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over a year ago
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So this is the time of year the male looks for a mate, September and October is mating season and you will see more of them in your house.
As the weather turns cooler and wetter this month, these giant house spiders, which can grow up to 12cm long, will emerge as they hunt for female partners.
Have you spotted any lately?
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Yes. They keep appearing in my kitchen sink! I'm not scared of them so just put them in a glass and return them to where they belong.
I'm not so keen on them scurrying over my feet in the living room though, they make me jump. |
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"I get about X2 a day in my house. Big fuckers, they are like lightning across my floor.
I've never lived in a house with so many spiders. I regularly hoover my ceilings"
I chucked one out last night it was as big as a turantula |
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Thats why theres huge spiders in my house !!! Just been on the sunbed and one was spying on my in the corner the dirty pervert   i am not his potential mate !!!  |
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Not seen any yet but those big ones don't bother me..
As i live near a park we always get lots of those harvest spiders..little bodies with really long legs...they are creepy |
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We have a growing community of False Widows in our house. I like spiders and they provide a useful service, i don't rend to bother them and certainly never kill them. |
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"I killed one by mistake last week,I really don't like killing them would rather throw them out"
I don't like killing them either but have convinced myself it's okay if the cats do it because it's nature innit  |
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"I killed one by mistake last week,I really don't like killing them would rather throw them out
I don't like killing them either but have convinced myself it's okay if the cats do it because it's nature innit "
Yeah Nature ! |
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"I killed one by mistake last week,I really don't like killing them would rather throw them out
I don't like killing them either but have convinced myself it's okay if the cats do it because it's nature innit
Yeah Nature !"
Great ass |
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"Thats why theres huge spiders in my house !!! Just been on the sunbed and one was spying on my in the corner the dirty pervert i am not his potential mate !!!
Crap my disguised web cam has been sussed ... nice tan you have  "
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By (user no longer on site)
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"If you sleep with your mouth open They can crawl in, apparently we eat approx 6 spiders a year in our sleep"
Well done, now you've turned all the vegans into insomniacs.  |
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"If you sleep with your mouth open They can crawl in, apparently we eat approx 6 spiders a year in our sleep
Well done, now you've turned all the vegans into insomniacs. "
Oh well. Only 10 more sleeps till Christmas. |
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"Yep, had a couple of big buggers appear this week, they give me the shivers and get thrown out, but some are too big to fit in a glass! "
Oh yes this!! I've had 2 massive ones in my bath recently. Or the same one crawls back in.
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"We have a growing community of False Widows in our house. I like spiders and they provide a useful service, i don't rend to bother them and certainly never kill them."
I was bitten by one last year.
Ended up in A&E on an IV, now have a lovely scar on the top of my arm.
Luckily my Chihuahua seems immune to their bites & happily disposes of any she now finds! |
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"We have a growing community of False Widows in our house. I like spiders and they provide a useful service, i don't rend to bother them and certainly never kill them.
I was bitten by one last year.
Ended up in A&E on an IV, now have a lovely scar on the top of my arm.
Luckily my Chihuahua seems immune to their bites & happily disposes of any she now finds! "
I never realised that actually did damage! Poor you! |
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"We have a growing community of False Widows in our house. I like spiders and they provide a useful service, i don't rend to bother them and certainly never kill them.
I was bitten by one last year.
Ended up in A&E on an IV, now have a lovely scar on the top of my arm.
Luckily my Chihuahua seems immune to their bites & happily disposes of any she now finds!
I never realised that actually did damage! Poor you!"
Neither did I.
I actually thought it was a scratch, I'd been chopping brambles on the Fri eve, Sat morn was sore and itchy, by lunch time shoulder to elbow red & weeping, yellow liquid oozing out.
I was working at a cycling event, went to see paramedic on site... His face!
By time at hospital whole arm & hand swollen.
Took nearly 2wks for it to return to normal, and about a month for me to stop having mad random itches all over my body |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"We have a growing community of False Widows in our house. I like spiders and they provide a useful service, i don't rend to bother them and certainly never kill them.
I was bitten by one last year.
Ended up in A&E on an IV, now have a lovely scar on the top of my arm.
Luckily my Chihuahua seems immune to their bites & happily disposes of any she now finds!
I never realised that actually did damage! Poor you!
Neither did I.
I actually thought it was a scratch, I'd been chopping brambles on the Fri eve, Sat morn was sore and itchy, by lunch time shoulder to elbow red & weeping, yellow liquid oozing out.
