Help! My house is being taken over by big spiders!!

dlofnep

Last week, I saw this humongous looking arachnid in my bedroom.. I escorted him with a sheet of paper. Tonight, I see an even BIGGER one in my room.. I escort him with some paper - after standing back for a bit in awe at the sheer size of this fella.. Tbh, it scared the bejesus out of me.

I come back into my room and there is ANOTHER one scattering up my wall. I give him the old heave-ho with some paper. I took a picture of him with my camera phone. Not the best quality so it's hard to make out, but trust me - these two guys were huge.. I've never seen anything their size ever in Ireland. At first, I thought they were like baby tarantulas on the loose.. Picture quality is a bit poor so even the best arachnid experts might have problems identifying.. So here's some extras - big as a house, big dangly legs, evil menacing eyes.

What could they be? Will they be pissed off that I escorted them out of my lovely warm house? Will they swear revenge?

Karoma

They will surely wait until you and your loved ones are walking outside in the dark, possibly a side-passage if you have one before killi...you swear to avenge...batman... do you want serious answers or AH answers?

Zaph

You call that a spider? This is a spider.

Karl Hungus

Breed with them. Then ye shall live together as one family.

dlofnep

Karoma wrote:

They will surely wait until you and your loved ones are walking outside in the dark, possibly a side-passage if you have one before killi...you swear to avenge...batman... do you want serious answers or AH answers?

The best of both worlds please!

Just open your flies and stand outside the back door!

If that fails, get hairspray and a lighter, spray in their direction while igniting the spray, instant flamethrower. They soon get the message!

dlofnep

My friend seems to think it's a wolfspider - do we get those badboys here? I thought the worst of our troubles were daddy long legs and bumble bees?

Karl Hungus

dlofnep wrote:

My friend seems to think it's a wolfspider - do we get those badboys here? I thought the worst of our troubles were daddy long legs and bumble bees?

Nah, it's clearly not a wolf spider. This is a wolf spider: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Spider

dlofnep

Oh - Hrmm... What's the biggest spider in Ireland?

He's harmless, won't hurt a fly!

Seriously, there is not a lot you can do except keep all the doors & windows closed and they can't get in.

dlofnep

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegenaria_atrica - i think this is him.

nesf

Use your MMA training young padawan.

dlofnep

nesf wrote:

Use your MMA training young padawan.

How does one clinch with a 8 legged beast? Figure this out, I must.

Ruu_Old

Use these and a tasty treat will be your reward.

Nothingcompares

Dolomedes fimbriatus perhaps? picture isn't very clear.

just ignore them. spiders are gg.

nesf

dlofnep wrote:

How does one clinch with a 8 legged beast? Figure this out, I must.

Overcomplicate things, you do. Foot stomp, you must.

dlofnep

dlofnep wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegenaria_atrica - i think this is him.

You must have very good eyesight.

dlofnep

nesf wrote:

Overcomplicate things, you do. Foot stomp, you must.

You are as wise as you are noble.

dlofnep

Deleted User wrote:

You must have very good eyesight.

I do.

dlofnep

Sleep, I must. Goodnight friends, we will continue this caper another day.

monkeyfudge

Well I've got mice having some sort of a rave in my bedroom this evening... they're soooooo loud.... argh... can't sleep for fear that they'll lay their mouse eggs in my brain.

biko

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5-_Zrq8BpI

dlofnep

monkeyfudge wrote:

Well I've got mice having some sort of a rave in my bedroom this evening... they're soooooo loud.... argh... can't sleep for fear that they'll lay their mouse eggs in my brain.

That's creepy and sexy all at the same time.

philstar

i do believe they're called Huntsman spider, they're the biggest specie in Ireland i think.

here's one in my bathroom sink

dlofnep

nah, it's not a huntsman spider: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntsman_spider

Jumpy

Definitely not a huntsman. If you think spiders in Ireland are big, a huntsman would scare the pants off you.

thefinalstage

I always called that kind of spider a hunter. They don't do anything besides looking for some lovin' or some food. They are harmless .

Cravez

Just as i was reading this thread, out of the corner of my eye i see a big gigantic fcuker of a spider crawling up my wall above my bed. Thank feck i got rid of him before i went to sleep tonight :eek:

EdgarAllenPoo

Caught two of them an hour ago. Had to catch them in a pint glass.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye1rIdVDkqA

Senna

i've had loads of those flying beetles lately, i hear them flying around the light blub in the room and then hear a small thud when they hit the floor, when i look over its a beetle on the floor.

Aisling(",)

biko is that in ireland?

