In shock - spider

[britneyisfreebutnotokay]

I’m not afraid of spiders.

however I’ve just sat in frozen shock and terror when a massive spider scuttled past me and came to rest in front of one of my daughters toys.

i dont know how to get across how absolutely huge it was.
I called my husband like a pathetic idiot - I couldn’t move! He thought I was taking the piss and didn’t come down until I literally begged because I’ve never called him for anything like that in 19 years!!!

He was shocked too but promptly got rid of it for me. It was so big - and fast running by - I thought there was a bloody small mouse in the house!!

Feel so bad I’ve wondered how people can be so afraid of spiders- I get it now 😭

It’s our stairs they are always on. Why? Or maybe I just see them there because it’s a light carpet…

That is a biggie OP!

These are quite useful and my kids took them to uni!

www.amazon.co.uk/KEPLIN-Foldable-Spider-Catcher-Humanely/dp/B0CC65SZXD/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=15E0K4D0KAWTC&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.u7Qs_V2fuA8EyvCMNoxKlsitm4GD1zP1LpzfCyHTif-hJJmzGILhgC8yZcbSIXd1Wa4r04YglUgQ_JJNqiXohvaSKAj8PSB4-ugAmemP7JjvRgVYGmciV8jR3NpjCOo4NJ80dY02kM4c6Bw_Zm4UXUDkDIH0jqGSP6zpjzYjfdp8BjfrXWuUO7OO6C7jcAGr92ypzA91DLNgrzpm9QChRg.PVDZnZPqD7Ppjzj_2x6jfqg4vO6TDKiF98hjl2s5msg&dib_tag=se&keywords=spider+catcher+long+handle&qid=1788518744&sprefix=apider+catch%2Caps%2C175&sr=8-3

I’m keeping the spider catcher by my bed tonight.

I thought it was a bit early for them but already had to get rid of two enormous ones . So this weekend going looking for conkers to place around . Wonder do they really work .

Yeah I always try and let the skinny ones stay in my house for this reason. I can tolerate sharing a room with them if they stay put far away from me (which they tend to) and they earn their keep by eating the meaty buggers. My cat also enjoys killing the chunky boys but she leaves their crumpled bodies on the stairs for me to find every morning, which is... nice.

I’ve done that before but I’m not sure it worked. Keeping those spindly ones around helps. We have had a massive one in the bathroom already and a huge one on my DD’s bedroom floor which she woke me up in the night to get rid of and they were a few weeks ago. I’ve got two cats but not sure they will get rid of them. In answer to the poster who said they come back. I once took one down the street and released it from the spider catcher and it ran after me!

Usually one(or both)of my cats will eat any spider silly enough to be within reach but I have come across several half chewed ones just laying on the floor and screamed.

I can't do the leggy sods 😩