Spider season

Bidley

So it's that time of year again when those gigantic creatures born of Satan himself come out to terrorise me. The other night I was happily playing GTA, when a 8-legged behemoth ran out from under the TV cupboard and bum-rushed me before running under the sofa. My reaction was pretty embarrassing to say the least!

Has anyone else got the same sort of hyper-arachniphobia as me? I need to remedy it somehow, even some sort of spider-catcher (sadly my two cats are gone) would help!

CabbageCat

My own clever arachnaphobia tip: Give your spiders names. It helps to anthropomorphise (sp?) them and makes them seem less like tiny demon machines of concentrated terror.

 

I notice that there are a lot of crane flies this year. They have funny legs.

holnrew

I like spiders because I'm a man, not a big flower.

fatherjack

I'm better with spiders than I used to be.  I believe this was because someone at work once brought in a tarantula skin.  It was remarkable - the outer shell of a big hairy spider, down to the fangs, but completely inert. Stroking that made me much better at encountering them.

scrumhalf

Spiders should know their place.

In the bath first thing in the morning - wrong.

Coming down from the chimney and watching telly with me on summer nights when I have the light off - almost endearing.

A mate of mine used to keep tarantulas n the bedroom, but then he was a drummer.

jd0272

Ive got a huge spidery chap living under my telly stand thing. Comes out forra wander when it's dark. It's no bother. They're hyper intuitive. When It's booting it across the floor casting shadows off the fire, and you look at It, It stops. Doesn't move until you avert your gaze. Supposed to be good to have them in your house, so I leave 'em alone mostly. There's a big fella in me shed too, but he doesn't try and have me gin away when I'm in there, or steal my smokes, so we're cool.

I do recall watching a documentary about spidery things in Australia, and this bloke had this spidery thing in his kitchen on his ceiling (Huntsman spidery thing or summat), and it put a Tarantula to shame. It. Was. FUCKING. MASSIVE. He tried to dislodge it with a broom, but it just dropped and legged it. It was rapid to say the least. Those ones I'd be spray can/disposable lighter flame throwing. I would have shit.

ftumch

Yes, that huntsman video is on YouTube Makes me jump every fckn time.

jd0272

I mean come on, there's no need for those at all. Even me cat would bin that job. And me cat likes a bit o' slaughter.

equalsql

I live in a house full of mad women (wife and two daughters) and I am the 'spider man'.
They all run shrieking out of the room when one of those little monsters scuttles across the floor.

I just pick them up and pop then back out in the garden.. They feed on any fly-eggs in your carpets..so I'm quite happy to have them running around the house 

>:D<

Ianpdq

My pet Spider is called Boris he sits in the corner of the room and eats any nasty flies that fly by
 

viz

Every Autumn I slaughter a goat in honour of our Overlord, Dyson, and his wonderful spider-sucking and dismembering invention.

chillidoggy

Mrs C is totally petrified of the things. She can't even look at a picture of one, and if one pops up on a tv prog, then she hides behind a cushion. I've tried to get her to get some help for the phobia, but she refuses to even talk about it.

Which means that I have to get rid of them from the house without hurting them, which is difficult. I don't mind them, but on occasion we've had a big bastard come up into the bath. Sounded like two horses running around. Slight exaggeration, but you know what I mean.

VimFuego

we have cats, so spiders are rarely a problem. I'm more worried about the 50 ft, venom dripping snakes with mouths the size of the London underground that the cats insist on bringing in.

octatonic

What passes for a spider in this country is pretty lame in comparison to what I grew up around.

Check out this bugger:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/06/article-0-137984DF000005DC-899_634x469.jpg

octatonic

Or this:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/06/article-0-137984F4000005DC-291_634x423.jpg

VimFuego

and when he says "bugger" he means it, they breed those aussie spiders fucking hard.

Spider

octatonic said:

What passes for a spider in this country is pretty lame in comparison to what I grew up around.

Check out this bugger:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/06/article-0-137984DF000005DC-899_634x469.jpg

Ya need to put a lead on that an take it for a walk.  :-O

ICBM

I know, a genuine phobia isn't a laughing matter but really... if I've managed to train my young daughters in the use of 'the spider catcher' (half a perspex Seymour Duncan pickup box and a postcard) to put them out in the garden without hurting them, grown adults should be able to manage it without too much trouble.

CabbageCat

Time for nasty toilet seat spider again.

mike_l

i dont worry about spiders. I have a big fucker living in the shower corner. I named him Dave.

mike_l

viz;38512" said:

Every Autumn I slaughter a goat in honour of our Overlord, Dyson, and his wonderful spider-sucking and dismembering invention.

so thats what happened to Gertie the goat...