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One of the little ******** managed to escape the spider catcher last night.
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One of the little ******** managed to escape the spider catcher last night.
Soldato
accidentally stood on one barefoot in the dark before, substantial squish
It's now flying spider season. Have removed two Daddy Longlegs from the living room so far. Apparently they have a very toxic venom but have no way to administer it. I used to be terrified of these as a child and drove my parents mad if they were about. Still not over keen.
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I think your mixing up two different things - the crane fly (commonly called daddy long legs) and the actual daddy long legs spider or cellar spider
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I am indeed referring to the Crane Fly. Always called them Daddy Longlegs as kid.I think your mixing up two different things - the crane fly (commonly called daddy long legs) and the actual daddy long legs spider or cellar spider
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I don't recall where I heard about the nature of the poison but Google agrees they do not have venom.
We used to catch and rip their legs off as kids, even had laminated cards as members of the ‘daddy long legs club’, we were 8/9 in primary, don’t worry I didn’t grow up as an evil mastermind
The spindly daddy long leg (Cellar) spiders are your friend. They'll pick off the others. You'd never guess by its appearance, but it will catch larger house/false widow spiders!
House spiders get a rough deal, they look scary but harmless. They'll normally leggit if they see you. Personally, if I stumble across one (or other spiders) catch, and chuck them out in the garden.
House spiders get a rough deal, they look scary but harmless. They'll normally leggit if they see you. Personally, if I stumble across one (or other spiders) catch, and chuck them out in the garden.
Soldato
My nan, when she was alive hated spiders. Me = I evict them with a glass tumbler & a bit of cardboard. When I was little I used to feed daddy long legs to the outside ones this time of year 
I had one of these for a while before I sold it in a boot sale.
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I had one of these for a while before I sold it in a boot sale.
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You're not the only one, my mum used to recall me ripping the legs off a daddy long legs while my younger female cousin watched on. We were about 8/9 didn't grow up evil.
I hate spiders but daddy long legs never used to frighten me, they're not a spider but a fly.
Soldato
Be grateful. A few of us were in Discord chat last night and a mate in Italy had this thing crawl into his room 
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House spiders, as mentioned by others, do their best to stay out of your way. I have a few large ones in my garage. I'm not fussed by them even though they can bite us. The false Widows on the other hand, I do not like those.
I got bitten by a spider earlier this year and I'm pretty sure it'll have been a falsey. I noticed a funny raised bit of skin on my leg, touched it and it fell off leaving an odd looking wound. I then noticed tracking from it was a bruise and a few inches away a hardish lump forming. I took a picture of the mark and on zooming in two small holes could be seen. I washed it and slapped loads of savlon everywhere. Luckily it didn't get any worse and only tracked a few inches away from the initial bite.
I got bitten by a spider earlier this year and I'm pretty sure it'll have been a falsey. I noticed a funny raised bit of skin on my leg, touched it and it fell off leaving an odd looking wound. I then noticed tracking from it was a bruise and a few inches away a hardish lump forming. I took a picture of the mark and on zooming in two small holes could be seen. I washed it and slapped loads of savlon everywhere. Luckily it didn't get any worse and only tracked a few inches away from the initial bite.
Daisy, our cat just showed me the largest spider I have ever seen outside a zoo, in our bathroom. It was massive, about the size of my headphones cup on my over the head headphones. It made me go cold and had shivers. This monster was too big for the spider catcher and had to go in the vacuum cleaner. I could not risk it escaping. Jesus, I am still feeling cold and itchy from it.
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I've got a 8m x 2.7m and clad to a height of 2.5m garden room that needs the old board at the back removing and cladding from the other three sides replacing.
So today I did some measuring and the first piece of loose cladding I touched see a rather large False Widow pop out and casually walk along the edge, right level with my eyes
Now considering buying a flamethrower
So today I did some measuring and the first piece of loose cladding I touched see a rather large False Widow pop out and casually walk along the edge, right level with my eyes
Now considering buying a flamethrower