To kill this spider

Catsanfan · Today 08:39
OK cool people, I get it. Anyone with a phobia of ANYTHING must simply get a grip and stop being such a wuss. Well done!”

Don't be silly. The OP asked whether she ought to kill a spider. Most people have replied no, obviously.

OK cool people, I get it. Anyone with a phobia of ANYTHING must simply get a grip and stop being such a wuss. Well done!

They are sympathetic. Towards the defenceless little spiders. The people are big enough to take of themselves.

I didn't say she should kill it, I said some people should be more sympathetic

Catsanfan · Yesterday 15:59
I think some of you are being a bit mean, arachnophobia is a big thing. I'm absolutely terrified of spiders and cannot rationalise when it comes to them”

I’m terrified of a few people. Kill them isn’t my go to though.

I know, and I'm not necessarily saying she should kill it but there's a fair lack of compassion in this thread. If any of you have a phobia of anything, just, y'know, get over it mentality. By the very nature of anything a phobia is not rational. A lot of people are phobic about cats. I love cats but would never tell someone to basically get over themselves if they are phobic.

And, no, I wouldn't tell someone to kill a cat if there is one on their garden, before you start

Yup!

Nah, we're just tired of useful, totally beneficial, creatures being unnecessarily killed and nerve toxins being sprayed around all over the place and it being made out to be the normal, default response/a cause for 'humour'.

We need spiders. We need insects. The world needs them.

We had a big male house spider in the kitchen, not long ago. My daughter (10) was squealing excitedly for me to come and look and then told the dog to leave the spider, which I ushered to a gap in the skirting.

I am the official "ejector of all creepy crawlers here". General rule of thumb is if it fits under a glass tumbler and piece of card it gets escorted out kindly. Any bigger than that it gets whacked.

I'm a spider lover and I can get a bit defensive about them... but then my DP reminds me of my horrific fear of slugs and I reel it in! 😂

Don’t kill it. It’s a living creature and has just as much right to life as you.

Get a grip.

I think some of you are being a bit mean, arachnophobia is a big thing. I'm absolutely terrified of spiders and cannot rationalise when it comes to them

One slightly bigger than that scuttled across the kitchen floor last night!! Hate the blighters!

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Tell that to the one that ran across my bed at me in the middle of the night when I was feeding my baby! Or the other one that ran towards me in my lounge another time that same year 😱.

I've tried making myself known to spiders to scare them off/away (stamping near them/blowing air on them) it seems to attract them more...

If it were me I would wash the spider away, sorry but can't stand the idea of them coming inside. Either get rid of them or never ever open that window again (I would probably do that but my OH would just open it instead).

*Flies

Don’t kill it, it’s not doing you any harm. In fact it’s probably keeping the flow and midges out of your house.

Why would it even want to come into the house when it has everything it needs there?

See that snail? Be as brave as the snail.

I got over a spider phobia by choosing to find them interesting. He just wants to live his life like all.of us, leave him be.

Leave it alone, I have one outside too and when I go near it it runs away. You are a million times bigger than it. It has as much right to live as you and is probably better for the environment!

I also believe in leaving spiders alone, but know many people are phobic.

Please may I strongly recommend you get a spider catcher online. The one with the long clear plastic tube and the blue handle sucky thing. It doesn’t hurt them and you release them outside.

They are so good and cheap, get two.

I use mine all summer long, but mostly for bees, wasps, butterflies etc that come indoors and get trapped.

The only wildlife I couldn’t use it for was when a pigeon flew in the other day. Luckily he flew out again and miraculously didn’t shit everywhere.

That thing needs NUKING!!!

Repellant on your windowsill? Honestly I've hosed a spider away before because it's too close they just moved on I find if you wash the webs away they go to a better (less disturbed) place

Absolutely hate spiders, looking at that pic sent a tingle down my head and spine. When I have to deal with them on the washing line I grab a garden cane and entice them on, or they dangle off their thread, then I catch the thread and deposit them on the grass somewhere. A beast like that I'd try and nudge away, it'll either run away and your problems sorted, OR like the fist sized one that was in the outhouse came at me like it was going to punch me in the face, I shouted OK OK you can stay !!!! 😅

Grow up, get a grip and go and deal with your phobia. Leave the poor spider alone.

KTB.