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its going to be chaos in your house when you get the dog in to try catch the cat thats jumping round all over the place
Is there a "Spider Season" ?
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its going to be chaos in your house when you get the dog in to try catch the cat thats jumping round all over the place
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It was amazing walking to the bus stop this morning, because it was foggy dew had settled on all the spiders webs and threads, what you don't realise is that almost everything is absolutely CAKED in thread. Was amazing to see but it was like the spiders had gone mental over night and just webbed everything! Deffo spider season!
I notice this too when it is icy. Bushes, trees and all sorts are covered in webs. Is it true we are only ever a few feet from an insect? I'm sure I read that somewhere.
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Its horrible when you walk down your garden to the car, and you inevitably hit some massive invisible silk threads and then you try and pick them off, but when driving you think you can still feel something moving on you.
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This, however - I was shaving the other day with my top off. Felt a tickling up my back and for some reason only known to God, I thought it was one of my cats brushing his whiskers across me(any guesses where this is going??). Turned around to find one of the biggest spiders like the one in the photo on page one ambling up my back towards my face...
The next 5 seconds were a bit of a blur
Had one of these once in my bedroom. They usually all live in the garage but sometimes one sneaks out and makes its way to the bedroom window.
Only thing I saw of it was some huge disgusting legs around the bedpost. Had to get my better half to get rid of it
Didn't even want to see how large its body was!
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Found this bugger in my ktchen this morning. He is lucky he did not get hoovered up!
Two pence piece for size reference.
Two pence piece for size reference.
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I hoovered up about 9 spiders from my bedroom the other day. Now I'm worried they're building a giant army inside my Henry and plotting their revenge! :O
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If I see them I just pick them up and lob them out of the window. The bigger it is, the easier it is to pick them up by the leg. Simples.
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That looks quite similar to a Segestria Florentina, which is quite common in Bristol, though not native. In the little enclosed courtyard outside my window, I could find 10-15 of them within a minute. I've not had one of these ever come inside though and my window is open all day long.
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Why do people kill spiders? I just leave them where they are - not like they are going to eat me or something.
Plus they keep down the other insect populations that houses have - the ones that actually do damage - like silverfish for example.
Plus they keep down the other insect populations that houses have - the ones that actually do damage - like silverfish for example.
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urban myth or not but my wife has conkers all over the house...apparently they emit a smell and spiders cant stand it..
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I think your wife is conkers.
HAHAHAHA *bangs fist on table repeatedly*.
HAHAHAHA *bangs fist on table repeatedly*.
Why did i come into this thread
I HATE spiders - borderline arachnophobic!
Sitting on the loo the other day playing Angry Birds, turned around to get the toilet paper to see a HUGE spider (body small, HUGE legs), i **** myself for the second time!
Had to wipe away from the toilet and throw the toilet paper into the toilet - it was not good.
Was still there this morning when i needed a pee, so decided to go outside
It's rather annoying this arachnophobia thing
I HATE spiders - borderline arachnophobic!
Sitting on the loo the other day playing Angry Birds, turned around to get the toilet paper to see a HUGE spider (body small, HUGE legs), i **** myself for the second time!
Had to wipe away from the toilet and throw the toilet paper into the toilet - it was not good.
Was still there this morning when i needed a pee, so decided to go outside
It's rather annoying this arachnophobia thing
Soldato
Spiders don't nest. They live in various places like silk lined burrows, silk tubes, cracks and crevices, tree holes etc., but they're certainly not nests in the accepted sense.
Does it? It looks suspiciously like a Tegenaria sp. to me
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Just leave them alone, or just catch them in a cup and stick them out of a window.
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I want ALL spiders out there to consume every Daddy long leg that will inevitably invade & annoy me when I want to get some kip. Can't stand 'em, at least spiders make no noise at night.
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Too many spider pictures in this spider thread.
I was always of the understanding that they come into the house because of the warmth vs outside where its getting cold
I was always of the understanding that they come into the house because of the warmth vs outside where its getting cold
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It's mating season. At the end of summer most of the males mature and go wandering for mates. Hence big spiders everywhere.