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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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anyone noticed the spiders coming into homes are getting bigger!!
Normally I can pick them up in one hand and put them back outside but over the past few weeks they have been huge, you need both hands to catch them and then problems opening door to let them back outside.
I would say including legs they can be diameter of a tennis ball and run bloody fast when you are trying to catch them
is warmer weather making them grow |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Yip. ...I have found a few monsters with the leg span of a giraffe....thought I saw one last night in my bedroom.....pulled out the bed and furniture and shook the covers within an inch of their life and still couldnt find it.....slept on the couch x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Our spiders don't last long enough in the house.
We have two spider assassins who deal wit all bug and vermin related issues. " my cats are great at this but one has decided to keep bringing me her catches first
And yes op they do seem to be getting bigger x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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went for a pee in the middle of the night - one biggish and one large in the bath- so i 'got rid' of them - went for a pee just now and i think the big daddy had come out to find the rest of them - so i 'dealt' with that one as well - safe to say im wide awake now ![](/icons/s/eek.gif) |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Your in for a shock then if the reports iin the papers are right a type of spider has been introduced over here whether its come over in fruit or whatever but it is huge, I cant remember its name but its three times bigger than the spiders we get now so about the same size as a tarantula. I cant wait to find one in going to keep it as a pet lol. ![](/icons/s/biggrin.gif) |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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(Nessa )
They are great for potions and brews.
Bubble bubble toil and trouble. ..
Hee hee
I catch them with a glass and let them go free. There is far to much killing in the world. ...I don't need to add to it.
Kisses |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"(Nessa )
They are great for potions and brews.
Bubble bubble toil and trouble. ..
Hee hee
I catch them with a glass and let them go free. There is far to much killing in the world. ...I don't need to add to it.
Kisses " A glass . you'd need a mixing bowl to trap the fecker that's somewhere in my shed ![](/icons/s/mrgreen.gif) |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It's mating season. We have a Charlotte. Not a huge 1, but in the corner of the bathroom window, made an egg sack, mini me is fascinated with them and we managed to film it when the tiny babies were emerging. ![](/icons/s/mrgreen.gif) |
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By *lue NarwhalMan
over a year ago
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North Essex not far from Stansted is a fruit packing factory. There is a big population of huge buggers around there and it's spreading.
There are false widows around which look almost identical to the ozzie red back or american black widow, they are pretty placid.
I have been quite surprised by the number of people recently that have suffered adverse effects from spider bites from native spiders, causing quite bad necrosis of the bite area and needing hospital treatment...So no need to panic. ![](/icons/s/2/eh.gif) |
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"North Essex not far from Stansted is a fruit packing factory. There is a big population of huge buggers around there and it's spreading.
There are false widows around which look almost identical to the ozzie red back or american black widow, they are pretty placid.
I have been quite surprised by the number of people recently that have suffered adverse effects from spider bites from native spiders, causing quite bad necrosis of the bite area and needing hospital treatment...So no need to panic. "
As far as I'm aware there are no poisonous native spiders in the UK... there is the False Widow, which might give you a nip but won;t hurt you seriously.
And THEN there's all these bloody FOREIGN spiders, comin' over 'ere in people's collections, hangin' about in zoos, waitin' for our kids!
I SWEAR that if one of 'em comes NEAR my daughter I'll do TIME!!!
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Given the time of year it's because all the males are out looking to mate, they tend to be leggier so they can run away quicker afterwards rather than being eaten
I just pop them outside (: |
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Keep the areas around your doors and windows that you open, as clear of anything as possible. Clutter, plants etc provide the perfect places for them to move indoors from.
Horse chestnuts don't deter, according to tests. But open spaces do |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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the other nite one ran cross my bed as he thought i was asleep..i wasnt ,i was just very still and quite
couldnt sleep after that
spent ages trying to catch it
wasnt that big tho |
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"Careful, did you see the news , a guy in Australia got bit on his cock by one, while on the toilet
For the second time wasnt it "
Yes! That did make me wonder, has the guy actually got some sort of fetish, or likes the attention ?
Still, glad we don't have spiders that aggressive ![](/icons/s/biggrin.gif) |
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