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

Phantron

Yeah, at my house there's always shedloads of them at this time. Have been for years. Always knew them as 'wolf' spiders, but I'm not sure if that's actually what they are. They're pretty big and pretty fast and like hiding in my guitar. :mad: Worst one was when one was snoozing in my vest. Didn't notice until after I had put it on, however.:(

The_Hustler

Phantron wrote:

Worst one was when one was snoozing in my vest. Didn't notice until after I had put it on, however.:(

Same thing happened to me once but it was just an earwig. I didn't react too well to that so I can't imagine what I'd be like if it was one of those ****ers!

ciaran76

I don't mind spiders but earwigs freak me out.

Niamho!

zaph wrote:

You call that a spider? This is a spider.

AGH!! :eek:

if i found one of those big ones in my room it'd freak me out to bits, mine is the only room in the house i can Guarantee there are no Bugs and i flip on the rare occasion i find one. i been leaving my window open alot lately and i saw a small one the other night. Hoovered him up. i cant handle the thought of anything Crawly in my room!

Phantron

The_Hustler wrote:

Same thing happened to me once but it was just an earwig. I didn't react too well to that so I can't imagine what I'd be like if it was one of those ****ers!

Didn't actually notice him until I scratched something funny on my back and he fell out underneath. That was followed by the requisite shivers, but instead of one man walking over my grave it was the frikkin People's Army. I don't mind spiders, but I don't react well to being molested by one. :mad:

Niamho!

AGH!! i just took out a box of folders in work and ya wanna see the beast that came running out. im all shivery even now. his legs weren't as long as those ones but his body!! right Chunky little Fecker!!

anyone know hoe long Spiders can go without food just outta interest??

Terry

Niamho! wrote:

AGH!! i just took out a box of folders in work and ya wanna see the beast that came running out. im all shivery even now. his legs weren't as long as those ones but his body!! right Chunky little Fecker!!

anyone know hoe long Spiders can go without food just outta interest??

2 weeks

Plissken1

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?

They are just mating house spiders, you will just have to keep throwing them out until around the end of September, then you wont see them again till this time next year.

Anti

dlofnep wrote:

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?

Thats not a spider, this is:

http://www.lateralscience.co.uk/oz/naracoorte/naracoortepics/P4060026.jpg

But a nice way to get rid of them is to buy a komodo dragon. And let it loose round the house. Just lock away your cat/dog.

galah

I saw a big WHITE spider the other day - big white hairy body, and white hairy legs - anyone any idea what that could be? Never seen such a species before...

(and ever since I lived in Oz for a while, I am no longer scared of spiders in Ireland or anywhere in Europe. Honestly, they have really big things over there!)

The_Hustler

Phantron wrote:

Didn't actually notice him until I scratched something funny on my back and he fell out underneath. That was followed by the requisite shivers, but instead of one man walking over my grave it was the frikkin People's Army. I don't mind spiders, but I don't react well to being molested by one. :mad:

I had it on my stomach, and unfortunately I looked first so I actually witnessed it on me, rather than see it fall out. The vest flew off, but luckily I was alone!

ciaran76 wrote:

I don't mind spiders but earwigs freak me out.

I'm used to them since fairly recently, we seem to have an infestation in our bathroom. I find at least two in there every night and I don't know how they're getting in. I wasn't used to them at the time though.