Anyone deal with arachnophobia? NO Pictures of Spiders unless in spoiler tags.
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After dealing with these wee terrors out in Saudi (well anywhere ME anyway) about 2-4 times a week, the usual British spider just doesn't bother me too much anymore.
Camel Spider - not my piccys BTW.
The worst part in recent memory was finding a much smaller one (say 4in max) on the way back from a night-time loo break, only with the lights off the way I found it was as it burst under my bare foot against the bathroom tiles when I trod on it, which was nice.
Camel Spider - not my piccys BTW.
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So this is clear.
No pictures of Spiders unless they're in spoiler tags.
This is a thread about people's fear of them.
Any further pictures that are not tagged will result in people losing access to this thread.
No pictures of Spiders unless they're in spoiler tags.
This is a thread about people's fear of them.
Any further pictures that are not tagged will result in people losing access to this thread.
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I completely missed / forgot that sorry.
If it's this vital that you're considering thread bans then why hasn't a MOD put that info in the OP yet, avoiding this issue entirely??? Instead there's just post No 61 and a further warning of bans on post No 125 that most folks just aren't going to read amongst the scrawl of 120+ posts?
Make things simple and simple people will do what you ask, make it complicated and it'll get missed - just basics
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That's not fair. There's posts all over where others get triggered. Why spiders? They can see the title of the thread why come into it when they know fine well what's going to be in it?
Delete the thread and have done with it?
Made you click it...mwahahah
Sounds like you need to do a spot of research.
Start with finding out exactly what a tick looks like, how big the adults are, how small the nymphs are, the diseases they can carry, the places where you're most likely to encounter them...
Then find out about the places on your body they like to hide, what to do if you find one attached to you and what you can do to stop them attaching to you.
I used to live in a converted shed. It was attached to my mum's house via an extension. Mezzanine floor with a futon up a staircase. Was nice. Could hear a stream at the bottom of the garden. But it was full of massive spiders. I used to wake up with them stuck to me squashed.
i was mainly glad of them given what else there might have been if they weren’t so plentiful and huge.
i was mainly glad of them given what else there might have been if they weren’t so plentiful and huge.
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It's a thread about peoples fear of spiders, not fear of pictures of spiders
lol. People have fears of beans and clowns as well does that mean we can't post bean pics now or clown pics?
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I'm sure many people suffer from acrophobia Fear even. I didn't. Even in areas of the world. Snakes were another matter................
It's a thread about peoples fear of spiders, not fear of pictures of spiders
That's an example of the 'irrational' element of a phobia.
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You can't post photos of snakes, you will get banned.
I have a routine in the warmer months. Sawyers tick repellent on my gear and as soon as I get from the outdoors a long shower with my gear stashed away, never wear my outdoor gear indoors, stash it away until it’s washed. I’ve seen what Lyme disease can do as my mate had and still suffers, he was in a bad way. I also ran a old pillow case over the ferns near my house and it collected several ticks and probably others that are not visible to the naked eye.
https://sawyer.com/products/permethrin-insect-repellent-treatment/
I've not tried the Sawyer one, it's picaridin in that one I think, I use a permethrin-based one.
Edit: Just spotted your link, that Sawyer one is permethrin-based too, I use the LifeSystems version.
I've heard people recommend putting outdoor clothing in a tumble drier before they wash them to kill any ticks, as they can apparently survive a go in the washing machine! Hardy little *******!
That is a very good idea with the pillow case, will have to try that - it's the near-invisible nymphs you have to be careful with, as apparently they are more likely to carry Lyme Disease.
Sorry to hear about your mate. For anyone interested, here's a video of a girl who documented her own battle with Lyme Disease...
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Loads of false widows around the back of our house. Hate those things, really difficult to kill too.
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I've read about ticks a few times. These spiders are tiny, about 1cm, I have 2 or 3 around my house I keep to get rid of flies. They kind of resembled ticks with the roundness of their bodies.
The abdomen of that spider looks much like a tick when it has swollen after feeding.