spiders

[chucky1973]

3 large spiders in 2 nights now, I dont mind them, but I hate the fact that the wife gets me to walk 100m down the road to get rid of them....

 

[Woodchip]

3 large spiders in 2 nights now, I dont mind them, but I hate the fact that the wife gets me to walk 100m down the road to get rid of them....

Couldn't you just walk 5 yards down the road and "accidentally" drop them?

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[Andrew]

Saw a big bastard on the way out the door this morning, biggest spider I've ever seen

 

[chucky1973]

Couldn't you just walk 5 yards down the road and "accidentally" drop them?

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Ive tried that, but she watches me, still makes me walk the 100m!!! nags if i dont "but I wont be able to sleep!"

 

[BensGrandad]

My neighbour told us of an old wives tale which she says works put two or three conkers in each room and you will not get spiders in that room.

 

[tedebear]

This irrational fear of spiders is perpetuated by parents and friends as you grow up so you all end up hating spiders. I managed to cure my missus's fear of spiders by getting her to handle very small tiny spiders and gradually incresing the size over many weeks, she rarely bats an eyelid these days when she spots one. Similarly my two young sons love spiders and we even adopt the ones in the garden and feed them up on fat juicy caterpillars and bugs to see how big we can get them to grow, got some rather large garden spiders and a couple of beautiful false widows in the back garden now! They are no danger whatsoever and the boys love watching them zip out and attack their prey! Some of the ones pictured on here are just your common house spiders or 'Tedgies' as we call them, they are completely harmless and won't bite you and even if they tried their fangs are not strong enough to break the skin. They are quick buggers though hence why folk don't like them, mind you if you chase them for a minute or so with your finger they quickly run out of puff and then just sit there so you can easily scoop them up and chuck outdoors. Its all about how you grew up I suppose, my Dad loved spiders so I guess I inherited his lack of fear over spiders.

Just remember when you travel to "unteach" your children about picking up spiders...like a said before where I grew up - children do NOT touch spiders, death results in a matter of minutes for small children as a result of some bites. Better to be safet than sorry.

Frankly when you can hear it walking across the pillow behind your head in the night - the fuckers can die. Spiders live outside, I live inside. Deal with it.

 

[Tomo1794]

Hehe, check this out at about 40secs!!

f***ing hell! The video decided to freeze and re-buffer mid way through the attempted capture Not sure if it was real or not but it still made my heart beat a little bit faster to say the least!

 

[Tomo1794]

Oh, by the way: to whoever it was who said they weren't bothered by a spider that never seemed to move from it's spot on the ceiling...

...a few years ago, I thought the same about a large spider that lived on my bedroom ceiling. Every time it came in, it'd be there in the corner of the room. Never, ever saw it move. I was happy enough with that, not being a big fan of the critters, but so long as it stayed there, no worries.

Then on one occasion I woke up in the middle of the night for some reason. Still lying in bed, I reached out to turn the bedside light on....to find the said spider dangling down from the ceiling directly above my eyes, hanging about 6" from my face

I had to slide myself out of bed sideways so as not to come into contact with the cunning bugger, before coming up with a swift plan to extricate it from my room. No way was it living in the corner after THAT. I don't mind admitting I was momentarily TERRIFIED

There is no way I'm letting the spider which lives in the corner of my bedroom above my bed stay there anymore. Even if it is tiny I am going to swiftly remove it after this story!

 

[saafend_seagull]

My neighbour told us of an old wives tale which she says works put two or three conkers in each room and you will not get spiders in that room.

put them all on window ledges problem solved!

 

[Mr Smggles]

My neighbour told us of an old wives tale which she says works put two or three conkers in each room and you will not get spiders in that room.

This is true, they associate the smell of conkers with their predators.

 

[Paskman]

Have a look at National Geographic Wild at 8pm Saturday. The presenter goes looking for the Worlds largest spider, in the Amazon. He eventually finds it and gets a bit more than he bargains for when he handles it! Great programme.

Sent from - not telling as it upsets some people!

 

[The Laughing Bluebird]

I'm a huge fan of spiders. Been keeping tarantulas for many years. I currently have 32 in my collection.

Here's an article I wrote about British spiders last year:

The Lone Gunman - Shooting From The Lip: All Hail the Humble British House Spider

And here's a few pictures of some of the members of my tarantula collection:

Twelve Terrific Tarantulas - Reptile Forums

 

[Normal Rob]

I'm a huge fan of spiders. Been keeping tarantulas for many years. I currently have 32 in my collection.

Here's an article I wrote about British spiders last year:

The Lone Gunman - Shooting From The Lip: All Hail the Humble British House Spider

And here's a few pictures of some of the members of my tarantula collection:

Twelve Terrific Tarantulas - Reptile Forums

Thanks TLB, I really enjoyed reading your article.

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

This is true, they associate the smell of conkers with their predators.

I don't think it is. Have seen this come up loads of times and it makes no difference whatsoever! Think it's just a myth

 

[Taybha]

a quote from my sister upon the subject

i have a irrational fear of them but cant bring myself to kill them so i hoover them up Dont ask

 

[Albumen]

I'm a huge fan of spiders. Been keeping tarantulas for many years. I currently have 32 in my collection.

Here's an article I wrote about British spiders last year:

The Lone Gunman - Shooting From The Lip: All Hail the Humble British House Spider

And here's a few pictures of some of the members of my tarantula collection:

Twelve Terrific Tarantulas - Reptile Forums

Good blog. Nice collection too but don't you feel a little guilty about keeping them away from their natural habitat?

 

[The Laughing Bluebird]

Thanks TLB, I really enjoyed reading your article.

Cheers, much appreciated.

 

[Lush]

 

[The Laughing Bluebird]

Good blog. Nice collection too but don't you feel a little guilty about keeping them away from their natural habitat?

Occasionally I do feel that way, but then almost all of my spiders are captive bred anyway. In the wild, most species of tarantula use up very little space and lead sedentary lifestyles, so they are pretty good animals to keep as pets.

I wrote a piece about keeping them a while back:

The Lone Gunman - Shooting From The Lip: Why Do People Keep Tarantulas?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I saw an absolute MONSTER by Next at the Holmbush centre yesterday.

I was crossing the road and I saw it, on the tarmac, crossing in the opposite direction (honestly!). It was so big it was visible from the other side of the road. I swear the fiendish arachnid must have pressed the button to cross. I had the last laugh, of course, as despite its mammoth size, it couldn't cross the road as fast as I could, therefore I confidently predict it would have ended up going round and round on the front offside tyre of some old granny's Ford Fiesta within moments.