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Massive spiders that have no business existing.

115 replies

CaptainMarvelous · 31/08/2021 22:33

Anyone else noticed a sudden influx of the bastards? Was just on my knees emptying the washing machine when one the size of a mouse I swear appeared from underneath the machine. Fecking bastard. I need to burn the utility room now don't I? Are they taking over? They are bloody everywhere at the moment.

OP posts:
AlrightThereSkippy · 01/09/2021 07:49

Oh FFS read the thread. I don't think anyone has said the kill spiders. I posted the first response and said I REMOVED one this evening. But, if it makes you feel superior, rewrite the thread and post patronising poems. See? I'm interested in your well-being. #kind #dontkillspidersorpeoplesdreams Smile

AlrightThereSkippy · 01/09/2021 07:50

@AlrightThereSkippy

Oh FFS read the thread. I don't think anyone has said the kill spiders. I posted the first response and said I REMOVED one this evening. But, if it makes you feel superior, rewrite the thread and post patronising poems. See? I'm interested in your well-being. #kind #dontkillspidersorpeoplesdreams Smile
That was to sanity sorry, not minerals
OJandacupoftea · 01/09/2021 07:59

@Kwackerly

My first spider of autumn arrived yesterday, on my neck. I was minding my own business in bed and felt it. Not a huge hairy fucker, more of a pea on thin legs - still unpleasant. Now I cannot enjoy laying in bed and keep switching the light on in case it's returned Sad

Spiders should not get into beds, IMHO

Oh that happened to me 2 nights ago. It woke me up as I felt something on my neck. Swiped at it and hoped I imagined it. 20 secs later felt it on my arm - swiped again so it would have fallen to the flow. Jumped out of bed and put the light on. It was on my side of the bed heading to my pillow. A total of 3 times it had climbed up to join me in bed. So horrible.
thesplashing · 01/09/2021 08:08

I really hate this time of year.

Feeding the baby in bed I've had a couple scuttle across us. Had them lurking in my children's bath towels, in their toy boxes....I don't think I'd mind so much if they lurked in the corners but it's the encroaching into my space I really can't take.

I sprayed all the windows with peppermint oil as I've read it deters them. I do it every year and it never seems to work, I just don't sleep that well for a month!

itsgettingwierd · 01/09/2021 08:30

I had 2 like the one in that photo yesterday.

My windows are still permanently open but we don't usually have many (maybe 2 a season) as we are a first floor flat.

One was climbing up ds wall and 1 was hanging off my tablecloth in the dining room.

I can deal with them if I see them from a distance and approach.
But they frighten the breath out of me when they appear Usain bolt speed from a corner!

Apparently there's lots more around this year due to the climate we've had.

goldierocks · 01/09/2021 08:34

I have a Victorian house. I used to get a huge influx of spiders every year.

I'm pleased to say that my beloved late Dad cured me of my spider fear when I was very little - he bought me some spider glove puppets (children of the late 70's/early 80's may well remember 'Itsy and Bitsy').

I'm now a very happy owner of 5 pet tarantulas - now these girls really ARE big spiders. They are great. Strangely since I acquired the first one, 'normal' spiders no longer visit.

I can highly recommend new world tarantulas as pets. They have their own unique personalities and are exceptionally clean and easy to care for (so long as you're ok with feeding them live insects). I imagine though that having a pet tarantula would be an extreme solution for many to the challenge of house spidersSmile!!!

Reloxa · 01/09/2021 10:40

I let the smaller spiders just carry on with their life in the house or put them outside.

The big house spiders though, there is no way I could do the card/glass thing with them, they just give me the horrors too much. I kill them, sorry spider lovers.

cricketmum84 · 01/09/2021 10:52

Re the spindly cellar spiders... now those little gits are truly awful. I am terrified of them! They are so unnatural! And I don't want them eating leggy mclegface on my watch thankyou! They get put straight outside (by DH obviously).

cricketmum84 · 01/09/2021 10:54

@goldierocks

I have a Victorian house. I used to get a huge influx of spiders every year.

I'm pleased to say that my beloved late Dad cured me of my spider fear when I was very little - he bought me some spider glove puppets (children of the late 70's/early 80's may well remember 'Itsy and Bitsy').

I'm now a very happy owner of 5 pet tarantulas - now these girls really ARE big spiders. They are great. Strangely since I acquired the first one, 'normal' spiders no longer visit.

I can highly recommend new world tarantulas as pets. They have their own unique personalities and are exceptionally clean and easy to care for (so long as you're ok with feeding them live insects). I imagine though that having a pet tarantula would be an extreme solution for many to the challenge of house spidersSmile!!!

