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jackyalex · 05-02-2008, 09:32

eww they are huge, have you found a web yet ? it must be huge, or do they not make webs when they are that big, should be quick enough to catch anything in passing hehe, i dont mind small spiders but not big ones, think its because my little brother had a tarantula as a kid i swear this spider was as big as my hand that was enough to spook me

jaysay · 05-02-2008, 09:48

Don't know what it is but I can't stand the little blitters, my Dad was the same, and my eldest Daughter takes after me. Last year I had a little poblem with ants, got one of those electrical gadgets, got rid of the ants and haven't seen a spider either, money well spent

jackyalex · 05-02-2008, 09:54

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Don't know what it is but I can't stand the little blitters, my Dad was the same, and my eldest Daughter takes after me. Last year I had a little poblem with ants, got one of those electrical gadgets, got rid of the ants and haven't seen a spider either, money well spent

I have seen them on the bid channels, just didnt know if they actually did what they said. have they got rid of all insects and are they any good if you have pets (dog + fish)

MikeSz · 05-02-2008, 09:55

We uncovered the mother of all "house" spiders a few years ago taking down an old shed - it must have been older than the shed, it was a freak of nature. My Grandad, bless him, just picked it up without any fear whatsoever and tossed it into the nearby flower bed. Meanwhile, every other member of the house was halfway down the road...

These ones dont seem to have made a web - there is a kinda entrance web (which is what they're sat on) but nothing else. The one on the left is the only one that 'lives' in there - the other one must have popped round for a brew!

flashy · 05-02-2008, 09:56

just get one of those humane catchers so that you can release them when you catch them

jackyalex · 05-02-2008, 10:01

These ones dont seem to have made a web - there is a kinda entrance web (which is what they're sat on) but nothing else. The one on the left is the only one that 'lives' in there - the other one must have popped round for a brew![/quote]

oh you could end up with a few hundred baby spiders in there, i think your mrs will be packed and gone if she wakes up to see a wall full of them lol, keep your eye out for a nest of eggs, unless you dont mind them

MikeSz · 05-02-2008, 10:04

That had occured to me - spiders not being the most social of animals (especially with each other!) I thought I might try to catch it and then give it a good vacuuming (then im going to fill that gap in!)

MargaretR · 05-02-2008, 10:15

Like Jaysay I have got a plug in repeller.
It works against rodents and crawling insects.
Does no harm to cats and dogs but will give your hamster a nervous breakdown

jaysay · 05-02-2008, 10:54

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Like Jaysay I have got a plug in repeller.
It works against rodents and crawling insects.
Does no harm to cats and dogs but will give your hamster a nervous breakdown

Thanks Margaret saves me rabbiting on, but they do work don't they

nikkival · 05-02-2008, 10:56

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That had occured to me - spiders not being the most social of animals (especially with each other!) I thought I might try to catch it and then give it a good vacuuming (then im going to fill that gap in!)

Before you evict them could you please pass on the sad news that their second cousin Horace died early this morning in a freak cardboard/catalogue recycling incident!

MikeSz · 05-02-2008, 11:38

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Before you evict them could you please pass on the sad news that their second cousin Horace died early this morning in a freak cardboard/catalogue recycling incident!

No problems - im delivering one piece of bad news so might as well deliver 2! You have no idea how hard it is writing an eviction notice under a microscope...

panther · 05-02-2008, 11:43

oh god them spiders are just like the ones I had in my old house!!
my son was only a baby and was lying on his mat playing , when suddenley one of those hugh things came running out from the side of the couch and running towards him

, the only thing to do was to squash it

, ......oohhh it was horrible, white gunk was oozing out...ewwwww....lol...funny thing where 10 minutes later another came out, but i mangaged to get rid of that by putting in the garden

my daughter is petrified of them, she just panicks and goes into a cold sweat, one time she nearly fainted!!, not nice at all

MikeSz · 05-02-2008, 11:59

Mrs has a very similar recation - goes cold, white, and half a bottle of port is then required to relieve the stress!!

Yolanda25 · 05-02-2008, 12:13

spiders i dont mind what i really really hate is daddy long legs,arghhhh, and before u say anythin i know they are stupid insects,i just hate them, i panick when i see them lol

jambutty · 05-02-2008, 13:30

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Check this out - came home tonight to see two new house mates!!!Been meaning to fill that gab in for a while but its probably cruel to now

If you want to see a spider worthy of the name try this one:
http://arachnophiliac.info/burrow/gallery/tarantulas/images/pterinochilus_murinus_1.jpg

You don’t get any idea of its size from the picture but I can assure that it could straddle your hand. Called a Baboon Spider it is not poisonous to humans, well not really. But the bite can be quite painful. I came across these critters in Capetown where they also had king sized cockroaches. How about a cockroach some 4 inches long and tough enough so that you could stand on one and not kill it.