I was working at a cycling event, went to see paramedic on site... His face!
By time at hospital whole arm & hand swollen.
Took nearly 2wks for it to return to normal, and about a month for me to stop having mad random itches all over my body "
Bites from False Widows are, at worst, similar to a wasp or be sting. I've been bitten and it wasn't even as bad as that. I guess some people can have an unfortunate reaction.  |
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Random Aracnid Fact: Did you know that the Giant House Spider (which you may well come across in the coming months in your houses...) holds the Official Guiness World Record as the world’s fastest spider?
It has been scientifically clocked at reaching speeds of up to 1.73 feet per second(!!!)
Fear not though, they’re also one of the most docile spiders known.
Sadly however, due to their size, their appearance and their aforementioned super speed, the above placidity will doubtless fail to instill much comfort in those suffering from arachnophobia |
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"We have a growing community of False Widows in our house. I like spiders and they provide a useful service, i don't rend to bother them and certainly never kill them.
I was bitten by one last year.
Ended up in A&E on an IV, now have a lovely scar on the top of my arm.
Luckily my Chihuahua seems immune to their bites & happily disposes of any she now finds!
I never realised that actually did damage! Poor you!
Neither did I.
I actually thought it was a scratch, I'd been chopping brambles on the Fri eve, Sat morn was sore and itchy, by lunch time shoulder to elbow red & weeping, yellow liquid oozing out.
I was working at a cycling event, went to see paramedic on site... His face!
By time at hospital whole arm & hand swollen.
Took nearly 2wks for it to return to normal, and about a month for me to stop having mad random itches all over my body
Bites from False Widows are, at worst, similar to a wasp or be sting. I've been bitten and it wasn't even as bad as that. I guess some people can have an unfortunate reaction. "
Ive never reacted to anything else before.
Mosquitos & fleas don't even like me! |
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"I've read some of the list of the 64 and am wondering if some of them are made up or people have genuinely felt their gender is related to space."
Eh? Who swapped threads on me??? |
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"I've read some of the list of the 64 and am wondering if some of them are made up or people have genuinely felt their gender is related to space.
Eh? Who swapped threads on me???"
Haha, classic. |
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"I've read some of the list of the 64 and am wondering if some of them are made up or people have genuinely felt their gender is related to space.
Eh? Who swapped threads on me???"
Huh? What happened there |
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"I've read some of the list of the 64 and am wondering if some of them are made up or people have genuinely felt their gender is related to space."
Yes, I concur wholeheartedly, Lewis Hamilton is an awesome driver |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"We have a growing community of False Widows in our house. I like spiders and they provide a useful service, i don't rend to bother them and certainly never kill them.
I was bitten by one last year.
Ended up in A&E on an IV, now have a lovely scar on the top of my arm.
Luckily my Chihuahua seems immune to their bites & happily disposes of any she now finds!
I never realised that actually did damage! Poor you!
Neither did I.
I actually thought it was a scratch, I'd been chopping brambles on the Fri eve, Sat morn was sore and itchy, by lunch time shoulder to elbow red & weeping, yellow liquid oozing out.
I was working at a cycling event, went to see paramedic on site... His face!
By time at hospital whole arm & hand swollen.
Took nearly 2wks for it to return to normal, and about a month for me to stop having mad random itches all over my body
Bites from False Widows are, at worst, similar to a wasp or be sting. I've been bitten and it wasn't even as bad as that. I guess some people can have an unfortunate reaction.
Ive never reacted to anything else before.
Mosquitos & fleas don't even like me! "
Spider venom contains neurotoxins and cytotoxins designed to paralyse and break down tissue. Wasp, bee, ant and even nettle stings contain formic acid designed only to cause pain in the victim, though it also causes paralysis in smaller prey. Mosquito and flea saliva contains an anti clotting agent which usually causes no more than mild irritation. |
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"I've read some of the list of the 64 and am wondering if some of them are made up or people have genuinely felt their gender is related to space.
Yes, I concur wholeheartedly, Lewis Hamilton is an awesome driver "
Avoid
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House spiders are called that because they live in houses, when people, who think they're doing the kind thing, put them outside they will either find their way back in or die. They normally live behind the skirting boards, under the bath, in the wall etc so you don't see them until this time of year when they come out searching for mates. They'll disappear in a couple of months. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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House spiders are called that because they live in houses, when people, who think they're doing the kind thing, put them outside they will either find their way back in or die. They normally live behind the skirting boards, under the bath, in the wall etc so you don't see them until this time of year when they come out searching for mates. They'll disappear in a couple of months.
