Massive spider in lounge, shut the door and sealed with masking tape last night,now what?

This is why I have a cat. Spider = tasty snack for kitty.

If my DH isn’t home (resident spider catcher) then it gets a hoover-ectomy

Do you know what's really pathetic? Grown adults who don't know what a phobia is.

People have insect phobias, the same as some people have phobias about blood or needles. No need for the sarky response.

Good grief.

I assume you aren’t in the UK and it’s a deadly species?

Agree with you. Spiders don’t bother me in the slightest, but the contents of my shopping bags ended up all over Morrisons car park because a wasp decided to join me. I’m really trying to get over my phobia by learning about them, but they terrify me 😱

You need to make sure you are well clothed, trousers tucked into socks.

1. Open a window wide
2. Get a large mug and put that over the spider
3. Slide something thin and stiff eg a baking sheet or piece of card under the mug to trap the spider
4. Carry the covered mug to the window at arms length and throw the spider out
5. GIN

I have lived on my own for the last 40 years and this is my technique. The only time it failed was when I had a spider so big, none of my mugs would have fitted over the top of it. I had to use a pudding bowl.

These days, I've got quite blase: I put a sock over my hand and pick it up.

I misread this the first time. I thought you said they all eat a few of our sheep... and I thought... God they must be massive 😂

Why not make a noise like a juicy fly and when it comes to investigate grab it with a Tupperware box ?

Grow up?!

Sorry, OP, I would come over and rescue both of you from this situation, but I don't know where you live!

A spider, especially a large one, out in view in the middle of the day, definitely does not want to be there, either. It could be injured, or ill, or was wandering around last night looking for a mate, and lost track of time. If you leave it alone, it will wander off as soon as it thinks it's safe, and hide in the nearest hole in your skirting boards. It doesn't want to interact with you as much as you don't want to interact with it!

You haven't said what kind of large spider. If it's one of those "daddy longlegs" that are basically transparent, then they belong in your house, and will try to eat all your other spiders. If it's a large Tegenaria, then it's also a house spider, but they will also live in sheds or fences.

If you can't wait, just carefully put a glass over it, slide a postcard or something underneath (careful of its legs), and throw it outside.

It's waiting for you to go away, and until it doesn't feel any more vibrations, it will stay still and pretend you don't see it. That's its only defence.

Please don't kill it.

I love spiders. Especially tiny jumping spiders.

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It baffles me how anyone in the UK can be scared of a house spider, it's not going to kill you. Just leave it be.

You've clearly not go a spider phobia.

Of course it's an animal.

Totally understand. One of the main reasons I got married was to get my spiders dealt with. I don’t like to kill them though and now I have a wide mouthed jar I can usually place over the offending arachnid,then slide a stiff card under and remove it that way. Shudders.

I agree, it’s such a bloody horrible phobia. I’m leaving the skinny spiders around at the moment because they eat the big ones. Somehow I’m not very scared of those. If you’re not phobic and love spiders, then you really can’t be helpful to somebody who is paralysed with fear!

This is what I do. I use the long attachment and, if possible, get a child to press the button on the hoover when I’m within range, so I just concentrate on the spider, not on technical doings.

Bullying, rage baiting troll! Leave her alone she has a phobia.

Aww, @lightclock , I get it. I used to be scared of catching spiders but, when she was little, my niece was even more scared of them than I was. Being the adult, I tried to show her they were harmless by catching them with a glass and bit of card and releasing them outside (mainly to stop the hysterics and screaming). I've worked my way up from catching small spiders to catching big ones. Someone once told me it was unlucky to kill a spider, not that I'd want to kill one anyway.

I see fewer spiders since getting a cat - and thanks to him I'm fairly adept at catching and releasing the 'gifts' he used to bring me (he no longer hunts).

DN is now 36 and still screams when she sees a spider. I bought her one of these types of plug one Christmas and she said it seemed to work -

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0H9QTYTFV/ref=sspa_mw_detail_0

True, I’m not at all bothered by spiders but moths and to a lesser extent butterflies send me freaky, albeit maybe less so since being a parent. I know where the phobia comes from and it is about the dust on their wings getting onto me. Even writing that makes me feel sick.
Why you have a phobia and to what degree is an entirely person thing and shouldn’t be mocked or belittled. Feel lucky you’re not suffering.

Generally, they aren't. Arachnophobia (and similar reactions to insects, etc) are a feature of comfortable, Western lives.

I’m spider phobic but had to get used to it as I find myself living alone and I can do it now with a few hot sweats and a lot of swearing. Kindly, it could be anywhere now, they are not trained to use doors. I’d either spray the skirtings with Raid that will kill it on contact or just wait for it to reappear and then hoover it up. Longer term you need a spider catcher device.