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How wasps are here (spiders)

53 replies

flybyinalowride · 24/01/2024 23:04

Can't stand them. Big giant black one on the white wall in the downstairs cloakroom. Tried fumigating with husband AuSavage but I think its encouraging it to be more aggressive. Every time I open the door and peek in he lifts his legs at me in a threatening manner

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Scutterbug · 24/01/2024 23:05

Where does the wasp come into it?

flybyinalowride · 24/01/2024 23:06

I said wasps in the title because I'm really scared of spiders and don't even like using the word

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fedupandstuck · 24/01/2024 23:06

Is it a wasp or a spider??

XenoBitch · 24/01/2024 23:07

There are no wasps this time of year. I am confused.

LuluBlakey1 · 24/01/2024 23:09

Leave the spider alone. Don't be cruel. He/She is living in a cupboard and just wants a winter home- not interested in communing with you. Stop spraying him/her with after-shave.

LuluBlakey1 · 24/01/2024 23:10

Put a glass over the top and slide a card underneath and put it in the shed or garage.

SweetBirdsong · 24/01/2024 23:10

???

SweetBirdsong · 24/01/2024 23:11

But you typed the word SPIDER anyway @flybyinalowride And stop spraying it with aftershave - that is pure evil. What a nasty, cruel thing to do. Hmm

ArchetypalBusyMum · 24/01/2024 23:12

Poor spider.
Can't you exercise some self control and stop short of torturing a fellow living being.
Just relocate it if it bothers you.

ADoggyDogWorld · 24/01/2024 23:13

Use the card/glass method and relocate it.

flybyinalowride · 24/01/2024 23:14

It's not really anAIBU More of a question. How in how holy money are the getting in? I have chestnuts all over over the place. Not being dramatic but this is the second one in 2 days. Is there any music that they don't like that will repel them. Someone told me that they don't like Status Quo but I don't like them either so that's not helpful

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Walking2024now24days · 24/01/2024 23:15

ffs stop being so cruel. You don't go around torturing 🕷️ SPIDERS whether you like them
or not. Just close the door & give it some peace.

if it's your only toilet, then ask a friend/neighbour to come and put it outside if you can't move it yourself.

look at the size of it compared to you, what do you think it's going to do? Swallow you whole?

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Seeleyboo · 24/01/2024 23:16

Stupid post. If true you're nasty and cruel

flybyinalowride · 24/01/2024 23:17

ArchetypalBusyMum · 24/01/2024 23:12

Poor spider.
Can't you exercise some self control and stop short of torturing a fellow living being.
Just relocate it if it bothers you.

I know I know EueSuavage isn't the best but he is my husband

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ADoggyDogWorld · 24/01/2024 23:19

I think we are having our legs pulled.

XenoBitch · 24/01/2024 23:20

ADoggyDogWorld · 24/01/2024 23:19

I think we are having our legs pulled.

Eight of them? Wink

flybyinalowride · 24/01/2024 23:21

Jesus Christ what a pile on. I didn't kill a spider, ffs. It's giving me evils lol 🙄 obviously Hope everyone slamming me doesn't drive/ catch a bus/cycle/walk incase u squash a worm/flea on your travels

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sparepantsandtoothbrush · 24/01/2024 23:24

flybyinalowride · 24/01/2024 23:21

Jesus Christ what a pile on. I didn't kill a spider, ffs. It's giving me evils lol 🙄 obviously Hope everyone slamming me doesn't drive/ catch a bus/cycle/walk incase u squash a worm/flea on your travels

Not the same as killing it on purpose. I get you're trying to be funny but you just sound sadistic and cruel. It's not going to hurt you. Use the glass and paper method and remove it. Stop being so dramatic

flybyinalowride · 24/01/2024 23:30

How have I come across as sadistic and cruel. I haven't pulled its legs off/ hoovered it up or set fire to the house. it's still there and I made a joke about it giving me evils AS A JOKE

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Somatosensational · 24/01/2024 23:35

If it's giving you evils as a joke then you've nothing to worry about. Sp*ders are well known for their sense of humour

Somatosensational · 24/01/2024 23:35

I've just reread your post. Are you saying you're joking that the spider is giving you evils as a joke? That is more worrying.

Walking2024now24days · 24/01/2024 23:39

flybyinalowride · 24/01/2024 23:30

How have I come across as sadistic and cruel. I haven't pulled its legs off/ hoovered it up or set fire to the house. it's still there and I made a joke about it giving me evils AS A JOKE

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Try spraying Eau Sauvage in your face and see how you like it.

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flybyinalowride · 24/01/2024 23:43

Somatosensational · 24/01/2024 23:35

If it's giving you evils as a joke then you've nothing to worry about. Sp*ders are well known for their sense of humour

Well that is reassuring. He looks like he has sense of humour

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Rubyfw5 · 24/01/2024 23:44

I had a huge spider in my flat many years ago after I came home from the pub. Showed it to my cat and she backed away. Opened a window ready for the eviction then psyched myself up, got a cup and postcard, shouting at the spider, "You bastard, don't you dare move, stay there, I'm going to get you!" Eventually I humanely caught it and threw the cup, postcard and spider out of the window. Then noticed my neighbour's window was open too, don't know how they didn't call the police!

Somatosensational · 24/01/2024 23:48

Rubyfw5 · 24/01/2024 23:44

I had a huge spider in my flat many years ago after I came home from the pub. Showed it to my cat and she backed away. Opened a window ready for the eviction then psyched myself up, got a cup and postcard, shouting at the spider, "You bastard, don't you dare move, stay there, I'm going to get you!" Eventually I humanely caught it and threw the cup, postcard and spider out of the window. Then noticed my neighbour's window was open too, don't know how they didn't call the police!

A cup is nothing. I had one that was so large I had to capture it in a Pyrex dish. I put it on my balcony unsure of what to do with it, but then felt bad so fed it caterpillars. It leapt at them like a cat. I went for a walk with it and freed it in the park because apparently if you free them close-by find their way home.

I have an actual cat now who makes short work of them. I sometimes hear a racket in the night and wake up to find a dead spider waiting for me on the floor.