Spiders don’t specifically want to enter your home; in fact they’d rather stay away as there’s less food and it’s too dry and clean,” says Simon Garrett, head of learning at Bristol Zoological Society, which runs Living With Spiders phobia courses.
“Most species of spider stay outside all the time and never come in houses. However, in autumn, mature male house spiders start to move around in search of mates |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"House spiders are called that because they live in houses, when people, who think they're doing the kind thing, put them outside they will either find their way back in or die. They normally live behind the skirting boards, under the bath, in the wall etc so you don't see them until this time of year when they come out searching for mates. They'll disappear in a couple of months."
Wrong,spiders don't really want to enter your home only this time of year to mate |
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Only little ones so far, its a good idea to put bird feeders near your house, we got two and just purchased 2 more, the birds eat the spiders, we get at least 30 sparrows in our garden as well as lots of other types. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Yes this morning, it ran across my kitchen floor. I big m’fcker too. Not bothered though, as long as they help me out with the growing numbers of flies this summer. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I love spiders. I find them fascinating and beautiful and think they are much persecuted and unnecessarily hated.
My flat is always full of Pholcus, which are those cellar spiders that have baked bean bodies and long thin legs and usually live on a diet of other spiders and each other.
House spiders are totally harmless and also not adapted to being outdoors in a British winter, so if you really can't stand them in the room please don't just dump them outside.
Interestingly (to me at least) the giant house spider holds the Guinness record for being the fastest mover, at .53 meters per second.
The house spiders you see around the house in autumn are almost invariably males who are out looking for a mate. The vast majority will die without ever finding a partner. A lot like single males on Fab really. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I love spiders. I find them fascinating and beautiful and think they are much persecuted and unnecessarily hated.
My flat is always full of Pholcus, which are those cellar spiders that have baked bean bodies and long thin legs and usually live on a diet of other spiders and each other.
House spiders are totally harmless and also not adapted to being outdoors in a British winter, so if you really can't stand them in the room please don't just dump them outside.
Interestingly (to me at least) the giant house spider holds the Guinness record for being the fastest mover, at .53 meters per second.
The house spiders you see around the house in autumn are almost invariably males who are out looking for a mate. The vast majority will die without ever finding a partner. A lot like single males on Fab really."
Nice analogy.  |
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We've had three of the big beasts in our house, in the space of two weeks.
The other night, I could hear this sort of taping noise on the wall, by the settee where I was sitting. I turned around, looked up, and there was a giant spider! I jumped off the settee and shouted my fella. The spider started running across the wall, making noises like it had heels on.. wtf!
Hate spiders! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I've read some of the list of the 64 and am wondering if some of them are made up or people have genuinely felt their gender is related to space.
Eh? Who swapped threads on me???
Huh? What happened there"
Someone switched threads as I posted |
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"So this is the time of year the male looks for a mate, September and October is mating season and you will see more of them in your house.
As the weather turns cooler and wetter this month, these giant house spiders, which can grow up to 12cm long, will emerge as they hunt for female partners.
Have you spotted any lately?
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I'm pretty sure the males are small. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"So this is the time of year the male looks for a mate, September and October is mating season and you will see more of them in your house.
As the weather turns cooler and wetter this month, these giant house spiders, which can grow up to 12cm long, will emerge as they hunt for female partners.
Have you spotted any lately?
I'm pretty sure the males are small. "
Longer legs but smaller bodies |
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"So this is the time of year the male looks for a mate, September and October is mating season and you will see more of them in your house.
As the weather turns cooler and wetter this month, these giant house spiders, which can grow up to 12cm long, will emerge as they hunt for female partners.
Have you spotted any lately?
I'm pretty sure the males are small.
Longer legs but smaller bodies"
my question is simply this: what the fuck are they eating!? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"So this is the time of year the male looks for a mate, September and October is mating season and you will see more of them in your house.
As the weather turns cooler and wetter this month, these giant house spiders, which can grow up to 12cm long, will emerge as they hunt for female partners.
Have you spotted any lately?
I'm pretty sure the males are small.
Longer legs but smaller bodies
my question is simply this: what the fuck are they eating!?"
Dunno,but it's mating season so I don't think they are thinking about food |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"So this is the time of year the male looks for a mate, September and October is mating season and you will see more of them in your house.
As the weather turns cooler and wetter this month, these giant house spiders, which can grow up to 12cm long, will emerge as they hunt for female partners.
Have you spotted any lately?
