Spiders

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Not last night but the night before, I got up about 3am to use the toilet. When I got back to bed and started to drift off, I felt the pitter patter of a largish spider running over my arm. I immediately reacted in fear and horror and brushed it violently away. I could not sleep for the rest of the night
I've always had the fear but I did lose it in my army cadet days while having to sleep in forests and such but it came back again. My old flat in the centre on a city, I almost never saw one. Since moving to a more rural area, there's quite a few


Which irrational fears do you suffer from? Are spiders yours too?

 

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Nuke from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.

 

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My cat is kept in the front room at night. She does like chomping on the odd one here and there.

 

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Yeah, the initial pain was not nice, and the muscle cramps for weeks afterwards were worse.

I kept spiders for about 20 years, I've been "in the hobby" for about 30 or so years I suppose! I had over 250 tarantulas at one point.
Now I grow carnivorous plants instead of carnivorous spiders

Madness I say. Complete madness! Spiders are best kept at a great distance. A few hundred miles may just about do it.

 

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Had a visit from my arachnid pal again. It was under my quilt and ran down the back of my bed and vanished. I slept above the quilt and with all my clothes on that night. Not seen it since but I'm pretty sure it's just biding it's time to strike again.

 

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I now have a line of defence against the critters which is humane.

 

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Quick, to the internet!

There was an absolute unit of a spider in my garage this weekend… holy moly, probably the biggest ‘native’ spider I’ve ever seen in the UK.

Snip

Kill it with fire!

 

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You get your lady to deal with the spiders?

I know I do where possible.

 

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I must have had a visit from my pal last night as I had a large bite lump thingy on my side. At least I assume it was him or her.

 

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Low score, looks dodgy, but not sure I fancy this.

 

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My spider catcher has been invaluable. I have caught about half a dozen so far, safely, without needing to murder them.

 

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Splat with a shoe or slipper and they won't feel a thing

That involves getting fairly close to them and risks them dropping on you and also a tad cruel. The stick device allows me to be around a meter away or so and does not harm the evil little ********. It makes me feel safe and warm inside, tapping them out the window. I removed two the night before last with it. My old flat I never hardly saw even 1 or 2 a year. This place is infested.