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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2018 2:36:20 GMT
This is my third house spider season living in my current house and, as someone who's a bit creeped out by em, this year is much worse than the previous two. Not just for the fact it's started much earlier (they normally don't start appearing for a few weeks, in my house they've already been about for weeks now) but for the size of the fuckers.
I think the heatwave and the drought has definitely affected their behaviour this year. Hoping it'll mean they disappear earlier than normal.
I caught two in my kitchen the other night. Literally after I had got one in the cup I spotted another one. Tonight I've just caught the biggest I've seen in this house. It's in a plastic pint pot going mental trying to get out.
I live in a terraced street in Boothen and, after living with my parents in the sticks, had developed a theory that the spiders in the city don't get as big as the ones in the countryside. This year has completely killed that theory.
I try to be compassionate so I'll release it into the alleyway tomorrow, as I have with all the previous ones I've caught, but if one runs on my bed in the coming months I'm not sure I'll be so kind.
Oddly enough my house is infested with cellar spiders, which are similar in leg-span to the giant house spiders and cardinal spiders, but I'm not at all bothered by the cellars.
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Post by Northy on Aug 16, 2018 5:47:17 GMT
Noticed a couple last week, I agree the drought and heat must have changed their patterns
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2018 6:25:06 GMT
I was telling a work colleague Mohammed that I saw one of them False Widows in the bath last week.
" Whats one of them" he asked.
I replied " A big white thing with taps and a plug"
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Post by yeokel on Aug 16, 2018 7:22:21 GMT
I was telling a work colleague Mohammed that I saw one of them False Widows in the bath last week. " Whats one of them" he asked. I replied " A big white thing with taps and a plug" Boom Boom. Straight out of the Bernard Manning book of punchlines. |
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Post by bathstoke on Aug 16, 2018 8:07:25 GMT
Arnt arachnids cannibalistic. Just leave them to eat each other & then throw the last one out 🕷
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Post by danceswithclams on Aug 16, 2018 12:27:08 GMT
Arnt arachnids cannibalistic. Just leave them to eat each other & then throw the last one out 🕷 Spiders are ace - they're basically natures Rentokil in that they fuck up all the other bugs and clear them from your house. Those big spindly ones are the best, they'll get rid of flies and all the rest as well as eat other spiders. Do what I do and leave them to do their job and then get your cat to eat them. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2018 14:11:23 GMT
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Post by yeokel on Aug 16, 2018 14:25:43 GMT
Surely the simplest, cleanest way to remove a spider from a window is to put a glass over it, move the glass a little so the spider loses its grip and falls in. You then waft the glass towards and/or over the head of your wife or daughter and continue to do so until you get bored of the game, whilst they shriek in the corner of the setee. Then set the spider free outside giving you a nice sense of well being. The mrs has a swifter way of solving the problem. One with which I thoroughly disagree. It involves one of these…..  |
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Post by thequietman on Aug 17, 2018 11:26:31 GMT
Surely the simplest, cleanest way to remove a spider from a window is to put a glass over it, move the glass a little so the spider loses its grip and falls in. You then waft the glass towards and/or over the head of your wife or daughter and continue to do so until you get bored of the game, whilst they shriek in the corner of the setee. Then set the spider free outside giving you a nice sense of well being. The mrs has a swifter way of solving the problem. One with which I thoroughly disagree. It involves one of these….. Oft repeated wisdom from my nan: "If you want to live and thrive, let a spider run alive" and "Wasps are fair game. Evil little b4stards".
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Post by yeokel on Aug 17, 2018 11:29:53 GMT
Surely the simplest, cleanest way to remove a spider from a window is to put a glass over it, move the glass a little so the spider loses its grip and falls in. You then waft the glass towards and/or over the head of your wife or daughter and continue to do so until you get bored of the game, whilst they shriek in the corner of the setee. Then set the spider free outside giving you a nice sense of well being. The mrs has a swifter way of solving the problem. One with which I thoroughly disagree. It involves one of these….. Oft repeated wisdom from my nan: "If you want to live and thrive, let a spider run alive" and "Wasps are fair game. Evil little b4stards".
Your Nan was right about wasps. Evil little fuckers. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2018 18:05:05 GMT
Surely the simplest, cleanest way to remove a spider from a window is to put a glass over it, move the glass a little so the spider loses its grip and falls in. You then waft the glass towards and/or over the head of your wife or daughter and continue to do so until you get bored of the game, whilst they shriek in the corner of the setee. Then set the spider free outside giving you a nice sense of well being. The mrs has a swifter way of solving the problem. One with which I thoroughly disagree. It involves one of these….. I love how it's called a Wakza |
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Post by Boothen on Aug 17, 2018 18:26:57 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2018 19:09:48 GMT
I was telling a work colleague Mohammed that I saw one of them False Widows in the bath last week. " Whats one of them" he asked. I replied " A big white thing with taps and a plug" Dropped my Pint...  |
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