WWYD: Giant armoured mum spider (assumed) with eggs has taken over my egg chair

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For various reasons I didn't get a chance to use my super duper expensive double egg chair last year. On Saturday DH hosed it down and pulled it out into the middle of the garden, jet washed the cushion, left it out to dry.

DS had a quick lie in it just now and came in casually mentioning that DH had missed a spider. A shiny spider.

I've gone out to check and the spider looks like something out of Aliens. It's huge. It does indeed have a super shiny exterior, the longest legs, it has spun a protective layer over itself and it has positioned itself over a giant sphere, which I can only assume to be its eggs.

DH wants to jet wash it off and while I agree on some level, on another level it just feels quite wrong. It's mumming.

But I've waited two years to sit on my egg chair. I've rustled up my book and everything. What do I do?

What would you do?

I'm currently sitting in a camping chair next to my egg chair. DH and DS laughing at me. How long until the eggs hatch? Shall I just wait for them to hatch? We can jet wash them then no?

Adding: have moved the chair well away from the house. I'm fine with it mumming but they're not coming in...

I would need a picture to be able to judge the situation. However, picture would likely need a trigger warning put in the title.

Yes, picture please.

Bookmarking for the picture 😃🕷️

Pics definitely needed.

Sell the chair buy a new one!
edit to add better still donate said chair to a land far far away where mum can mum her babies far far far away……. And buy a new chair 😣

I once dismantled a shed and felt terrible about disturbing a spider and her eggs so moved the piece of wood carefully to another dark place in the garden. Hopefully they survived! I’m not sure how you could move them safely off the chair though, that might be too much of a disturbance.

Just kill them? Horrible things

I would give the spider a name and watch her becoming a proud mum. Pic please

You need to firebomb the chair. Nuke it from space to be safe 😆

It could be argued that spiders are less horrible than humans - particularly as they don't go around killing things just because they don't like the look of them/find them mildly inconvenient.

Don't be so ignorant.

Does it have what could be skull on it's back ie false widow ?

Spiders are disgusting creatires.

Scream and use the hose on it or fire thrower.

Please can I have a photo!!!

Pot, kettle, black?

Imagine the number of tiny spider willies that will rub themselves over your special chair.....

Oh, you are silly. 😅

I'd be moving that, lest they get inside the cover.

Bit hot for an egg chair today anyway. You'd soon be a boiled egg if you sat in it. Hopefully Spidey and her brood can manage the heat.

From the spiders perspective:
WWYD? human neighbours invaded and moved mine and 145DCs (all babies) home?? Should I go in and say something or leave it?

tbh if it was me I’d be too scared to ever sit on the chair again I’m a proper wuss

If you take a photo make sure to hit the macro button on the camera or we won't be able to see it.

Oh god!!! Just get rid… once they hatch there will be hundreds of tiny ones thinking it’s theirs and that’s another summer you have missed out on your chair!!

In all seriousness, false widows are a problem and they look shiny… be careful