I thought it was a pile of black thread...

[OvO]

But it was a giant fucking spider!

I’m fine, I’m fiiiiiine.

I’ve set the house on fire obviously.

I’m a cross stitcher so threads get everywhere so it seemed reasonable that's what it’d be! Fucking thread, raisins, and tomato tops! All bastards.

You poor thing, ghastly. Hollow laugh at tomato tops. One got me on holiday in Wales this year. Oh haha a tomato top, be still my fluttering heart, honestly what are you like you silly old Giblet, no need to come over all unneccessary, tut tut OMG WHY IS IT MOVING

Did you know that many spiders live for at least twelve months. I have had a common European spider in my garden for months and googled it recently.

I just leave them alone, inside and out but was surprised at how long they live.

Oh nooo, OvO!! Hope you have recovered from the palpitations!

Did you try to pick it up

Glad you've burnt the house down, the only reasonable option really. I had three of the massive fuckers crawling across my living room floor yesterday evening.

Oh God, I had left a fleece blanket on the banister overnight and when I picked it up to fold it there was what I can only describe as a meaty thud as I dislodged a humongous spider from its sleeping place and it hit the wall. I had to do a double take, it was so big.

One the size of an orange crawled up the wall next to my bed the other night. I have never moved so fast. It was too high up for my trusty spider killing dog to have any chance at all. I'd been reading for ages as well so the thought that i was inches away from it for all that time was awful

Ew. They like to mess with us.

There was a huge spider in my sink so I thought I would be compassionate and put a ladder of toilet roll in so he could escape. I came back a few hours later and I saw that he had gone so I pulled out the toilet roll. He wasn't gone though (the bastard) he was hiding behind the toilet roll so when I pulled it out he went flying across the kitchen and nearly gave me a heart attack.

Lookat, I did! I paused a millimetre from it and eyed it with suspicion. I still thought it was thread even after eyeballing it for ages.

Turns out it was a DEAD spider. My favourite kind.

It really was gigartuan though.

I’ve made my DS put a towel down on the area it was so it's spider essence can’t get me!

Did it move or did you try and tidy it up?

I've been forcing myself to overcome my phobia, but I've only managed to hold a cellar spider and a small garden one. The house ones are too terrifying!

Did it move or did you try and tidy it up?

I've been forcing myself to overcome my phobia, but I've only managed to hold a cellar spider and a small garden one. The house ones are too terrifying!

Op there was some black thread on the floor in ds1 room. I made him pick it up to check it wasn't a spider.

I have also run away from the top of a tomato thinking it was a spider

I have made a terrible mistake. This thread is freaking me out. 😱😂

Oh god, I empathise. I saw what I thought was a big clump of hair on the stair carpet (husband, daughter and I all have long hair... and we have two cats). Only, umm... clumps of hair don't move! My husband laughed at me and threw it outside.

I picked up some fluff off the sofa in dim light settling down to watch a movie. I kid you not- it bit me! Major palpitations, screaming until DH disposed of it (it was HUGE) - and he didn’t believe it had bitten me until we found two fang marks in my thumb. It hadn’t broken the skin (which is good news as I believe these giant mofo house spiders are actually venomous, but can’t actually penetrate skin with their bites). Left me seriously arachnophobic for some time though. And much, MUCH more careful about picking up fluff.

My worst indoor spider experience was finding one hiding in my towel turban 😱. I still remember it much too well and yes I did put it on my head, it was a Huuuuuuge Charlotte type.

Ahhhh I thought spider season was over I've been getting complacent! What part of the country are you in? Please say it's far from me (wales!)

Still Boris central up here in Yorkshire. We’re evicting about three a day on average.

Mammatron, I'm in Cardiff...

Two giant ones here today. One wandered idly across the dining room floor until DD picked it up and put it outside. The other one was in the bath so I scooped it up in a soap dish and carried it downstairs and out of the front door.

I don't mind them, but last autumn I was lying in bed reading with my book propped up on my tummy. I didn't notice anything until two feelers appeared over the top of my book

Mam, I’m in Scotland!

You’d think the buggers would be snuggled up somewhere warm now, not having a holiday in my bedroom!

@AdorableMisfit 😱😱😱

Woman where I live got a parcel delivered - when she opened it there were 3 live tarantulas - in plastic boxes. When she checked it was her address but the wrong name.

@OvO nowhere is safe!

Oh God, Middling.

I’m all twitchy in my bed now. There could be one just waiting to get it’s revenge after seeing the death of its SpiderWife. I didn’t kill it, so it really should go after my DH as pretty sure he stood on it!