I'm pretty sure the males are small.
Longer legs but smaller bodies
my question is simply this: what the fuck are they eating!?"
Rats, they eat rats. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Spiders must interest people,I dont usually get more than 10 replies on my threads
Try a thread about treading on snails next."
I studied on a big fuck off slug at weekend and nearly slipped on my ass |
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On a recent visit to the forest of dean, we visited Clearwell caves. Home of the European cave spider. I was only made aware when my wife noticed one inches from the top of my head! Please Google and share my nightmares..... |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"On a recent visit to the forest of dean, we visited Clearwell caves. Home of the European cave spider. I was only made aware when my wife noticed one inches from the top of my head! Please Google and share my nightmares....."
The look like a brown black widow bit bigger,if you get my drift |
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By (user no longer on site)
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My wife will happily hold a terantula,but it's me who has to remove a spider from the bath. We have a friend in Tasmania & they have all the venemous Australian spiders,they don't mind the huge huntsman spiders as they eat all the others! |
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"We have a growing community of False Widows in our house. I like spiders and they provide a useful service, i don't rend to bother them and certainly never kill them."
We also get False Widows indoors & Wasp spiders (a large orb spider 4 times bigger than our garden spiders) in the garden, both of these spiders are friendly compared to house spiders.
As insect lovers we don't hurt anything, spiders will avoid you all costs so even though they can bite they will do their best to avoid you.
In Basildon they have a large number of Huntsmen spiders breeding, again a massive spider but harmless. |
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Late at night last week i spotted a big male chasing what i'd assume was a smaller female alongside the skirting board in our front room.
The next day i found the big one dead, i guess he had some really good action! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Spiders must interest people,I dont usually get more than 10 replies on my threads
Try a thread about treading on snails next.
I studied on a big fuck off slug at weekend and nearly slipped on my ass"
They sacrifice themselves to make our fears worse...the little cunts  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"On a recent visit to the forest of dean, we visited Clearwell caves. Home of the European cave spider. I was only made aware when my wife noticed one inches from the top of my head! Please Google and share my nightmares....."
I want to, but I'm too scared  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Spiders must interest people,I dont usually get more than 10 replies on my threads
Try a thread about treading on snails next.
I studied on a big fuck off slug at weekend and nearly slipped on my ass
They sacrifice themselves to make our fears worse...the little cunts "
Haha made me chuckle that |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"We have loads n they all have a name!
They're all called eekaspider?
Everyone knows, all spiders are called Fred!! "
Oohh apart from my pink tarantula... Her name was Marilyn |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Ive got Raid spray in every room of the house. I hate them and have a serious phobia over them.
Every month i spray my external window and door frames with "No More Spider" peppermint spray.
I don't invite them in the house, i dont catch them, i kill em. I cannot deal with them.
Thanks for the remimder |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Spiders ,dispite there eating n mating habits are amazing.
There legs work on a hydraulic and muscular system ,it's what makes the little buggers so fast and some have polarised lenses in ther eyes.
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"Some one told me today spiders don’t like conkers and since it’s conker season too...
Don’t know if it’s true  "
I reckon you could beat a spider at a game of conkers
All my house spiders are called Henry and ma last Boarder Collie was called Spider  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I never kill spiders - when I see the odd one crawling across the floor I just leave them to it.
Now knowing most are just looking to mate and will probably die first is a bit sad - poor spiders |
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If it is the male spider your probably doing him a favour if you squish him as once he's mated (and everyone knows how lethargic guys are after cumming  )and tries to flee the female will eat him. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Why are women scared of spiders but love hamsters? Hmm "
With eight legs just imagine how annoying that wheel would sound with a spider running round it. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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this irrational fear of a natural predator for actual pests always escapes me.
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its like a backwards evolution in the fear of being bitten by something venomous.
They might not be 'pretty' creatures...but the facts are facts, if you have spiders in your house..there must be prey..and it is not YOU. |
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"Why are women scared of spiders but love hamsters? Hmm
With eight legs just imagine how annoying that wheel would sound with a spider running round it. "
Haha I really did lol at that |
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"Some one told me today spiders don’t like conkers and since it’s conker season too...
Don’t know if it’s true "
its an old wives tale...no scientific evidence for it EVER...
theres the clue lol |
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over a year ago
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"We've had three of the big beasts in our house, in the space of two weeks.
The other night, I could hear this sort of taping noise on the wall, by the settee where I was sitting. I turned around, looked up, and there was a giant spider! I jumped off the settee and shouted my fella. The spider started running across the wall, making noises like it had heels on.. wtf!
