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Revenge of the eight legged beasts?

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BitchytheGreat · 30/09/2013 10:01

In the last week there has been giant suicidal launching self from ceiling in the middle of the night beasts, who then scuttle under the bed to lurk.

Now there was a giant beast on the toilet roll. Twas hiding around the over side and only appeared when it was unrolled. I have never been so glad that we keep spare rolls in the bathroom.

Aibu to think this is revenge for the fact that the things scare me and i have splat on sight if in the house approach until recently when i have become a whole heap of meh cba about them? And if so what the hell are they planning next?

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absentmindeddooooodles · 30/09/2013 10:12

There is a giant one waiting on the toilet seat foe me. It wont move. Ive thrown things and splashed it and the huge bastarding thing will not move.
I really need a wee.
In the last week we have had 2 in the bed, one in a coffee cup and a few that randomly jump at you when they feel like you need a little heart attack.
They are so big. Honestly. I swear I can see all the little beady eyes looking at me.......

Topseyt · 30/09/2013 10:16

I hate them.

They always seem to appear when I am on my own too (hubby is my spider catcher).

They are just so big at this time of year.

absentmindeddooooodles · 30/09/2013 10:19

Yep dp is chief spider catcherer here too :) he regulary comes home to random pieces of tupperware and pans dotted across the floor because I cant handle miving them!

meganorks · 30/09/2013 10:20

I hate spiders but never kill one for the very reason you mention. Whenever I kill one there has always been a bigger one lurking somewhere waiting for me....
Yesterday found one in dd's toy box - aaaghhh! Hate this time of year!

FarmerSueTickle · 30/09/2013 10:40

It's their mating season. You can tell which are the males as they look like they're wearing little boxing gloves. Those are the sperm sacs he wants to pass on to a female - and then leg it pretty quickly before he gets eaten ;-)

Ursula8 · 30/09/2013 10:43

Am practically a prisoner in my home as they have cast webs all around the outside, making it almost impossible to leave without getting ensnared in their webs. DS walked straight into one this morning.
Do you think my boss will be sympathetic when I call in to say I can't make it today?

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BitchytheGreat · 30/09/2013 11:54

Would that be why i have had a pair of spiders play keep away around the hall ceiling for a few days *FarmerSue?

Not sure whether it is a good thing or not when they disappear.

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FutTheShuckUp · 30/09/2013 11:55

When I glanced at the thread titled I thought it said revenge of the eight legged breasts....
As you were

MrsDavidBowie · 30/09/2013 12:29

It's the bloody daddy long legs which are getting to me.
There are little hundreds over the front of the house and one got in my hair yesterday (cue much shrieking and MN style swearing)

I am on a mission to kill all the ones in the house.

KitchenDiscoDancer · 30/09/2013 13:01

My 9 year old son is best at spiders. I am better than I used to be, I have stopped shrieking and running round in circles yelling 'kill it, kill it'. A while back our alarm went off in the dead of night, my husband duly armed with a hockey stick crept downstairs to battle the intruder...... It turned out to be the hugest spider, with a massive fat body, crouched over the sensor. I think he would have preferred the intruder to that monster. Ugh!

Beastofburden · 30/09/2013 13:17

I lurve them. There was an epic battle outside the window yesterday when a big spider caught a big wasp. It rolled it up in silk in a flash and saved it for later. I felt that I was revenged after the whiole of August batting bastard wasps away from me.

We are irrational. We love our cats and dogs, even though we may get a scratch or a nip sometimes and could get properly bitten by some. But a nice little spider that couldn't hurt you at all (waves to anyone in Oz but I live in the UK where we don't have anything properly dangerous) we hate.

Their webs are so pretty too.

soverylucky · 30/09/2013 13:23

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ubik · 30/09/2013 13:27

Our cats chase them and eat them proving there is some use for the lazy bastards. They then try and sit on your lap with the spider's legs hanging out if their mouths.

PumpkinPie2013 · 30/09/2013 13:32

I hate them so much!! DH can get them in a glass and put them out so we don't kill them but more still seem to appear all over the bloody house!

I hate finding them if DH is out as I have such a bad irrational phobia of them that I literally can't do anything with them and really panic. This is where neighbours tend to come in useful Smile mine are great and don't mind being called upon to get rid of spiders!

SugarHut · 30/09/2013 13:39

I killed one last night. By my usual and preferred method of sneak up and drop an Ugg on it from a height.

It was so big, the legs poked out of either side of the sole.

Ezio · 30/09/2013 13:47

I had in my room this morning, i was too tired to worry about it.

Found one in my car between the steering wheel and the roof visor, little fucker.

I have an issue with a fly that keeps stalking me, it wont leave me alone, keeps landing on or near me. Cant get rid of the bastard.

IhaveNoOpinion · 30/09/2013 13:57

Thanks for that Sugar

Beastofburden · 30/09/2013 14:47

Look, honestly they are much more disgusting squashed than alive. Leave the poor little things alone, sheesh.

SugarHut · 30/09/2013 14:59

MrsDavidBowie....YES!!!

Daddy Bastard Long Legs = spiders that can fly. Work of the devil.

KatyPutTheCuttleOn · 30/09/2013 15:04

My youngest once walked into a spiders web full of baby spiders that had recently hatched. To this day I am surprised that the neighbours didn't call social services! Thankfully it was on the front lawn so they all got to see him screaming blue murder for no apparent reason.

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BitchytheGreat · 30/09/2013 15:07

really? cos I do clear up the bodies and dispose of the evidence. So really?

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AthelstaneTheUnready · 30/09/2013 15:26

The cats eat a lot of ours, but not immediately.

If you walk into the room and a cat is sitting upright, very still, with a cross-eyed look of concentration on it's face, well that cat has a live spider wriggling in it's mouth. I know this because when I come in they trot over and spit it out on my feet. They love me, you see Hmm.

WholeNutt · 30/09/2013 15:32

We've had 3 so far, if all the windows are closed and plugs in plug holes how are these bastards getting in?

giveitago · 30/09/2013 15:34

I hate them - hate this time of year (seems to me the 'season' is a bit later this year).

I heard that if you put conkers in a big bowl it sends them scuttling away. No idea as we're having huge spiders and the conkers aren't ready yet.