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They're heeeeere!

33 replies

Liverbird77 · 12/08/2018 07:30

Yes, spider season has begun. I has to call DH downstairs this morning as there was a mahoosive one on the skirting board in the hall. Bless him, he walked right down the road with it in a glass so it was nowhere near the house. He's away for a week on a business trip in a few weeks...aibu to check into a hotel in case one appears when I am alone?????

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Pickleypickles · 12/08/2018 07:36

YANBU I hate the fuckers, I'm a single mum and I'm dreading them, I had my dad round the other day putting sealant EVERYWHERE to try and discourage them. It turns into a huge tearful event when they get in the house Blush I'm trying to be braver this year though because I don't want DD to be as terrified of them as I am!

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Liverbird77 · 12/08/2018 07:42

I know exactly how you feel! I am pregnant and I want to ensure that my child doesn't have this crippling fear.

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echt · 12/08/2018 08:09

I was brought up to regard spiders as good luck, never to be killed, and happy to escort them from the premises. I remember money spiders, and if one was on your clothes you could pick it up and put it away but on no account harm it. Maybe this will work with your children.

Good on you for seeing the phobia as something you wouldn't want your child to have.

Living in Australia we have the very lovely whitetails ( never seen one, though they are very common) and redback (under the garden bench - they love garden furniture). Huntsmen are impressively big, but not harmful.
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Liverbird77 · 12/08/2018 08:21

@echt I think my mum transferred her fear to me. I wouldn't kill them...they have a right to exist, even though they petrify me! I am actually OK with smaller ones, it is just the massive house spiders that I cannot cope with. I think it is because they run so fast! I would die if I saw a huntsman. I couldn't cope. I am bad enough with the UK ones!!!

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lapenguin · 12/08/2018 08:28

My mum spider proofed her house last year and didn't see a single one
Lots of peppermint oil and citrus smells
Like lots
You could smell the peppermint as she opened the front door
Conkers everywhere
I plan on doing that this year
We live in the country side and you get some massive ones
Mainly in my annex where the freezers are
We got rid of the vines going up the wall on the outside of the annex so I'm hoping that will help, it's looks pretty having roses and stuff going up the wall but my god is it a spider attraction

nowifi · 12/08/2018 08:31

I knew what this thread would be about before I opened it Grin I did the Friendly Spider course last year at London Zoo but still dreading having to be brave again when they come in!

mydogishot · 12/08/2018 08:32

I love spiders. They are awesome in their creepiness!

Anything that eats things that fly at me are welcome in my home.

Unless you are an insect, they won't be interested in you.
Give them a name, they'll just be a little housemate!
We currently have a wolf spider living in the hall named Cedric.

Remember the saying:
"If you want to live and thrive, let a spider run alive"

jaseyraex · 12/08/2018 08:38

YANBU. Book yourself into that hotel and barricade all holes!

I did the spider course at Edinburgh zoo a while back to try and ease my phobia. Didn't work. Still bloody petrified of them! I've put some conkers and stuff out in the hopes they'll stay away. DH is teaching DS's to catch them and put them outside, whilst I have a breakdown in the corner...

YouBetterWORK · 12/08/2018 08:41

I knew it'd be about them too. Bugger. I really really hate being scared of them, money spiders are fine, those ones that look like daddy long legs sans wings I can leave alone as they're slow.

But the creepy as fuck big as a palm scuttley fast fuckers I have a particular fear of, and they're the ones that appear! And the cats don't seem to be that bothered with them!

I really don't want to transfer any fear onto DD Sad Why spiders? People afraid of rats and snakes don't have to worry that at the same time each year their house will be invaded! They don't have to fear finding a random snake in the bath!

BillywilliamV · 12/08/2018 08:41

King Spider of the Spider People is somewhere in DDs bedroom, so at least you re safe from him. DD is terrified of them but I'm not. Planning an eviction today so she will sleep in her bed again.

BillywilliamV · 12/08/2018 08:43

Obviously I didnt transfer my fear, cos I don't have any. DD developed it all by herself.

liquidrevolution · 12/08/2018 08:45

The flies are bastards at the moment. Give me a room of spiders any day.

HelpmeobiMN · 12/08/2018 08:48

My cat eats them, which is disgusting but effective...

MarklesMerkin · 12/08/2018 08:57

Horrid fuckers! I saw one two nights ago scuttling across the floor. I went to whack it and it went into DSs shoe - I haven't told him and I'm not brave enough to check if it's still there. My neighbour then said she found one on her fucking pillow yesterday morning, I've advised her to burn the bed.

Tinkobell · 12/08/2018 08:57

Awww. Don't be mean. When you see them out and about it's normally a lonely hearted male out looking for lurve! Have a heart OP!

Heaviestdirtyestsoul · 12/08/2018 09:05

Could never kill them, but very frightened of them- so, does the spider proofing work? Is it safe to pepperminty citrus the house with children? What do i use? Essential oils? Wiped about on a cloth? Spray bottle? 😁

katiefromtheblock · 12/08/2018 09:07

Better spiders than wasps!!! 🐝

MudCity · 12/08/2018 09:08

Aroma diffuser now on upstairs and downstairs. Orange and peppermint oils on the go.

Have sprayed bedroom with lavender too.

Thank you for the suggestions.

MrsPreston11 · 12/08/2018 09:11

Ah send them to me please!

They will keep my children and pets entertained for ages! Poor things normally die either by my youngest being too friendly or it gets eaten by my fat cat. But normally I get a good 15 minutes of peace before that happens!

QueenOfIce · 12/08/2018 09:23

They look alien, I am happy to escort them off the premises whilst explaining to them that unless they have a key they are unable to come back and that my house is not a nightclub he won't find a lady in there and also I don't appreciate him wiping his willy all over my nice clean walls neighbours must think I'm mad!

How do I spider proof?

Heaviestdirtyestsoul · 12/08/2018 09:51

@QueenOfIce 😂 can just see you shoo-ing them out with a broom, telling them off for willy rubbing misdeeds as the neighbours look on ready to gossip- do you have a headscarf? Has made me chuckle 😁

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Liverbird77 · 12/08/2018 10:15

I'm glad it's not just me. When do you reckon they will disappear? November? It ruins Autumn for me!

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QueenOfIce · 12/08/2018 10:19

@Heaviestdirtyestsoul I'm getting a head scarf Grin

Bluntness100 · 12/08/2018 10:22

Yeah I kill them. I make no apologies for it. Hate them 🤣

79Fleur · 12/08/2018 10:24

I have graciously allowed the caller spiders to remain in my home...despite their messy webs! Mainly because they eat the big fast house spiders that I hate!!! They hang around my ceiling corners not bothering anyone ...I consider them friends for eating all the bugs and soul eating huge hairy house spiders.