I would quite like a jumping spider as a pet. Cutest little spiders ever!
Massive spiders that have no business existing.
NotThatSocial · 01/09/2021 11:08

In 12 years in this house we've had a grand total of 2 large house spiders. I'm bloody terrified of them. We'd like to move but one thing holding me back is the thought of getting more spiders somewhere else.

dementedma · 01/09/2021 11:11

I HATE this otherwise lovely time of year for this very reason. Constantly jumpy and looking nervously around.

MrsFlinch · 01/09/2021 11:12

Thankfully haven’t had the gallopy fuckers for a couple of years. Not sure if they’re not coming in or the cats are getting them before we see them.
I have no mercy for those bastards, no way can I do the kindly glass thing and Dd is absolutely petrified of them after finding one in her bed so they meet thier maker pretty damn quick if one is spotted!

Little ones and cellar spiders can stay though!

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CaptainMarvelous · 01/09/2021 11:33

@Sarahlou63

FFS. Grow up. You are 1000 times the size of them. Either leave them alone or gentle put them outside.

“She asks me to kill the spider.
Instead, I get the most
peaceful weapons I can find.

I take a cup and a napkin.
I catch the spider, put it outside
and allow it to walk away.

If I am ever caught in the wrong place
at the wrong time, just being alive
and not bothering anyone,

I hope I am greeted
with the same kind
of mercy.”

― Rudy Francisco, Helium

Found the spider Grin
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Polkadots2021 · 01/09/2021 12:28

Scientists think fear of spiders might be in our evolutionary DNA...
www.independent.co.uk/news/science/fear-spiders-became-part-our-dna-during-evolution-say-scientists-10156573.html

MrsSkylerWhite · 01/09/2021 20:43

Would it change anyone’s opinions if I told you that:

A rope of spider silk as thick as a pencil could stop a Boeing 747 mid flight and:

Spider silk is tougher than Kevlar, the material used for bullet proof vests

Love them or hate them, awesome, yes?

Buttons294749 · 01/09/2021 20:50

London zoo's phobia course is not running atm. I was actually supposed to go but it got cancelled. They still have my money as I want to be first to overcome my fear!!

delilahbucket · 01/09/2021 20:56

It's mating season. They are coming in to lay their eggs. Your only option is to pack up and leave and of course burn your house down.

Shehasadiamondinthesky · 01/09/2021 20:56

My cats eats all the spiders here.

MrsDThomas · 01/09/2021 21:22

All the good spiders are dead ones.

Useless fuckers.

And before anyone days they eat the flies, i have Raid spray to rid of those fuckers too.

Slippers are great to whack them.

BunnytheFriendlyDragon · 01/09/2021 21:25

Wish I wasn't reading this in bed in the dark Confused

WaverleyOwl · 01/09/2021 21:37

Look, this happens EVERY YEAR.

The boy spiders come out of hiding (yes they've been hiding in your house all this time, not causing any bother). They just want to find a mate.

Help them, don't kill them. Otherwise, next year, you'll be overrun by insects, whining about why are there flies everywhere.

Now you know. Show the big spiders some love.

ememem84 · 01/09/2021 21:48

Eugh. I hate them. But am determined not to pass on my fear to the dc. A huge mother fucker spider surprised me the other day. It was inside my clean duvet which I was putting on the bed. I screamed. More out of surprise. DH and the dc came to look at it. They caught it and set it free outside.

We also found a big spider outside under our tree on some bricks. DH put it in a beach bucket and made me and dd carry it to another tree outside our house so we could set it free. Dd loved watching it. I did not love holding the bucket. But I did it. #brave

Moonface123 · 01/09/2021 21:50

We have 5 tarantulas, humans has are very ignorant regarding these shy and peaceful creatures, live and let live. They are probably a lot more useful to the planet than what we are.

Inastatus · 01/09/2021 21:55

Tis spider season and I hate it. We had a monster the other day - DH struggled to fit a pint glass over it 😱 I will not kill them even though I am terrified but DCat does sometimes earn her keep by eating them.

NotMyCat · 01/09/2021 21:58

I don't usually mind them. In my last house I came home from work and went to go upstairs and there was the biggest spider I have ever seen, sat there eyeballing me
I had to get a neighbour to come and remove said spider, he laughed at me and came over with a glass to remove it. Took one look and went to get an ice cream container and his kids to see it. I had half the bloody street looking at it GrinGrin