......To set my house alight and Burn it to the Ground!??

[Littlebatcalledlucille]

It's Friday, a good clean before the weekend.
Mirrors need a wee clean in the dining room, I find THIS!!!

What would you do??

Cheeky bitch. She's not dead. Pretending and not very good at it.

I’d let her go?

Ooooh massive body! Could it be pregnant? 🤢 I have an irrational fear/phobia of spiders. Luckily I only really see dead ones cos my cats deal with them. I think if I post what I'd do, a lot of people would say I was cruel and that spiders are useful in the house, etc etc...!

Paper underneath and release her into the wild.

Spiders are amazing.

Despite the astonishing architectural skills of spiders, I think we can reasonably assume they have not evolved the social consciousness to think/behave in terms such as 'cheeky'. That may be false anthropomorphism.

In short, it's not a personal affront, she's not threatening you, just release her.

Yes. Of course, I'm not doing it tho!
Just worried about the nest.

Will she find the nest when she's 'released'
I don't like spider's at all but I wouldn't harm one.
I'm thinking of 'the children'

Put it outside. No idea about a spider's homing instincts but what else can you do?

I think you're going need more than Pio to help you out with that one😀

What is the small round thing in the jar? Have you popped in a gobstopper for her to lick?

dantdmistedious lol I know maybe st Francis!

She'll go to the farmer's field later.
My boy's will be fascinated by the
nest thing,
I'll name her first

Christ that’s massive!! I’d call a zoo.

Yes nothing for it OP... you have to burn it down

Tinty lol I think its her babies.

woofsaysthecat I don't think I can do that now.....
I've named her now.

We have them everywhere at the moment. DH opened the backdoor yesterday morning and walked into a giant sticky web. He was not amused.

What's her name?

Do you have a garage or shed you could put them in so you're not turning them out in the cold.

I introduce

Lasqueesha.

Lasqueesha Jackson.

pigsDofly

Yes! The shed!

As long as her kids don't return!

Kill it - sorry but I would

Why?

That round thing is its babies ?! OMG I'd have to burn the house down

Don't put her outside! That would kill her!

Unless you live somewhere a bit exotic she will do you no harm but do an excellent job of eating bugs that might otherwise choose you to munch on- midges and mozzies are much worse than spiders imo.

i just knew this thread was going to be someone freaking out about a spider.

That's huge... burn the whole street just to make sure they don't return! I'd be moving if I found that in my house!

Yes the round thing in (ball) in the jar is Lasqueesha's nest.
The kids are quite fascinated and I don't wanna get rid just yet, them mumsnetter's have me on a guilt trip killing it

Ah, I love that Padre Pio is watching over your spiders!