Spiders!!!

larrlin24 · 12-09-2014 8:42pm #1

Is anyone else having a problem with HUGE house spiders at the moment? I seem to find them everywhere. They're not the type of spiders that just hangout in the corner of the ceiling. In fact I've never seen them up high. They're always running across my floor, in my wardrobe or on my bed!! :eek: Is that even normal? I don't know what to do. Even the thought of them makes me shiver. Does anyone know if those plugins from Woodies work? Or is there any other way to get rid of them? Help!

elfy4eva · 12-09-2014 8:46pm

larrlin24 wrote: »

Is anyone else having a problem with HUGE house spiders at the moment? I seem to find them everywhere. They're not the type of spiders that just hangout in the corner of the ceiling. In fact I've never seen them up high. They're always running across my floor, in my wardrobe or on my bed!! :eek: Is that even normal? I don't know what to do. Even the thought of them makes me shiver. Does anyone know if those plugins from Woodies work? Or is there any other way to get rid of them? Help!

They're in invasion mode at the moment to find warm/mates. Completely harmless though keep a jam jar handy and ferry them elsewhere

EDIT: As far as I know those plug in things are just a gimmick.

mymo · 12-09-2014 8:52pm

I have loads of them coming in, I don't mind them, pick them up with a glass and a piece do card, bring into the garden and deposit far from the house.

Or

Call one of the cats as my daughter does, she brings one cat to bed to be sure, they love eating spiders!

Daughter read on internet that peppermint oil is a deterrent so I have that on my shopping list.

larrlin24 · 12-09-2014 8:54pm

mymo wrote: »

I have loads of them coming in, I don't mind them, pick them up with a glass and a piece do card, bring into the garden and deposit far from the house.

Or

Call one of the cats as my daughter does, she brings one cat to bed to be sure, they love eating spiders!

My cats ate two of them today. I'd just prefer if they weren't in the house at all. My room is spotless, yet they still seem to find a hiding place and then appear beside my bed at night

TheDoc · 14-09-2014 12:39am

Yup massive problem here.

We have sort of heading around the front of the house and its like a breeding ground. I'm killing s good few everyday.

I actually just did a search for s thread now...because a big bodied one was scattering up the wall.

Went out for a smoke and noticed one of the biggest I've ever seen by the window. After some more investigation with a light found loads.

Definitely freaking me out especially with a new born baby in the house. They are all over the place

14-09-2014 1:42pm

This thread pops up this time every year. Had a huge one myself he took up residence in my house when it was empty for 6 months ....

larrlin24 · 14-09-2014 7:02pm

Deleted User wrote: »

This thread pops up this time every year. Had a huge one myself he took up residence in my house when it was empty for 6 months ....

:eek::eek::eek::eek: I'd pack up and move if I saw that!

larrlin24 · 14-09-2014 7:03pm

TheDoc wrote: »

Yup massive problem here.

We have sort of heading around the front of the house and its like a breeding ground. I'm killing s good few everyday.

I actually just did a search for s thread now...because a big bodied one was scattering up the wall.

Went out for a smoke and noticed one of the biggest I've ever seen by the window. After some more investigation with a light found loads.

Definitely freaking me out especially with a new born baby in the house. They are all over the place

Ugh they're horrible!! After this post, I had two of them run at me while I was watching tv in bed. They're so fast which makes them hard to catch. I feel like I can't relax now because I'm always on the lookout

ShaShaBear · 14-09-2014 7:32pm

I have an average sized dining room, and since last night there are no less than 5 squished spiders bigger than a €2 coin on the walls. Me and OH are absolutely TERRIFIED of them. I mean like I would vomit if one was on me kind of terrified. We had one in our old house last year that was so big it got STUCK in where the hinges are on the door (between door and frame). All we could see was the legs waving about, and when OH opened the door it jumped to the floor. Not fell, but jumped.

alie · 14-09-2014 7:41pm

Had one on the sitting room wall and I thought someones pet had escaped , horrible looking, had a huge body and thick legs,
R.I.P

whitelight · 14-09-2014 7:48pm

we have huge wolf spiders in our house.....errgh they get really big.they some times jump off the stairs through the spindles onto sitting room floor and you can hear them land!!! also feckers for hiding in laundry basket. freak me out every second day. someone said put conkers [as in horse chestnuts] some where in your room and they wont stay for long I am tempted to try this, sounds a bit mad but they are very gross!!! bonkers conkers!!!

alie · 14-09-2014 7:48pm

Omg, thats the stuff of nightmares!! We have a large amount of conkers and no ....the feckers seem to love them

kylith · 14-09-2014 7:59pm

I nearly stood on one in my stocking feet last night *shudder*. Plonked a glass over it and found a suitably sturdy piece of card and, when I'd built up my nerve, flung it into the front garden.

whitelight · 14-09-2014 8:00pm

alie wrote: »

Omg, thats the stuff of nightmares!! We have a large amount of conkers and no ....the feckers seem to love them

ah balls!!! I was hoping to use nature against nature!! I'm bit evil, if there in the bath I grab the hairspray...blast them till they freeze all stuck together and then hoover them up!!!and they other half is always moaning as to why he has to empty the hoover bag!!

corsav6 · 14-09-2014 8:07pm

A pic from a few weeks ago. This guy isn't even close to the biggest I have caught this year.

