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What to do about mummy spider and her babies

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Whatwouldnanado · 16/05/2024 23:09

So we came home from holiday to find a scene from Charlotte’s Web in our shower room washbasin.
The babies are tiny, whole lot are very sweet and still. I can’t work out how to move them without damaging them. I understand putting them outside could kill them, so ideally will relocate to an outbuilding.
Suggestions please? (Ideally nothing to do with hoovers!)

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sp1ders · 17/05/2024 00:29

An egg sac or have they hatched?

If they've hatched they usually disperse quite quickly. My shower room babies I collected into a box with the help of an artist's brush and a tissue.

Try to put them somewhere quiet.

sp1ders · 17/05/2024 00:31

The mother is usually still nearby but will die and this provides the babies with their first meal.

frozendaisy · 17/05/2024 02:38

I just leave ours they know what they need.

Whatwouldnanado · 19/05/2024 19:16

Thank you for all the replies! We really need the basin back so I followed ideas above and friend to gently detach the web and with a soft paintbrush move mama and babies into a small cardboard box. The mother immediately jumped off, scarpered somewhere between the banisters. So I have left the box on the stairs and will leave them to get in with it!

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Wizardcalledoz · 19/05/2024 19:17

So lovely to see people taking care and time to protect nature!

Tel12 · 19/05/2024 19:18

Personally I'd move.

LizTruss · 19/05/2024 19:30

Spray 'em, spray 'em, spray 'em. I say.

CoffeeAndPeanuts · 19/05/2024 19:32

sp1ders · 17/05/2024 00:31

The mother is usually still nearby but will die and this provides the babies with their first meal.

@sp1ders

really? That's bloody grim! Im
glad my two are boys!

atticstage · 19/05/2024 19:37

sp1ders · 17/05/2024 00:31

The mother is usually still nearby but will die and this provides the babies with their first meal.

Well that seems like a pretty compelling reason not to have kids.

PaperTyger · 19/05/2024 19:38

Depending on spider, normal move it, false widow kill them all

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