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To kill this spider

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Balloonhearts · 11/06/2023 21:25

Nc as I have shown everyone I know this photo in an attempt to get someone to evict it.

It's living right under my kitchen window and I cannot cope with the idea that it may come into the house. No one will get close enough to move it as its massive (large snail included for scale) so I'm at the stage of considering asking my dad to come round with some fly spray and kill it.

Does anyone know what kind of spider it is, even?

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SleeplessinScarbourough · 11/06/2023 21:54

It’s a poor harmless spider that is living outside, doing you a favour by killing insects. Hardly going to shout Avada Kedavra at you through the window. There are not many of these spiders left as a parasite variety are killing them and eating their eggs - they are transparent looking similar to Daddy Long-legs and they get everywhere- you can have 4 in a room and only notice if you have the right lighting.
Please don’t kill him - call him Voldy and have a cuppa with him.

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Balloonhearts · 11/06/2023 21:52

The snail I can cope with. I kept snails as a teenager. My rule is nothing with more than 6 legs. Peppermint. Maybe if I chuck a pack of trebor mints in there it might move out.

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Refrosty · 11/06/2023 21:51

I'd temporarily vacate and give all my spider loving neighbors and friends 1 dayy to come and rescue it because sorry I'm not living alongside that.

I don't mind the flies if I'm honest! An irrational fear is me definitely being unreasonable, but I'm not going to pretend to be okay because I certainly would not be.

Greentree1 · 11/06/2023 21:50

I'd be more worried about the snail it would be eating my plants tomorrow.

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Balloonhearts · 11/06/2023 21:49

I thought false widows were smaller and brown? I can't see any markings on it either. Can I do anything to make it want to bugger off and live under someone else's box?

Would rather not kill it but it's not staying there. This is a Voldemort situation here, neither of us can live while the other survives.

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Greentree1 · 11/06/2023 21:48

Put on some gloves and gently catch it carry it away from the house and release. Use some tissue to be really careful not to hurt it.

eandz13 · 11/06/2023 21:47

It's not a wolf spider, it's an Eratigena atrica (giant house spider), and weirdly I've just commented this on another spider thread, but they don't like peppermint, so maybe some essential oil mixed with water sprayed in the general area will see her run off.

userxx · 11/06/2023 21:46

webster1987 · 11/06/2023 21:44

Kill it KILL it.

What the fuck has it done to you.

Don't kill the spider.

SparklyStone · 11/06/2023 21:46

Looks like a false widow maybe, we have loads around my house 😰

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Balloonhearts · 11/06/2023 21:45

@MidnightMeltdown 😂 I think I'd prefer a tarantula! The RSPCA might take it away then!

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webster1987 · 11/06/2023 21:44

Kill it KILL it.

MidnightMeltdown · 11/06/2023 21:43

Does anyone know what kind of spider it is, even?

I'm fairly sure that's a bird eating tarantula

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Balloonhearts · 11/06/2023 21:42

Ok wolf spider. They live outside right? I can work with outside as long as it lets me read the meter without moving and giving me a heart attack.

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ComeOnThenFanny · 11/06/2023 21:39

Please don't kill it. I hate spiders, they make me really anxious and panicky - but I never kill them! It has as much right to roam the earth as you do. They do a great job, just let it be.

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Balloonhearts · 11/06/2023 21:39

I can't get close enough to kill it, I'm terrified of them. I can do rodents, I can do reptiles but not spiders. I think its the way they move. I'd much prefer to evict it but literally no one will go near it when they see the size of the fucker. Can't avoid it as I have to read the meter every few weeks.

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SweetPetrichor · 11/06/2023 21:37

Leave it alone. It looks like a wolf spider at first glance, but whatever it is, it wants nothing to do with you. I actively try to pick up wolf spiders and they will skeddadle in the opposite direction. The can’t harm you. All the will do is live their short life and eat the pests.

eandz13 · 11/06/2023 21:37

'Tis a giant house spider, completely harmless, gentle things and will actively avoid getting in your way. Please don't kill it!

boymummy19 · 11/06/2023 21:36

Burning the house down is your only option

cuckyplunt · 11/06/2023 21:36

Leave it alone, otherwise I hope there is such a thing as Karma!

chupachucks · 11/06/2023 21:35

OP don't be so ridiculous, that spider is not the slightest bit interested in coming in your house or near you.

It won't bite or come near you at all. Just look at it this way you know where it is, the huge big buggers that you can't see are already inside your house.

That spider now has a home range and that's it, if you shift it your make room forore to take that prime spot.

It's doing a job keeping other harmful insects out of your house leave it alone or it's family will come find you.

Mirandawrongs · 11/06/2023 21:35

There’s a rhyme in my house:

if you want to live and thrive,
let a spider run alive.

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Changingplace · 11/06/2023 21:34

Don’t be so utterly ridiculous, leave it alone.

TooManyAnimals94 · 11/06/2023 21:34

And before the OP comes out with I'm seriously phobic bla bla bla. If you were phobic of dogs, would it be ok to kill a puppy if it wandered into your garden? No. Just leave it.

Oysterbabe · 11/06/2023 21:34

It won't come in, it's got a great spot. Leave it alone.