monster was in fact real... and is packed with over a hundred little surprises.

He said: "Yes, the spider is real. It’s an adult female Common House Spider (Tegenaria gigantea). It’s probably between five and seven-years-old and looks as though it is full of eggs."

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This common house spider (yes, HOUSE spider) is in its breading time (August to October) and is probably on the look out for the best place to lay her eggs, which could be well over 100 at a time. These eggs will take around 14 days to hatch.

These spiders, whose painful bite is similar to a bee sting if it can pierce the skin, can sometimes grow up to 12 centimetres long.

Arachnologist Chris Ayre said: “Giant house spiders are the Golden Retrievers of the spider world, because they are much less shy than their relatives.”

So, if you spot any of these Golden Retrievers of the spider world send them to rebecca.koncienzcy@trinitymirror.com