*Warning- contains picture of spider* To be frozen in fear and awe all at the same time!!

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I was folding laundry in my bedroom and this chap fell out, across my wrist and onto the floor.

I'm thinking of ways to catch it safely without hurting its legs. Normally I'd put it in my hands and out the window. Not happening this time!

Does anyone know what type of spider this is?

And did I say, HELP!!!!

Jesus fucking Christ.

Omg

Pyrex jug

Looks like. Giant house spider.

It also appears that you live in its home, and I hope you are paying it rent.

Get a large glass (pint glass if necessary) and piece of paper, put the glass over it and use paper to push it carefully into the glass/hold it inside while you carry it out

I think we're in arrears, perhaps this is a friendly warning??

I've never seen one of this size. My 8 year old wants to keep it.

Nope. I would have to burn down the house there and then.

I had one just like that sitting on my headboard looking down at me a couple of nights ago. As I shrieked and ran out of the room, I ricocheted off the door handle and woke DD up. Not my finest moment.

Its a female house spider. wont hurt you or your laundry.

Giant house spider.

Is it one of those where you think, "Not sure a pint glass is gonna be wide enough?!"

My 10 year old is already picking names for spider babies! I just keep thinking I don't want it to scuttle off so we're just sat looking at each other. The spider and I.

I've sent the 8 year old to get a plastic box with a lid. I'm hoping my reflexes are on! I've also closed my bedroom and bathroom door.

DD and DH would be on their hands and knees inspecting it. I would be plastered against the fucking ceiling hyperventilating.

Oh fuck that!

I had a similar one once. Had to use a Pyrex bowl and a large piece of card to pick him/her up as his/her legs wouldn't fit inside my usual spider catching glass, which is actually a whiskey glass.

Felt quite proud of myself after I'd managed to wrestle it into the garden - the end of the garden farthest away from the house.

Haha! I want the ceiling so, so badly. But DH is away this weekend and I don't want to set a panicked example to the DC's.

I also cannot ever bring myself to harm a creature so I either let the fucker go or, catch and release it.

Move.

The vilest of vile creatures.
I swear they get at least 10% bigger, year on year!

The title needs a warning for arachnaphobes!! I nearly threw up!

She's come back with this!!!

We have hundreds of rectangle ones, she would have had to drag the entire contents of the cupboard out to find this ONE round container.

Fml.

A rolled up newspaper and it won't come back 👍

Careful, OP, or you're going to end up like that woman who posted the other day about her pet snail!

Whatever you do, don't give the spider a name!!!!

Just move or burn your house down.

@BabbleBee you just made me guffaw.

We're getting one of these every day or two, and we finally reached one that was so big that the cats didn't want to take it on.

Where do you live that you've avoided Giant House Spiders thus far OP?

I had one mahoosive one like that years ago when I lived in a flat with a paper lightshade. It actually woke me up from the sound of it's 'footsteps'

I got a pint glass and it wouldn't fit. I gently teased it in with paper and tipped it over the outside landing into the stairwell below. I heard it fookin land. It was an absolute unit.

I had one in my bedroom the other day. I ignored it and didn't tell my arachnophobic partner.....I feel very guilty.