Do House Spiders bite?

RBL · 21 Aug 2011 at 05:16

Can someone please tell me what the **** is this and are those ***** can do a harm to a very small baby?

right click and 'view image' to see it bigger

I was just getting ready to go to bed, went to bathroom to brush my teeth and saw that in my bath :eek:

I'm not sleepy anymore and have shivers everywhere.

I thought I am ok with spiders now, and even picked up couple of small ones the other day, but this was by far the biggest I have ever seen in my life!

Poured a litre of boiling water on it (thankly it was in a bath) and it's dead now, but there could be more of them :mad:

Can they do a harm to a toddler?

My missus will get heart attack when I show her that photo in the morning

Marine Iguana · 21 Aug 2011 at 05:18

They can consume a whole baby if left alone with one.

LOAM · 21 Aug 2011 at 05:19

It's a small house spider. Are there more ? Yeah **** loads.

RBL · 21 Aug 2011 at 05:20

Small? The size of your fist.

LOAM · 21 Aug 2011 at 05:22

You either have a massive bath plug then or you're a dwarf.

StriderX · 21 Aug 2011 at 05:24

Arachnophobes will hate you forever, for having made such A HUGE picture of it

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RBL · 21 Aug 2011 at 05:29

LOAM said:
You either have a massive bath plug then or you're a dwarf.

The bath plug is 3 inches wide, I just measured it, and the spider was bigger than the plug as seen in the picture

Belive me, I have seen many house spiders, but this was way bigger than anything I have seen so far.

RBL · 21 Aug 2011 at 05:31

StriderX said:
Arachnophobes will hate you forever, for having made such A HUGE picture of it .

I am beginnig to think I might be one. That was an hour ago and I still have shivers on my back...

compboyo · 21 Aug 2011 at 05:34

Only in the dark lol

I get spiders like that and worse every now and then.

StriderX · 21 Aug 2011 at 05:34

Biggest you've seen now

Unless you mean "real life", in which case, be glad you live in country where spiders are rather nice, compared to other nations

Raikiri · 21 Aug 2011 at 05:35

RBL said:
Small? The size of your fist.

That's a little baby.

That's a medium sized one

RBL · 21 Aug 2011 at 05:35

Yes, I do mean in real life.

RBL · 21 Aug 2011 at 05:36

**** me! That's massive! Raikiri, Is that picture taken in your house?

Raikiri · 21 Aug 2011 at 05:38

Haha no, it's a giant huntsman. Probably somewhere in South America or Aus.

RBL · 21 Aug 2011 at 05:39

There you go then. The one I posted is giant for UK spiders then. It was about 3.5 inches wide and in my bath! :eek:

wannabedamned · 21 Aug 2011 at 05:40

One of the best thing about having cats, Is the lack of living spiders in my home. Worst thing....Sometimes standing in spider guts. mmmm Guts

RBL · 21 Aug 2011 at 05:42

Seriously considering one of those

http://www.spidatrap.com/SpidaTrap/

Has anybody used it?

LOAM · 21 Aug 2011 at 05:46

It's not an abnormal sized spider. A standard uk bath plug is 40mm, so yes you have an abnormally large plug though.

RBL · 21 Aug 2011 at 05:48

So the general consensus is that I am over-reacting and this is a normal house spider, only bigger, and it can do no harm to anybody?

What if something like that get into my baby's bed?

RBL · 21 Aug 2011 at 05:50

LOAM said:
It's not an abnormal sized spider. A standard uk bath plug is 40mm, so yes you have an abnormally large plug though.

Ok, I'll say it again. Look at the picture. That whole metal (or aluminium) ring on the bottom of the bath is 3 inches wide. I have measured it.