My 'practice' spider!

[Larry Shone]

Before i go out and buy a T I need to get heating mats, hygrometer etc(I have a thermostat somewhere), but in the meantime I caught this Tegenaria in my shed and put it in a small tank so that our daughter can watch its behaviour without handling it and killing it.

I put a moth in with it (lots of grass moths in our house this time of year!) and the spider pounced on it straight away!
I came back later and it had eaten its fill and coccooned the rest I think!

I didnt see any distinctive palpal structures so I think its a subadult female.