Sooo...the summer Spider season is starting again

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Went in my garage and the warm weather has brought them out and even larger than last year :eek::mad:

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It is about 2.5" at the longest span but I couldn't get the tape measure at the right angle to show it, mainly as first time I poked it, it went for it then ran up the measure towards me.

And for those that remember this post http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=25168876&postcount=45 James has got even bigger, well over 1".

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They are so fast those ones. I hate them for that. If they were slow I could manage, but when they are faster than I am, that's where I draw the line. Set up defenses and hope you survive. Or try peppermint oil spray, which is some thing that facebook reckons keeps spiders away.
 
Devrij said:
They are so fast those ones. I hate them for that. If they were slow I could manage, but when they are faster than I am, that's where I draw the line.
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Exactly. They sit there for ages. Waiting. Waiting. Then..... AHBLOOBLOblOBLOBLOBLOHBLUHBLOHBLUHBLOUHBLohBLUH!" (that's the scary noise I imagine it makes when it runs).

If there was a fight between that spider and a wasp for the crown of "biggest mega-choad animal of all time", that spider would win.
 
Largest spider I ever saw in the uk was in an old metal dustbin that still had its lid but had several holes rusted in it. In the middle of a wood. In an abandoned pheasant pen.

Lifted the bin lid to see if there was anything in there.

Turns out there was. Sitting in a dense woven landscape of webbing complete with tunnels.

Can still shudder with the thought of it.
 
I have RAID Wasp , Fly & Mosquito killer in the cupboard I can only assume spiders will die too if not then I shall use a lighter and turn the raid into an improvised flame thrower
 
I park my motorbike in the bike shed at work and there's a lot of spiders in there because I got an electrician to install some lighting for those who use the shed in the dark.

The problem is spiders invaded. There was a big one upside down on the light, in it's web, right above my bike the other evening so I asked someone who was smoking in the smoking hut next to the shed to get rid of it for me. She did without battering an eyelid.
 
ElliorR said:
I park my motorbike in the bike shed at work and there's a lot of spiders in there because I got an electrician to install some lighting for those who use the shed in the dark.

The problem is spiders invaded. There was a big one upside down on the light, in it's web, right above my bike the other evening so I asked someone who was smoking in the smoking hut next to the shed to get rid of it for me. She did without battering an eyelid.
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but did she roll eyes at your lack of alpha male

does she usually batter things? is she Scottish? does she have a thirst for snickers deep fried?
 
Oh god yes she did. Good job she's a friend or she'd really have taken the ****. Oh wait, she did, for ages.
 
LOL, UK spider season. So adorable.

British spiders: 'Hello there, do you mind if I lurk harmlessly in the corner of your potting shed? Oh, you do? Righto, I'll be off then.' :)

Australian spiders: 'I JUST ATE YOUR CHILDREN AND FATALLY POISONED THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOUR'S GOAT. NOW I'M TAKING OVER THIS HOUSE, SO GIMME THE CAR KEYS AND **** OFF!' :mad:

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Big difference is we were here first but in your neck of the woods they were there first (actually as I type this I realised that the spiders would have been here first as well just longer ago).
 
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