Family-of-five live in fear from giant leaping spider which has lived in garage for five YEARS

This is the moment the Gibson family confronted a ‘monster’ spider which has been terrorising their home for five YEARS.

The family-of-five have been living in fear ever since the green-fanged arachnid took up residence in a hole in their garage.

Dad-of-three James, 27, first spotted the 'menacing' black creature scurrying out from behind brickwork half a decade ago.

He identified it as a Segestria florentina, or tube web spider, and is convinced he's seen the same one lurking above the door frame every year since.

James and his three kids Charlie, four, Harry, three and Olivia, two, call their scary resident 'Mr Long Legs' because of his sheer size.

But mum Katy, 24, has had enough and wants the unwanted guest ejected because its bite can cause a sharp injection-like pain lasting for hours.

The Gibson's filmed their latest attempt to lure it out of its bolthole using a special kids' toy designed to look like a fly on the end of a stick.

As they poked their puppet down the spider's hole it can be seen leaping out to snare the pretend insect.

Within a split-second though, the speedy spider has scurried back up the wall and retreated back into its cobweb-lined nest.

James, a precision engineer, said: 'We first noticed the spider about five years ago. I'm sure its the same one.

'There are tonnes of spiders living in the garage but most of them are just average - this one has a really menacing look to it.

'He lives in a little hole which is on the doorframe walking into the garage but comes out to peer down at his web.

'My dad used the fly puppet to gently touch the web and the spider hurtled out. He moved really fast - before you knew it he was right back in his hole.'

Tube web spiders sow distinctive tube-shaped webs in cracks and holes and wait by the entrance for prey to touch the strands.

They first entered the UK 150 years ago from continental Europe, arriving on ships docking in ports.

If left undisturbed, domestic house spiders can live as long as seven years in the same web in places like attics, basements, and garages.

But Jamie says his family would rather leave the spider where it is than call in pest controllers to kill it.

He said: 'I think everyone would run a mile if came out of its hole at that speed again. We will leave him be in his little house.

'My wife, Katy, would quite like to get rid of it but we don't want to kill a wild animal. Instead I'm going to use it as a way to teach the kids about respecting animals.

'They know it is dangerous and they know not to mess with it.'