Mummy-Long-legs?
This is a common house spider in South India, seen here with her egg sac. If I am right, she is H. venatoria - read about this species here . Ever since I set eyes on them, though, I have always yelled out ' Tarantula! ' and my wonderful M-I-L would deftly collect them within the bristles of a broom and encourage the leggy creature to set up camp in the garden. Now I don't mind them - they are willing caretakers of a lonely house... Afterthought - CC means camera-critters, not creepy crawlies! :) PS 1. In case you are not yet spider-wise, Daddy-long-legs is actually a spider that does not look much different from the web it weaves. PS 2. But another Daddy-Long-Legs is one of my favourite companions, and is put up in a shelf, too. More about that later!