to ask for help on my SPIDER EMERGENCY?

[softlysoftly]

DDs are in bed, I'm 36wk pg and exhausted.

DD1 awake still DD2 a light sleeper. There is a MASSIVE spider on their floor which keeps going under the bed then ip onto the duvet and under again.

WTF do I do, I hate them I can't catch it. I could try and hoover it but then DD1 will know and her mattress is onffloor (trying out room sharing and I can't lift her frame) and she also hates them so won't sleep. Also DD2 will wake and she's a nightmare to get to sleep.

But can I ignore it, it's going to do a spidery bastard climb on my babies

Arrgghhh

I did wonder how long it would be before the spider protection league rocked up

What if it were a 13 year old (or spider equivalent) female arachnid? Would lynx work then?

it may confuse it long enough to engage the flame thrower.

How does one guage the age of a spider?

I know I'm a tiny minority but threads like this make me so want to come and save the spider before its too late :( they creep me out too but it just seems so mean.

A spider will not hurt your children; at worst it may tickle ... why would you want to kill a totally harmless

NOT TRUE house spiders do and can bite! And it can leave a nasty sting actually!

vanitas

leaving two babies with a great huge house spider on them and a pregnant lady with a phobia sounds more mean to me I wish they had never been created.

There was once a spider in my DC room so I put an (empty) waste paper bin over it and thought I caught it. I was going to let DH deal with it. But then the next thing the little bastard runs out and under the cot so I got the dog to eat it. I moved the bin and there was two legs on the floor! Errrrp!

I'm sure softly would appreciate it vanitas. If this situation could be resolved without arachnicide I think we'd all be grateful. Why not asked if you live near each other and this could have a lovely happy ending.

However, if you don't live near enough to save the day I revert back to my original plan of DIE YOU EIGHT LEGGED FUCKER...DIE.

Wtf?? House spiders BITE??
I've been gently evicting them from the house and apologising to them if it's raining or really cold and they could have bitten me?

@ tweales

YES OF COURSE all spiders or most can give a little bite..

Bastards.
I'm going after them with a rolled up newspaper next time.

Oh god ......I'm itching just thinking about this. I'd be tempted to use a bowl / glass to trap the bloody thing and wait for the morning to sort it our. Although the Lynx flame flower sounds good too. Maybe when it's not on the duvet though ?

I once shared a shower with a huntsman spider in Oz. Google it, I dare you. Fucking thing was so big it should have had landing lights. I felt it's presence before I saw it.

Omg omg - how are you getting on, OP? This is also my worst nightmare ...

Fucking hell stealthpotato - that's made me proper shuddery

OP in case you're reading this and considering the flamethrower (it seems to have sparked some interest, hope you select this method) can I suggest a long, solid blast of aerosol prior to lighting the flame. This ensures a more intense burn, greater flame coverage area and thus higher chance of 'arachnicide'.

Borrow someone's cat?

Run screaming into the street, that's what I'd do

sorry op. you are just going to have to move. I suggest a new build. it will take a while before you have to move again.

What exactly do you think it's going to you all?

Or move out. I'd either be in the street screaming or packing

I did wonder how long it would be before the spider protection league rocked up

Is there such a thing, do they have actual reps on here, lobbying for them?

I once shared a shower with a huntsman spider in Oz. Google it, I dare you. Fucking thing was so big it should have had landing lights. I felt it's presence before I saw it

I was trapped in room with one, my first week in oz after being told I wouldn't see a single spider.

It was above the door, I had to vacate the room via the window.

hiddenhome CLEARLY spiders crawl into ears and eat people's brains in the night.

stealth

do you think the flame thrower would work on a Huntsman?
Or do you think they would fight back to hard...You do know they jump dont you and can kill cattle....