Hate spiders!"
This has just made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up, eek 
Sorry folks, the one that hurtled across my floor a couple of weeks ago saw the sole of a flip flop while my mum trembled & turned puce. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I had to get a giant cup for one this week. It wouldn't fit in a standard cup.
I had nightmares that night
you really shouldnt drink spiders."
It had paper over it and I humanely threw it out of the window.
To be fair it was a first floor window so I hope it could fly.
It was the size of my fist...horrible thing |
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"I had to get a giant cup for one this week. It wouldn't fit in a standard cup.
I had nightmares that night
you really shouldnt drink spiders.
It had paper over it and I humanely threw it out of the window.
To be fair it was a first floor window so I hope it could fly.
It was the size of my fist...horrible thing "
lol it'll be fine...and they can glide in some cases..
though as I pointed out earlier...why do you think a spider is in your house...?
could it be to eat things like flies,moths and other insects?
in most cases there will be more pests around than the spiders themselves..
just a reality check |
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"Some one told me today spiders don’t like conkers and since it’s conker season too...
Don’t know if it’s true
I reckon you could beat a spider at a game of conkers
All my house spiders are called Henry and ma last Boarder Collie was called Spider "
Hell that made me laugh |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Why are women scared of spiders but love hamsters? Hmm
With eight legs just imagine how annoying that wheel would sound with a spider running round it.
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Or an eight legged hamster on the wheel |
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Not seen a single one yet my old house last year was infested literally a good few a day you’d see, think thats place was the local pulling joint for them, they’d make themselves a nice web drink a quart of flys blood and wait for the lucky lady to scurry by |
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Rosie our Westy usually keeps them away or their not around for long when she spots them , but the one we had on the fireplace a few days back was massive and she looked a little shocked too before she devoured it |
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over a year ago
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"Not seen any yet but those big ones don't bother me..
As i live near a park we always get lots of those harvest spiders..little bodies with really long legs...they are creepy "
I can pick those long legged ones up easily but the big hairy spiders scare the shit out of me (yet I love big hairy men ) |
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over a year ago
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I've seen 1 massive one go fast as anything across the carpet beside the tv screen. I usually have my wee lamps on at night. But been sitting with my big light on ever since. Spiders don't usually bother me but these things are humongous! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Update:so in the last 7 days I've seen three more BIG spiders lounging around my house
Keep us posted on any further developments. "
Have I upset you in some way?I can't think what I have done wrong(sad face) |
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"Update:so in the last 7 days I've seen three more BIG spiders lounging around my house
Keep us posted on any further developments.
Have I upset you in some way?I can't think what I have done wrong(sad face)"
Think you’re reading too much into an off the cuff comment, that even had a thumbs up at the end ! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Update:so in the last 7 days I've seen three more BIG spiders lounging around my house
Keep us posted on any further developments.
Have I upset you in some way?I can't think what I have done wrong(sad face)
Think you’re reading too much into an off the cuff comment, that even had a thumbs up at the end ! "
Oh well my apologies and I will see your thumb with a |
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"Update:so in the last 7 days I've seen three more BIG spiders lounging around my house
Keep us posted on any further developments. "
They'll be reading his newspaper and smoking his pipe next
He probably hasn't got enough pairs of slippers for them to wear |
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By *uzzy NavelWoman
over a year ago
so near and yet so far.... |
Ok lads, this is your chance to negotiate sex...
You hear a scream, you have to work out if the person concerned is in danger or if she is terrified of spideys... the louder the scream the bigger the invader... |
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over a year ago
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"Update:so in the last 7 days I've seen three more BIG spiders lounging around my house
Keep us posted on any further developments. "
UPDATE:I cought a spider in a glass earlier |
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"Update:so in the last 7 days I've seen three more BIG spiders lounging around my house
Keep us posted on any further developments.
UPDATE:I cought a spider in a glass earlier "
I got one today too .... with my slipper. Made a real crunch when I got it |
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"We have a growing community of False Widows in our house. I like spiders and they provide a useful service, i don't rend to bother them and certainly never kill them."
Not a spider I,d want around capable of giveing a bite, at least the house spider is not really capable of that more of a sucking sensation, false widows have fangs. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I used to be scared of the really big spiders and hate it that they would come running across the ceiling when taking a shower.
However my cat loves chasing and eating them so I just let them be now, cos they don't live long.
