To kill this spider

A can of Raid OP. The red can. I would be scared of it coming in as well.

OP if you're anywhere near me I'll come and move it for you.

YWBVU to kill a harmless creature living its life, just because you don't like its species.

Maybe if you're not near me someone you are near will do it for you. Can you say roughly where you are?

It is not not NOT going to come in your house. It's got a roaring trade where it is.

He looks like quite a useful chap eating all those flys.
If he's stressing you out perhaps you could try using a soft bristled broom/long handled brush to gently sweep him onto the grass/patio/whatever. I became quite adapt at broom spider removal when my kids had a playhouse at the bottom of the garden. Don't stab at him tho incase the bristles hurt him.

It’s just a house spider.

It's true that it won't come in atm, as times are warm and prey is plentiful, but as the weather gets colder and it's thoughts turn to warmth and mating, it probably will come in somewhere. It would rather fight that snail to the death than have anything to do with you though, any direct interactions would be accidental and it would run as away as fast as its little eight legs could carry it.
If you really can't stand the thought of it, then try two things, 1) a cat (but they can be incompetent or just lazy, plus, still a little mean) or 2) search Amazon for KEPLIN Spider Catcher and you can safely rehome it somewhere it will enjoy, without having to get too close to it

FFS. I'd have no problem picking that up in my bare hands. It's not even as big as the snail. There must be someone around who would move it for you. You haven't asked the right people.

webster1987 · 11/06/2023 21:44
Kill it KILL it.”

What’s wrong with people? Would you kill any animal because you didn’t like the look of it? WTAF do you think a tiny creature is going to do to you?

Spiders are crucial to our ecosystem and we would be in a sorry state without them.

Yes, OP, YABU.

OP House Spiders tend to pretty much stay put until the Autumn when they roam around looking for a mate. As yours is outside that isn’t a worry for you.

It isn’t a false widow (Steotoda Nobilis) they have large glossy and rounded bodies, and much shorter legs. It is a common House Spider.

I'd let it be.

Mind,if it's outside next doors' cat would eat it.

Kill it asap, fuck that.

Lady Voldemort! I love it. She's a big old thing isn't she.

I love your update ❤️ I happily co-exist with house spiders but it must be hard if you're terrified of them.

I can't believe nobody would come and move her for you though!

Female house spiders can live for as long as ten years. I'm glad you haven't killed her.

Well that’s a lovely update. I wish you both well.

We have a false widow living in our parcel bin, I've named her and when I collect my post she scuttles off into the corner and I say good morning! Just collecting my post have a lovely day! I don't like spiders they look alien but I could never kill one.

Get a spider hoover, and relocate it. We pick them up with that it's gentle and I give them a 'my house is not a nightclub' chat when evicting them. Even one of my cats is terrified of the big ones. 🙄

Please don't kill it, they're so good for our eco system. It's not going to come in an ransack your home.

Ah..

Best thing you can do for your fear of spiders is stop reading bullshit, clean your house to remove webs and leave spiders alone.

In autumn, shake out clothing left on floor/backs of chairs for a while, ditto shoes. Leave a strip of loo roll or a towel over the side of the bath for spiders to get out so you don't have to deal with them (they did not come up the plug hole btw and so will not go down there. They slid in looking for water and are trapped.)

If you have an insect bite of any kind - 1 it is near impossible to determine what bit you unless you see it happen, 2 - even spider experts can't tell you so no, your Auntie Betty or your GP cannot tell you, 3 - keep it clean and seek medical advice if it looks infected.

You are far more likely to be bitten or stung by wasps, bees, fleas, bed bugs, ants, mosquitos, horseflies... than you are by a spider (and if we had no spiders, you'd be a LOT more likely to be bitten or stung by all of those!).

It looks very well set up there. I don't think it wants to come in.

@Boomboom22 it's not the fear that's the problem; it's the desire to kill that's so awful and inhumane.

Despite our genes, the vast majority of people in this country know that a spider here is pretty much harmless, so killing is a huge overreaction.

Actually it's normal to be scared of spiders and snakes. They are the few phobias that do likely have an evolutionary basis as people that didn't like them survived, most globally are poisonous so our genes don't care that uk spiders are mostly harmless.
Social learning from role models or conditioning from experience comes into play with most other phobias and might heighten natural instinctive fear.
So in conclusion op, it is the spider lovers who are weird not you 🤣

Stop being such a pansy!

The vast majority of spiders in the UK don't bite. They eat annoying flies and are part of the eco system.

You're only scared of it because someone has taught you, inadvertently, to be scared of it!

Don't be so pathetic! (No offence to those who genuinely have arachnophobia, but I don't think OP does, because if s/he did, they wouldn't be able to post/take a photo).

Urgh, no wonder I'm a misanthrope: "Don't like this thing... must kill it...grunt" 😓
Give me a houseful of spiders over mindless destroyers of harmless creatures any day.

Spiders are amazing and fascinating. I remember one setting up web outside the plastic window of our continental tent in France. It caught several flies and a wasp. It started to rain, so Spinderella went round quickly chomping on her catches, then hurriedly undid and took in her web! It reminded me of taking the washing in a hurry in the rain. I had no idea they did this!

I’m terrified of spiders but even I couldn’t kill something that’s outside, leave it alone