To burn the villa down

[Kinkyroots]

We’re staying in a villa in a hillside villa in Cyprus - DH (thank fucking god it was him and not me) went in to top our drinks up and a fucking tarantula was sat in the kitchen. He managed to catch it in the pool net but I am totally freaking out.

To HELL with that. I am never going to Cyprus. I lived in Mauritius for 5 years and we had house spiders the size of dinner plates. My bed was in the middle of the bedroom.

OP I really feel for you we need the bloody laugh emoji back
Good luck tonight.

How did they remove it?

Yep, either check into The Annabelle or get the first plane home!!!

To be fair, I am now rethinking the ‘gorgeous restored traditional villa in the hillside Cypriot village’ vibe I was feeling so gloriously smug and relaxed about. Although as PP said, they get in hotels too. There’s lots of not UK holiday destinations have them I believe. It’s times like this you thank our shit climate and reconsider your retirement plans.

What the actual FUCK!! Oh why did I click on this thread😳

@kinkyroots- wait, you said GIANT BATS???

We only saw them one evening, they were honestly huge, but brilliant. Watched them buzzing a streetlight packed with moths for a couple of hours one night down near Lara Beach, another quiet little escape. No fucking spiders tho.

You're in Cyprus. The tarantulas live there, you don't. Leave it alone, poor thing.

That’s my friend Nigel. I left him there by accident. Leave him be and he will find his way home.

I actually do have a toy tarantula called Nigel that I hide around the house, in the dc shoes etc because they find it funny. I have taken him on many holidays to surprise the dc by hiding him in the villa or hotel. I think one day he will get forgotten and someone like op will find him and freak out lol

To reassure you op, I don’t think spiders live in packs and a big one would eat a smaller one. So you are now safe having got rid of it.

I'm not very keen on giant house spiders, but I actually quite like tarantulas. I held one once at one of those wildlife parks, that give you the opportunity to do it. The tarantula was kind of pawing at me, a bit like a cat when they're settling down on you. The keeper lady said they do that when they're getting comfy and wanting to sleep, so she took it away before it got too settled. I've had a soft spot for them ever since.

It’s left alone. Outside now and ran towards the nearest neighbours apparently.

Sorry!!!

They used some type of dustpan and brush thing that closed so once it was inside it was enclosed and couldn’t get out, or so DH says, I was too busy rocking on the balcony.

I guess if they are native they are used to it maybe and just put it back outside?

oh god, I do not ever want to know about the walk! feel faint just trying thinking what it might be like

Yeah this is now on my You Shall Not Pass list.

@Kinkyroots- street lamp packed with moths, bats, no no no - flying things are my ultimate nightmare. As if the tarantulas weren’t bad enough!

Your travel insurance should cover emergency accommodation and/or flights home in these circumstances, I believe. Any policy worth having would.

Oh god, we're going next week and DD is terrified of spiders. Bad choice, really bad choice.

Would there be a market for a world map showing which countries have massive spiders?

Thanks. I was imagining some brave soul shrugging and picking it up by hand.

Honestly OP, I really for you.

They can live up to 30 years apparently (as a pointless fact).

Could be worse….

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/1346161-Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh-I-have-LITERALLY-twatted-a-spider-to-death?utm_campaign=thread&utm_medium=app_share

To reassure some people…I have spent a lot of time here - previously served in the RAF here - and this is the only time there has been this in accommodation I’ve been in. Don’t get me wrong, DH is still talking to me like I’m 5, trying to convince me it’s over, but it isn’t a usual occurrence.

For all those crodsing Cyprus off the list of desirable future holiday destinations, according to Wikipedia tatantulas also live in Spain, Portugal, Southern Italy and Turkey, as well as Cyprus.

(Aaaaaaaaaarggggggghhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!)

Imagine flying spiders.