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By *ky19Man
over a year ago
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I'm impressed by those who have no fear at all, I'm so much better than I used to be but still really would rather not be seeing any thanks. I'll stick with the mouse currently scratching away at my carpet.
I used to use fly spray which seems to work so much better on spiders than it does on flies, but not any more. It looks painful from the way they react
Though my housemate used it to flush out false widows.
And what is with the skinny spiders who eat the big ones! |
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"Not seen any yet but those big ones don't bother me..
As i live near a park we always get lots of those harvest spiders..little bodies with really long legs...they are creepy "
It’s the way they rock as they look at you. They’re just planning how they take over the world.
Have you noticed there’s loads more of them too than there was ten years ago. They’re multiplying.. |
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By *ust4fun26Couple
over a year ago
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We got a cat two years ago and have barely seen one since, I found a huge dead one today that he had killed (he used to eat them but has given up that dirty habit) and the last one alive I saw was about 6 months ago it was on the bedroom curtain and the only reason I spotted it was because the cat was climbing the curtains to get to it. Definitely worth owning a cat, the dog on the other hand couldn’t give a toss. |
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Just caught one now (P wasn't very happy as she wanted it dead) with my preferred method...Pint glass and a piece of card. When I put the glass over it, it's legs were slightly wider than the glass!!! |
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I've got dozens of fat spiders around, many drawing closer to the house ready to invade.
Clear everything from around doors, so that they don't shelter and hide where it's easy to come inside. Remove clutter etc outside and also on the inside, so you can spot them and gather them ready to return them.
Consider travelling with them to a spot and leaving them somewhere where they won't manage to return from. |
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"I've got dozens of fat spiders around, many drawing closer to the house ready to invade.
Clear everything from around doors, so that they don't shelter and hide where it's easy to come inside. Remove clutter etc outside and also on the inside, so you can spot them and gather them ready to return them.
Consider travelling with them to a spot and leaving them somewhere where they won't manage to return from. "
I like this, look after them little spiders they are great little creatures |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My puppy goes mental, chases them everywhere, catches them in her mouth, spits them out and bats them around with her paws. I rescue the poor things and then she sulks with me |
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over a year ago
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"Update for that impala guy,caught a spider yesterday,was attempting to scale mt.staircase
Apprehended and exited from building.....carry on"
You're my hero |
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I got charged by one last Sunday. Big fucker it was and it ran right for me.
I saw it reach the sofa I was on and my attempted stamping didn't work.
I quickly ripped my clothes off and shook them but thank fully it wasn't in there.
Instead it was now sat where I was, as if to take the puss out of me.
I grabbed it and threw it out the back.
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over a year ago
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"Update for that impala guy,caught a spider yesterday,was attempting to scale mt.staircase
Apprehended and exited from building.....carry on
You're my hero "
Standing proud now |
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By *ky19Man
over a year ago
Plymouth |
I think I was bitten by a spider in my car the other day
I pressed my back into the seat cos I was getting cramp (cos I'm tall) and this needle sting went into my back, then I brushed my back and something little and hard fell off.
I bruised up so bad and it burned, but wasn't really any worse than a wasp sting.
I wonder if it was a false widow.
I am filing a complaint because I am still waiting for my superhero powers.
Had a nice brown harvester on my floor too. Chased it off but found the poor thing had died on the stairs, prob due to fright, in the morning. |
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over a year ago
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"So this is the time of year the male looks for a mate, September and October is mating season and you will see more of them in your house.
As the weather turns cooler and wetter this month, these giant house spiders, which can grow up to 12cm long, will emerge as they hunt for female partners.
Have you spotted any lately?
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What, female partners? No! |
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"I love spiders. I find them fascinating and beautiful and think they are much persecuted and unnecessarily hated.
My flat is always full of Pholcus, which are those cellar spiders that have baked bean bodies and long thin legs and usually live on a diet of other spiders and each other.
House spiders are totally harmless and also not adapted to being outdoors in a British winter, so if you really can't stand them in the room please don't just dump them outside.
Interestingly (to me at least) the giant house spider holds the Guinness record for being the fastest mover, at .53 meters per second.
The house spiders you see around the house in autumn are almost invariably males who are out looking for a mate. The vast majority will die without ever finding a partner. A lot like single males on Fab really.
Nice analogy. "
Well it would limit the "i can't get a meet" thread lol |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I've seen quite a few these last few days
Boris ?
Who?
I thought you were a music fan.
Read it again
Exactly
Am I missing something here
The ?"
It's was a double entendre, thought you would have known that |
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