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One of those massive, massive bastarding black house spiders has moved in to the top corner of my living room.

What the fuck do I do? I can't hoover it because it might...I can't even say it....but fall...you know? I can't just leave it because it gives me THE HORRORS.

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DailyDance I'm loving the false widow named David!!

I am not actually that bothered by tarantulas and things though dont want to hold one particularly. So do those london zoo courses teach you to deal with big house spiders because that is where my terror lies ?
I am fine when they are static but when those legs start to move in that sequence i am sunk!
And why do they have to run so darned fast ??
Just horrid things imo .

If you live next door to me just knock and I'll come round and put it outside

I use a glass and a piece of card. Except for one at my old house where I had to knock for a neighbour I had never met and ask him to move it. He took one look and brought his kids and half the street round to see it
I'm not scared of them but this was sitting on the stairs eyeballing me and wouldn't fit in a glass

Cats eat them. Major major advantage to owning cats.

except when spider is enormus, cat catches it and wants to show you so runs towards you with legs hanging out of its mouth nope never happened never happened never happened

put a glass over it with he edges flat on the wall do it and slide a firm piece of cardboard underneath- postcard or something like that which won't move and leave a gap. Take outside and free.

Why do people always suggest this method to those with a fear of spiders?
There's no way that a person who is scared of spiders is going to want to get up close enough to put a glass over it.

Jux- mine doesn't. He runs away crying

Upturned pint glass, strong but thin bit of cardboard, take him to the front door and FLING.

Come on now OP, pull yourself together. You can do this.

Flapjack the London Zoo course does deal with house spiders! As pp's have said, it is literally life changing. I did it 2 years ago. I no longer scan every single room I walk into for spiders, or make DH check the whole bedroom at night. I was terrified of spiders, to the point I would sit in the lounge working myself up that one would come running out across the carpet (always the massive black buggers), and then they would always appear when I had no help in the house, i.e. DH, I have used and called various people to come and remove spiders. The London Zoo course is amazing. Such good value and they do not push you at all, but you'll be surprised how you'll want to do things that you would never have dreamt you'd do.

As much as people think they are helping, saying 'pull yourself together' and similar gems are of no help whatsoever when you are genuinely scared of spiders. I would not have stayed in the same room (however wld have to watch it from afar to make sure it didn't move) as one pre therapy course, let alone put a glass over one.

The glass and card won't work.
A) far too scared to only have thin, see through glass between me and the massive bastard.
B) it's in the corner. No way of trapping it. Plus the risk of droppage is HIGH.

I got home. It's still there.

I'm going back out.

Oh thanks for that sunny. I dont live near london but would seriously consider it because every autumn is a nightmare in an old house with a cellar !
I have tried to face it for years but as soon as they move i am hysterical ! And i regularly attack my husband in the night because i dream about them and wake up in a total panic !

Oh god - this is my worst nightmare! I usually try to hoover, but the thought of it moving when I got the sucker near is TERRIFYING

Like a PP, I now have an entente cordiale with the Pholcids (skinny spiders). I let them live in my house and in return they (hopefully) eat the scary big bastards.

I don't mind the Pholcids - they don't move much and keep themselves to themselves. Occasionally they will abseil down from the ceiling and freak me out, but in the spirit of our agreement I catch them in a glass and relocate them to the utility room. I also do this if they appear too close to my bed

There is no escape (well, unless you move). You are doomed. They are taking over, you know.

Move house OP, it is the only way. DH is responsible on our house for spider removal, I can't go near them. It makes me feel physically sick. DH works nights & when DS1 was about 8 months old I found a massive bastard on the landing, between my bedroom door & DS1's. I had to throw, kind of drop a Tupperware container over it & then put something heavy on it so it couldn't get out. I barely slept & DH had to deal with it when he got home.

This is in Aldi this week, it's for burning weeds but I'm thinking of buying one as a flame thrower especially for spiders

A friend of mine has been known to run out into the road, flag down a passing driver, tell them there was a life or death emergency and drag the poor fella back to her home, where he was instructed to deal with a spider, he did bless him

Can you do the same?

I remember watching Arachnophobia and laughing......until a fucker crawled down my arm. Damn good timing!

Flapjack there were people from all over the country when I did the course at London Zoo. Every person there had dealt with their fear by the end of the day. It was certainly a whole day including travelling for me, but so worth it. Like PP said, they don't push you at all, but the 2 guys running it are great. Apparently it's been going for 24 years, so it must work for most people.

I had one of those spiders catchers with the soft bristles that sort of scoop up the spider, allowing for a humane release outside. Useless. When I tried to use it my hand shook so much I ended up knocking the spider INTO MY BED.

A more grown up friend also tried it on a separate occasion. The spider clambered out of the bristles on the way to the door.

Call 112. Or Jeremy Vile. Or both.

I feel for you OP! I really hate those bastards! Is there anybody who can get it out for you? Once I had a mahoosive one on my kitchen floor, I went to get my next door neighbour and got home and it had vanished! The worst thing is knowing it's there somewhere....hiding and waiting to pounce 😮

Once you get it to a place where you can put a glass over it with he edges flat on the wall do it and slide a firm piece of cardboard underneath- postcard or something like that which won't move and leave a gap.

I did this once. It was a big fat hairy one...the thin leg ones I can handle just aslong as the body isn't the size of a tennis ball. Anyway, this one I caught with a glass and paper. The fucker jumped. Not at me but just on the paper. I felt its weight fall back onto my hand, even though paper was between me and the beast. DH still thinks I am a bit cuukoo to this day about this as he says it can't happen but I swear to the mighty Aragog that its 100% true. Anyway, I got such a shock I dropped the paper, the spider and the glass. I then tried to run out of the kitchen and cut my foot rather deeply on the glass.

Moral of the story. spiders are bad for your health. And do not forget the jumping abilities of the big fat hairy bastards

Edinburgh zoo run a spider phobia thing too so you may find other more local to you zoos do to.

My DH has a spider phobia but I made him a deal before we had kids that he would fake being OK so the kids wouldn't get his phobia & the side effect is that he is now genuinely OK with wee spiders. Fake it before you make it