Edit: When I try to upload a pic I just get invalid file, not sure what's going on as its a standard .jpg
Point is the spider is huge, I'll upload pic when I figure out the problem.

aoife molloy · 14-09-2014 8:11pm

larrlin24 wrote: »

Is anyone else having a problem with HUGE house spiders at the moment? I seem to find them everywhere. They're not the type of spiders that just hangout in the corner of the ceiling. In fact I've never seen them up high. They're always running across my floor, in my wardrobe or on my bed!! :eek: Is that even normal? I don't know what to do. Even the thought of them makes me shiver. Does anyone know if those plugins from Woodies work? Or is there any other way to get rid of them? Help!

yes in my bed also my shoe in bedroom in kitchen i am phobic

SingItOut · 14-09-2014 8:49pm

I haven't found any inside the house in the last few weeks but I'd die a death if I found one in my room let alone my bed!!! We usually get them in the kitchen and bathroom, there are tons of the huge black ones in the shed, may they stay there!

jopax · 14-09-2014 9:01pm

We have had loads of them in our house too, really big ones.
I don't mind them too much in the kitchen but the bedroom is a different story.
I have to check the bedroom every night and some nights have had to take three out of the room. Can't see where they are coming from, but I could not go asleep if there was one in the room.

Rubberchikken · 14-09-2014 9:04pm

Have loads, some as big as kittens;)
Glad i dont mind them, i pick them up put them outside but im starting to recognise them as they come back in;)

larrlin24 · 14-09-2014 10:25pm

This is the 6th one this week!!! Think it's time to move out :eek::eek:

http://oi62.tinypic.com/24159x0.jpg

larrlin24 · 14-09-2014 10:27pm

Rubberchikken wrote: »

Have loads, some as big as kittens;)
Glad i dont mind them, i pick them up put them outside but im starting to recognise them as they come back in;)

My Dad's like that. He just walks in and picks them up and puts them outside. I wish I could do that. I scream, run around, frantically look for the hoover and the cleaning spray. It's quite embarrassing!

aoife molloy · 14-09-2014 10:29pm

SingItOut wrote: »

I haven't found any inside the house in the last few weeks but I'd die a death if I found one in my room let alone my bed!!! We usually get them in the kitchen and bathroom, there are tons of the huge black ones in the shed, may they stay there!

I am panicked when i see them even now breathing is full of angst

DBB · 14-09-2014 10:48pm

Jayney

I'm not madly keen on them running around the place, but jeez, I find it terribly sad to read of all the spider deaths, some all of which are really unpleasant

They may not look nice and they move fast, but the Big Picture is that they are vital friends of ours... if you're prepared to get close enough to them to spray them with hairspray or suck them up in the hoover, then you're surely prepared to get one of those spider grasper things so ye wouldn't have to get close to them, and just put them gently outside? And you do need to be gentle with them, flinging them out the window can crack their exoskeleton and cause a slow death.

Spider grasper:
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/2762085.htm

Spraying them with hairspray, sucking them up in the hoover is just, well, cruel

Genghis Cant · 14-09-2014 11:39pm

TheDoc wrote: »

Definitely freaking me out especially with a new born baby in the house. They are all over the place

How are spiders impacting on the child?

I can't abide anyone killing a spider. It's completely unnecessary. It's a slippery slope, what next butterflies, moths, cats dogs?
Serial killers in the making.

larrlin24 · 14-09-2014 11:41pm

Genghis Cant wrote: »

How are spiders impacting on the child?

I can't abide anyone killing a spider. It's completely unnecessary. It's a slippery slope, what next butterflies, moths, cats dogs?
Serial killers in the making.

Really? :rolleyes:

Genghis Cant · 15-09-2014 12:02am

larrlin24 wrote: »

Really? :rolleyes:

Yeah.

I'd have no objection to killing a spider if you were goin to eat it. Otherwise it's gratuitous.

Morf · 15-09-2014 12:53am

I made great friends with the spiders in my shed. They'd stay in the same spots and we were both happy.

Less happy about them inside but adrenaline rush and panic reaction has diminished hugely recently.

alie · 15-09-2014 1:18am

Morf wrote: »

I made great friends with the spiders in my shed. They'd stay in the same spots and we were both happy.

Less happy about them inside but adrenaline rush and panic reaction has diminished hugely recently.

Speaking of spiders in the shed. I was cleaning mine out yesterday. I am suprised the gaurds werent called. I was doing grand and then I moved a box.. O holy mother of god. There was a family of big brown ones
My screams were blood curdling. I dropped the sweeping brush and fled. Even the dog backed away.

northgirl · 15-09-2014 8:46am

Was watching some tv before bed on the laptop last night and one ran across the keyboard. A monster. Stripped the bed and panicked alot, don't know how I slept

larrlin24 · 15-09-2014 8:34pm

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Yeah.

I'd have no objection to killing a spider if you were goin to eat it. Otherwise it's gratuitous.

Each to their own I suppose. I wouldn't go out of my way to kill one if I saw it just hanging out in a corner somewhere, but if it's running at me then the only thing I can do is throw a shoe at it and hope I kill it. It's hard not to panic when you're deathly afraid of them!

15-09-2014 8:37pm

Genghis Cant wrote: »

How are spiders impacting on the child?

I can't abide anyone killing a spider. It's completely unnecessary. It's a slippery slope, what next butterflies, moths, cats dogs?
Serial killers in the making.

Keeping spiders is a slippery slope also, first spiders, butterflies cats, dogs, then humans.
Kidnapper in the making.

Just after i posted this, i saw my cat go into hunt mode, and he just killed a monster spider. I have another one in my living room.

Spiders!!!

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