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

What is huge? Spider from Home Alone, ring the bravest person you know. Large normal spider class and cardboard and take a deep breath and scream as much as you need to!!

Move

Why are some of you being so mean ? I thought everyone was scared of something . I am TERRIFIED of rats . And I mean terrified. Even typing the word makes my skin crawl.
So just because YOU are not afraid of spiders does not mean that others feel the same . So immature and egocentric not to be able to understand that others feel and see things differently to you . It's playground behaviour .

If you put the place on rightmove just don't photo the spider room....

Vote Reform if you want your living room back. Vote Restore if you also want to kill the spider.

I sympathise , I’d just go in armed with the hoover attachment and suck it up. Keep the hoover on for a bit after to make sure it’s a gonner

I have arachnophobia so you have my sympathy.

Cats are great, I occasionally see my two huddled together and I know they've found a spider.

Failing that Henry the Hoover has a long enough tube that I can stand far enough away.

Living on my own means I have to get rid of them myself, at least my panic attacks have gone down slightly but I still end up all cold and clammy and hyperventilating, occasionally rocking backwards and forwards for 15 minutes afterwards if it's a real beast.

Napalm. Or nuke the whole street.

The Spider owns the house now.

Hate when this happens.

Some people are just insanely scared of multi legged insects. Many years ago I was staying with friends in Morocco (1970s) when a big daddy-long-legs type insect got stuck in the back combing of my friends hair. She went hysterical. Her husband had to hold her in a bear hug while I fished out the insect and let it go. It must be very difficult living in tropical countries if you are scared of harmless flying insects.

I totally understand your fear, I am the same. I cannot deal with huge ones but have managed to make myself put the smaller ones out. Get yourself a 2m long ostrich feather duster from Amazon. That way you can stay well away from them while rotating the feathers to grab it and then flick the pole outside and it’ll fall off. It doesn’t hurt them at least. If you have to you can just throw the entire duster outside until someone can help you to flick it to make sure it’s gone.
Ignore the hurtful and rude comments on here. They should say nothing if they can’t be nice.

Oh all the people on here poo pooing a genuine phobia give your heads a wobble! Is there definitely something you’re not really genuinely afraid of that might seem a bit silly to others?

I would have to get someone else in to look for it I think OP.

Failing that the long hose on the Hoover, shoes on incase it comes near your feet. Honestly though it’s probably hiding now which is why I have a policy of not letting them out of my sight until ive dealt with it!

There is a little jumping spider who keeps creeping back into my bathroom every time I put her out of the window. We are quite friendly now and she climbs on to the removing cardboard without me having to chase her around the shelf. But I have told her that if she doesn’t move lodgings of her own accord I will have to carry her downstairs and put her in the garden.

Putting an indoor spider outside will most likely end with it dying. Just leave them alone.

Grown adults being so disparaging of a recognised phobia is just so embarrassingly pathetic.

Why the hell do people kill spiders ! Just put them outside ffs

My sympathies OP. I too am frightened of spiders, as are many other people. This has saved my sanity:-
Spider Catcher Humane Long Reach 81cm – Foldable Spider & Insect Catcher with Soft Bristles for Safe Spider Removal, Bug Catcher Tool for Spiders, Moths, Flies & Wasps, Indoor & Outdoor Use : Amazon.co.uk: Garden

The suction wands are no good because, if you are an arachnophobe, the last thing you want to do is bring the spider closer to you.

Nor should you wish to hurt them because they are harmless creatures. The spider catcher shown just gently enfolds the spider in its bristles and you can release it outdoors.

Had you been on the cooking sherry? Of course it's an animal. A damned useful one, at that

It's an arachnid rather than a mammal but it's every bit an animal as a puppy is, or you yourself.

Move out. It's the spider's house now. Hope there's nothing that you desperately need in the lounge.

Or if you're god's honest serious, get some help for you arachnophobia. Assuming you're in the UK that is. If you're in Oz all bets are off and my first advice stands.

We have soooo many spiders; I just smack with flyswat pick up body with loo paper, & flush down loo. Or the cat catches them 🤢 😆, yes he does!

You're being ridiculous

You taped up the door? Get therapy or move back in with your parents, you’re not grown up enough to live in your own place.

OP, you need a spider catcher - google spider catcher on Amazon - the one you want is this one - “Insect Catching Tool, Bug Catcher Handheld, Portable Fly Spider Catcher, Insect Bug Catcher with Clear Window, Humanized Insect Trap for Children to catch-observe-release.” (Sorry, the link is miles long and it won’t let me C and P the picture.) It’s black and green. I got one for my DDs, who are manically afraid of spiders and they can manage it - you put it over the spider and slide the slider which closes the bottom, then you go outside and release it. End of spider problems.

You're going to have to call someone.
I have a terrible phobia too so I completely understand.

Luckily for me one of my sons is great.

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