Spiders everywhere!

[Alucidnation]

I’m not normally one to be bothered by our little friends, but fk me, there are some considerably sized house spiders around this year.

Plus, they don’t seem to be the black variety, but more kinda grey coloured.

I certainly don’t remember this many being around over the last few years.

I guess it’s something to do with the warm temperatures we are having?

[GAjon]

Yep, the season to gaurd ornaments as the dog scurries all over chasing big spiders!

I believe it’s the female spiders that get big to get a male, familiar!

[anonymous-user]

Yes, I have had to put a new battery in my bug buster spider vac

Caught a few beauties

[Bill]

We've had some absolute monsters. The wife's really not pleased, especially as the kids keep asking to keep them as pets.

[kambites]

I moved and split a wood pile which had been drying out under a tarpaulin behind the garage a few weeks ago. There was some real beauties in there.

[J4CKO]

My otherwise rational, sensible and intelligent wife turns into a gibbering, shivering halfwit around arachnids, will be falling asleep and she spots one before turning the light off and I have to deal with it, if there is one in the bath, I have to deal with, come on ladies, this is PATHETIC !

This is why women, despite feminism and everything could never completely do away with us men, apart from icky drains, car tyre related activities there is the other main issue that prevent them wiping us out, the Spider, imagine in a female only society, they would be all huddled together in one small area as whole swathes of the country became uninhabitable because someone saw a really big, hairy spider there.

I dont relish handling them but they cant, over here, generally harm me so its not a problem, if we had venomous ones, it would be splat time.

The dog can be helpful, he likes them but isnt great on any above 18 inches off the floor.

My worst moment was sat playing on the Playstation one morning in my dressing gown, spotted a massive spider scuttling round the living room, made a mental note that I would probably have to remove it for her in a bit and as I thought if felt it take refuge under my testicles, now I am not scared of them but the criteria for general wellbeing is way, way below the high standards reserved for my precious's, never moved so fast, really it would be the spider that should be traumatized, I did genuinely think "not even had a shower yet this morning"

[MX5_Nuts]

I lifted part of my bedroom carpet yesterday and about 2 ran out from underneath! Luckily it was the side my misses sleeps.

[kambites]

J4CKO said:

come on ladies, this is PATHETIC !

I know it's a great stereotype, but plenty of men are arachnophobia too.

[V8mate]

We generally have two types seeking refuge in my house. Huge black ones with thick legs; proper Meccano-construction monsters. And another type - same overall size/span, but look very similar to a Daddy Longlegs.

Only the first type get a helping hand out of the house since, a couple of years ago, I came downstairs one morning to find one of the 'flimsy', wiry ones had caught a big black one overnight and was in the process of mummifying him.

Given they don't look scary or undesirable round the house, they're more than welcome to stay on patrol.

[4Q]

My garden is overrun with them this year, with huge cobwebs strung accross every available gap with a massive spider sat in the middle, I can't go down the garden or to the bins without a stick to clear a path. I've never seen anything like this before.

[designforlife]

i tend to let most of them do their thing, although i do catch and eject the wolf spider style big ones....caught one last year with a body and leg span so big he only just fitted under a traditional pint glass!!

the smaller ones are brilliant at catching other little bugs and flies that find their way in.

[enjo]

I don't mind the little cute garden spiders but the giant house spiders give me the creeps.
- It's the males wandering about (apparently pretty blindly) looking for a bit of 8 legged love action. They are also the fastest true spider, brilliant.

Wife also hates them so I have to put on my best heroic, puffed out chest, brave face to shakily place the glass over the creature 10,000x smaller than me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_house_spider

[J4CKO]

kambites said:

J4CKO said:

come on ladies, this is PATHETIC !

I know it's a great stereotype, but plenty of men are arachnophobia too.

A Phobia is one thing, but I think most people that dont like Spiders arent genuinely Phobic, I dont love them scuttling over my hand (or bks ) but it isnt a Phobia, I domnt think my wife has a phobia, just being a bit pathetic about them.

[DRFC1879]

I'm not bad with anything up to the size of a £2 coin but the monsters you get coming inside at this time of year freak me the fk out.

We had one a couple of weeks ago that put up adman good fight with the Hoover pipe. Having only emptied the Hoover (yes it is one of their brand, pedants) and with it having a clear crud reservoir our home invader was clearly visible in there still very much alive.

[Joscal]

Have to admit they never used to bother me but some of the big ones move so bloody quick it's rather unnerving.

[V8mate]

Joscal said:

Have to admit they never used to bother me but some of the big ones move so bloody quick it's rather unnerving.

28 Days Later spiders, rather than Shaun of the Dead spiders.

[PopsandBangs]

I absolutely can't deal with them.

Couple of years ago I was in bed around 2am on my iPad with a small floor lamp on at the other side of the room, so could just about see the room, when, and I'm absolutely not joking here, the largest house spider I've ever seen suddenly came running down the mattress from my top left over the side and straight towards my face, in a clear attempt to kill me.

I'm not an athletic man but obviously still possess The innate reflex to get the fk out of dangers way (like those videos of startled cats on YouTube,) my legs and arms tensed and sent me flying out of bed onto the other side of the room and my iPad smashed on the ceiling. And the spider just sat there on my pillow mocking me!

[V8mate]

PopsandBangs said:

I absolutely can't deal with them.

Couple of years ago I was in bed around 2am on my iPad with a small floor lamp on at the other side of the room, so could just about see the room, when, and I'm absolutely not joking here, the largest house spider I've ever seen suddenly came running down the mattress from my top left over the side and straight towards my face, in a clear attempt to kill me.

I'm not an athletic man but obviously still possess The innate reflex to get the fk out of dangers way (like those videos of startled cats on YouTube,) my legs and arms tensed and sent me flying out of bed onto the other side of the room and my iPad smashed on the ceiling. And the spider just sat there on my pillow mocking me!

Yeah. I was half-asleep one night and heard/felt a 'dumpf' on the pillow next to me head as one 'fell' off the ceiling.

That engaged some swift reflexes. Unfortunately, the first one, once I'd reared up to sitting, was to side swipe the thing off my pillow and across the room. Which meant, of course, that it was neither dead nor out of the room.

[Electronicpants]

Years ago, I had just bought a new TV complete with new surround sound system. Taking advantage of an empty lounge, I plonked my self down to watch one of my favourite films "Alien", lights out popcorn and some wine, lovely jubbley.

During one of the tense quietest parts of the film, when your awaiting the inevitable "wahhh" Alien appearance, I heard a thud, then an Alien like scuffling noise. "wow this surround sound system is awesome, I'm hearing things from the soundtrack I've never heard!" I thought, or perhaps said out loud, (I was almost at the end of the bottle at this point)

As Ripley or whoever started firing her gun after the aforementioned "whaaaah" moment and the TV subsequently lit the room, it became clear that the noise had been the biggest feckin spider ever made, dropped "superhero jump" style from the fireplace onto the laminate flooring and was scuttling it's way, (I'm sure having watched the TV for a bit, and taking what it saw as an instructional video) toward me at spider mach 2.

Given the film, and the wine, I just about soiled myself!

Splatted with the instruction manual that was still sitting out.

Edited by Electronicpants on Friday 29th September 12:51

[Billiewhiz]

Evicted this yesterday evening! Pictured under a pint glass!