Mudbugclub

I think it must be the time of the year, and this spell of warm weather. Every morning we have a new spider or two in the bath! The Mrs can pick them up in her hand, whild I hide behind her!

Basq

You people are WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY off!

This is a spider...

.. FACT!

eamon234

I've lived in the country most of my life and I've only started seeing these big feckers in the last few years I hate spiders these guys really freak me out - they're bloody fast too!

Angus MacGyver

Look on the bright side, At least you dont live in Iraq

Read this before opening pic

They run 10 mph, jump three feet, are a nocturnal spider, so only come out at night unless they are in shade. When they bite you, you
are injected with Novocain so you go numb instantly. You don't even
know you are bitten when you are sleeping, so you wake up with part
of your leg or arm missing because it has been gnawing on it all
night long. If you are walking around and you bump something that is
casting a shadow over it, and the sun makes contact with it, you
better run. It will instantly run for your shadow, and scream the
whole time it is chasing you.

The one on the bottom is eating the one on the top. These are
Spiders found daily in IRAQ by troops

Basq

Angus, ever heard of Snopes?

monkeyfudge

I love how it's supposed to inject you with a trademarked anesthetic.

Basq

monkeyfudge wrote:

I love how it's supposed to inject you with a trademarked anesthetic.

Ha ha... just noticed that!

pretty-in-pink

holy mary mother of devine god on a bicycle. this is an evil thread. i need a gun, and some extra stength caffine tablets. i will hunt down spiders.

or I'l curl into a ball and cry till someone rescues me.

kyp_durron

Postin' with one hand.

Staecows

I saw these huge spiders (like the one you are talking about) for the first time in july/august 06 and since then I've come across a lot of them, each one bigger than the next. I have spoken to alot of people who have recently started seeing them about the place too...

anyway, here are some pics (all of the same spider). One is of the spider on the wall where i found him. The other two pics are close ups inside a lunch box - i was able to accurately measure him when i had him contained and he measured 8.5cm end to end (legs included)... that's pretty feckin' big!

Spider_1.jpg

Spider_2.jpg

Spider_3.jpg

I would LOVE if someone who knows about this stuff could tell me why these guys are popping up all over the place all of a sudden... I presume the fact that we see them in august is explained by the weather getting colder but what i want to know is why I (and everyone i have spoken to about this) haven't seen them before last year... ?

Gillo

I had as few of those in my house last year, appearently they are quite common and harmless. They do seem to be getting more popular (global warming or something making Ireland a nicer place for them to live if I remember correctly).

Easiest way to get rid of them as with all insects, is can of deodourent (how the @$%* do you spell that??) and a lighter, jsut be careful you don't burn anything else.

And before someone point's out that they are god's creature's, it's a sunday afternoon, I really can't be bothered makign an excuse, so feel free to hurl abuse at me.

ansionnachclist

basquille wrote:

You people are WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY off!

This is a spider...

.. FACT!

I saw one of them crawling up my wall last night. Scared the living hell out of me.

pretty-in-pink

gillo wrote:

And before someone point's out that they are god's creature's, it's a sunday afternoon, I really can't be bothered makign an excuse, so feel free to hurl abuse at me.

*picks up bag of abuse, proceeds to start hurling it at gillo

The Hill Billy

These guys are most likely Tegenaria Gigantea or Giant House Spider.
I get one or 2 of these a night in my place.

Wook

Luckily i have a cat, who likes to become friends with them...for a very short while...

watna

I'm not even scared of spiders and that photo freaked me out. My bf is terrified of them (he says it's because he's originally from South Africa and they've reason to be scared of spiders there) so I have to be the spider clearer in the house, but I wouldn't go NEAR that spider. We went to the bottle bank yesterday to get rid of a year's worth of bottles and there was a huge one in the bottom of one of the bags. Neither of us would touch it so we left the bag and zoomed off. They're seriously getting bigger and more evil looking... maybe it is time to worry about global warming?!

Wossack

Hill Billy wrote:

These guys are most likely Tegenaria Gigantea or Giant House Spider.
I get one or 2 of these a night in my place.

wiki wrote:

Males can often be seen wandering around during the late summer and early autumn looking for a mate.

poor basts... dont think my cat batting them to death and eating them is the action they're looking for

ciaran76

Doesn't this happen every Autumn around Sept. ?

Spiders and flies all looking for someplace to kip and keep warm before the winter comes. I always notice it at the same time every year.

Scruff

ciaran76 wrote:

Doesn't this happen every Autumn around Sept. ?

Yes it does and to mark the event there is always a thread (or 5) like this started

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