Spiders everywhere!

Usher · 26 Mar 2006 at 15:32

what a load of girly mamby pambies you all are, scared of itsy bitsy teeny weeny harmless house spiders, lol,
house spiders are useful, what do you think they eat ? other less desirable creepy crawlies - thats what, & that includes the larvae of the fleas off your other pets as well as a host of other minute parasites.

Lopéz · 26 Mar 2006 at 16:08

smoove said:
How can them spiders live in such small tubes?

It's the equivalent of you living in a hotel room. Paris Hilton manages it.

syke · 26 Mar 2006 at 16:13

reminds me of the time a pet shop near me burnt down.. 20 tanks of spiders etc escaped.. next to houses tarantula's etc.. *shrudders*...hate the thought of 100 or so spiders..in your garden..the size of your pet cat..

penski · 26 Mar 2006 at 16:22

Syk3 said:
reminds me of the time a pet shop near me burnt down.. 20 tanks of spiders etc escaped.. next to houses tarantula's etc.. *shrudders*...hate the thought of 100 or so spiders..in your garden..the size of your pet cat..

Hardly cat-sized.

They wouldn't exactly last long in the wild either...

*n

syke · 26 Mar 2006 at 16:23

penski said:
Hardly cat-sized.

They wouldn't exactly last long in the wild either...

*n

you get what i mean

they're no garden spiders..

Lostkat · 26 Mar 2006 at 17:04

smoove said:
Because of the cold weather? What would they eat over here if they escaped?

Small creepy crawlies, mainly. i.e. House flies, grasshoppers, moths, mice, cats, sheep, HUMANS :eek:

penski · 26 Mar 2006 at 17:13

THY WULD EAT OUT YORU EYSE!!!!!

*n

Lostkat · 26 Mar 2006 at 17:36

penski said:
THY WULD EAT OUT YORU EYSE!!!!!

*n

/me nods soberly

taliesyn · 26 Mar 2006 at 18:44

penski said:
THY WULD EAT OUT YORU EYSE!!!!!

*n

Good title for a film

moon man · 26 Mar 2006 at 19:30

Is it true that Spiders hate the smell of conkers and that they wont go near a room that has conkers in?

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Lopéz · 26 Mar 2006 at 20:13

No idea but the vast majority of arachnids hate cedar in any shape or form. It's generally poisonous to them.

g0th2000 · 26 Mar 2006 at 20:51

Found this guy in the bathroom the other day

penski · 26 Mar 2006 at 21:28

smoove said:
Eeep! What spider is that? Can our Uk spiders do any damage to us?

*Waits for someone to trot out the daddy long legs myth*

*n

g0th2000 · 26 Mar 2006 at 21:35

penski said:
*Waits for someone to trot out the daddy long legs myth*

Only a matter of time

Here's a picture of one whilst we wait

Usher · 26 Mar 2006 at 21:52

smoove said:
Eeep! What spider is that? Can our Uk spiders do any damage to us?

reading this thread I would think brain damage is inevitable lol

yermum · 26 Mar 2006 at 22:13

Jumped out of my skin when something big and hairy with 8 legs crawled out of a box of bananas where I was working, once. Some big macho assistant jumped on it before I could catch it though.

Zip · 26 Mar 2006 at 22:27

penski said:
*Waits for someone to trot out the daddy long legs myth*

*n

Thats just confusion people have.
Its a big misconception. Daddy long legs are highly venomous but there fangs are too small to bit through a humans skin.
Its actually a spider that looks like the Daddy long legs called the Fiddle back, they look almost identical except for there tail(abdomen/arse :confused:

)
The fiddle back can harm people but im not sure to what extent

Lopéz · 26 Mar 2006 at 22:29

I know someone who was bitten by a Steatoda which was apparently quite painful.