To love house because of this fucker in my garden (pic)

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I know it’s outside but it could come in couldn’t it?

I agree with KitKat. No need to harm spiders at all. I think it's horribly cruel to kill them. (and before anyone asks... yes I am a vegetarian )

I'm not fond of them but years of encouraging DS to be kind to wild creatures has rubbed off on me. Chivvy it off the step with a piece of cardboard and it will run away.

(OK if it runs up the cardboard and leaps for your throat, then maybe run away yourself...)

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/false-widow-spiders-to-invade-british-homes-this-winter-temperatures-cool-a8050961.html

I thought that looked familiar! Looks like a false widow! They can cause painful bites! Definitely move!!!

We evicted him last night. We were a bit worried he might kick down the door to get back in.

It's outside though OP?

If you look really close he's got really thick legs and huge bitey things.

But don't send dh out with his workboot. Ask him to put him in a nice box and deposit him near someone else's house (anywhere outside Scotland is ok).

Please don't kill it. It's just cruel. And unnecessary.

I wouldn’t kill a spider outside unless it leaped at me. But I would if that was in my house. If dh was home then maybe he’d take it outside but I would not go near it.

What’s worse than finding a spider in your bedroom? Losing it.

I’d take no chances.

I’m not even scared of the bite. I’m not sure that would cross my mind. It’s just because it’s a spider and all creepy and sprinty.

Oh hell fire! Throw some holy water on that thing, call a priest then get your family and run. Leave your belongings, it's too late late for that now.

Leave and never return.

@ttbb unless that's a false widow or a woodlouse spider OP will be fine. Unless she's brought in a particularly large crate of bananas from the local market recently

FFS a trigger warning wouldn't go amiss here OP!!!! Please get one put on by MN HQ

Holy crap. Have you got a flame thrower? Weed eater? Failing that be careful with your packing, you may inadvertently take it with you 😨

Wow. Serious spider envy here!

I’m sending DP out there armed with a work boot as soon as he’s in.

It's not inside your house ffs, it's outside minding its own business. Leave it alone.

Awh don't kill the poor bugger.

Put him at the bottom of the garden - He'll eat more than enough other nasties to earn his keep.

@MismatchedCat DP didn’t kill it. He went out with a piece of card and a glass and put it over the fence in our next door neighbours garden

No spiders were harmed

On the plus side if it comes in that's Christmas Dinner sorted, everyone gets a leg! Is your oven big enough?

I'm glad to hear it!

This is my normal reaction to spiders but I can't kill them.

Omg! Which part of the country do you live in OP? If it's South East that's too close for comfort and I'm moving too

I had a large yellow spider casually and blatantly walking up to my open front door last week as I'd left the door open for it. I had to walk it with a bit of card off to the bushes.

Firstly can we all please stop with the irrational and childish spider hatred? If it weren't for spiders our world would be overrun with insects. Or do you really think it's ok to kill a living creature just because you think it's ugly and you're afraid of it?

This looks like a Tegenaria gigantea or Tegenaria saeva i.e., "giant house spider". The males come indoors in autumn to find females to breed with. (The females are already hiding under your bed.)

They are not venomous and do not pose any threat whatsoever to humans or pets.

Totally misinterpreted your original message due to the typo and was thinking how sweet you were to be upset the spider wasn’t comin inside.

Am I the only female who likes spiders?

It's just a house spider, not a false widow. Please don't kill it :(