Is there a "Spider Season" ?

Soulja · 17 Sep 2010 at 18:40

I hate the ones that crawl across your face whilst you're trying to go sleep

I couldn't sleep properly for months after that

St.Josh · 17 Sep 2010 at 19:54

My cat does nothing to catch spiders, recently he was lying on the floor and one just crawled right over him to get under the sofa.
Having send that I don't really mind spiders in the house they don't do any harm and normally will run away from you. Although the other night I was a bit disturbed to see a massive spider in the jaws of an even bigger spider, legs were squirming and eventually it was dragged underneath the radiator.

shadow_boxer · 17 Sep 2010 at 19:55

Heard theres been a lot of spiders around recently, was something on the radio about it the other day.

MooMoo444 · 17 Sep 2010 at 20:16

Killed a good selection recently, some huge, some very huge, they seem to come out later in the day, I'm always looking around the walls every evening

w3bbo · 17 Sep 2010 at 20:48

According to wiki, the giant house spider (pictured above) holds the WR for spidy speed - 9.73 ft/s (2.97 m/s)!

I act all macho when the wife screams after spotting one as I swagger over and scoop them up with a cup/pint pot but secretly **** myself.

Apok · 17 Sep 2010 at 22:16

I cannot stand spiders, absolutely papped my pants when i was playing wow and a huge one went flying across my foot.

My brother in law who was sat next to me was just as bad as it ran across his foot too, he proceeded to drop a washing basket on teh poor things bonce.

krz1 · 17 Sep 2010 at 23:22

Mud said:
I've been having spidery issues too, it's a nuisance when they barely fit under a pint glass!

I shuddered when I saw this pic. Quoting it to share my pain(?)

Jimbeam3678 · 17 Sep 2010 at 23:25

leave them alone , they eat all the real nasties in your house

steve-h · 18 Sep 2010 at 00:26

divaboy said:
leave them alone , they eat all the real nasties in your house

wat

MagicBoy · 18 Sep 2010 at 00:28

steve-h said:
wat

pardon?

craig3000 · 18 Sep 2010 at 00:43

I hate myself for reading this thread at this time in the night. FML.

One of the big ones pictured above crawled across my cream carpet, the contrast of black and cream makes it really stand out >.<

liquidex · 18 Sep 2010 at 03:32

Hate spiders as well. Might have to try the conker thing out.

Not sure if this is true but had a conversation that in your average lifetime you would eat three spiders or around that, as apparently when you sleep and leave your mouth open they think its a nice crevice or something.

G18241 · 18 Sep 2010 at 11:13

Had a huge one run across our front room last night...let my bearded dragon hunt it down and munch on it ^_^

biron_w · 18 Sep 2010 at 13:05

The big buggers you see are called house spiders.Guess where they like to live?

the big ones are the males looking to mate

Actually with spiders the big ones are females.

Lopéz · 18 Sep 2010 at 13:35

biron_w said:
The big buggers you see are called house spiders.Guess where they like to live?

Actually with spiders the big ones are females.

It depends actually. In most species, the female is larger/heavier bodied, but males often equal or exceed females when it comes to legspan.

Garee · 12 Oct 2011 at 18:37

Thread resurrection!

It has happened again - four spiders within four days. The latest one was climbing up the jacket that was hanging over my desk.

vicisthebest · 12 Oct 2011 at 19:46

^TANK^ said:
Best advise yet, my two love crunch crunch time and get a tin of tuna for their troubles .

Do yours keep picking it up and dropping it? Mine do, I assume when the spider wriggles in their mouth - yuk!

EDIT: Oh, just realised this thread is about a bazillion years old.