Spider alert Ireland!!

[Crimson Dynamo]

Approximately ten species of Irish spiders have fangs large enough to bite through human skin :omgno:


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Homes set to be invaded by thousands of spiders — including the pain-inducing
false widow — as mating season kicks off across the UK


Mating season for our eight-legged friends begins in early September each year
Running to early October, the time will see more spiders come out into the open
Male spiders are the ones most commonly spotted as they look for females
Arachnophobes fear not, mind — most of the UK's spiders are quite harmless
However, there exceptions, notably the so-called 'noble false widow spider'
On the rise in the UK, this arachnid's bite can cause serious pain and swellin


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9940273/Creepy-crawlies-Homes-invaded-thousands-spiders-mating-season-kicks-UK.html

[rusticgal]

Its Spider season fast approaching....put your conkers on your window ledges :laugh:

[user104658]

There was a huge one here last week that was SO FAST, I’ve never seen anything like it. I caught the bigger in a glass and it was going crazy, running backwards and forwards bouncing off the edges. Ugh. I try not to kill them these days, take them way down to the end of the garden and fling tae *******.

[Crimson Dynamo]

never kill them

same as killing a human

[rusticgal]

My husband catches them and throws them into the garden…if he is not around sadly there is only one outcome….:hehe:

[Crimson Dynamo]

:oh:

[Niamh.]

never kill them

same as killing a humanWell I guess I'm a serial killer [emoji1745]

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[MTVN]

Evil creatures, nothing wrong with killing them

[AnnieK]

I never kill spiders....we actually have a "pet" one called Boris.....he's huge, I can hear him walking on the walls if he makes an appearance....I think he is related to Aragog.....my son loves him because he is so massive. I hate flies far more than spiders so the odd one in the house is a welcome house guest :laugh:

[smudgie]

We have always had spider house guests.
Mammy spider has her babies underneath my bedside cabinet.
I see the little ones venturing up the walls now and then but they don’t go far.
Mammy..or daddy spider pokes it’s legs out from under the cabinet when I go to bed.
I simply say goodnight, leave me alone and you and your family are safe.:laugh

[rusticgal]

Spiders are my worst nightmare…they freak me out.

[thesheriff443]

Being semi rural my house is always full of spiders of all shapes and sizes
Me and the hoover go on a killing spree regularly

[user104658]

never kill them

same as killing a human


I mean realistically it’s not is it…

…however they do basically stop us (humans) from being pretty much wiped out by other bugs so I’ve come to accept that they have a purpose and they can continue to do that. But not in my house. So they get a glass over them, cardboard slid underneath, then yeeted across the garden as far as I can from the door.

[MTVN]

I never kill spiders....we actually have a "pet" one called Boris.....he's huge, I can hear him walking on the walls if he makes an appearance....I think he is related to Aragog.....my son loves him because he is so massive. I hate flies far more than spiders so the odd one in the house is a welcome house guest :laugh:

I feel traumatised just reading that

[user104658]

I feel traumatised just reading that


I can handle that one but Smudgie’s spider-family that lives IN THE BEDROOM and pokes it’s legs out to say hello is just a step too far for me.

[Beso]

I can handle that one but Smudgie’s spider-family that lives IN THE BEDROOM and pokes it’s legs out to say hello is just a step too far for me.

Its not saying hello, its drying its socks.

[user104658]

I'm convinced I've had a spider bite before as well. Was at the park with the kids, came home and my leg was really itchy, rolled up my trouser leg and there was a little purple patch with two dots in the middle. Half an hour later it was a much larger patch and a bit like a swollen lump and literally the itchiest thing I've ever experienced. Woke in the night with my entire lower leg feeling like it was hot/burning :bawling:. It was OK by morning though, back to just the really itchy patch, then that faded to nothing within a couple of days.

Google Images of spider bites look a lot like it though. Yuck. Luckily my skin didn't all fall off like some of the pictures :umm2:.

[bots]

women are definitely in charge in the spider kingdom :worry:

[thesheriff443]

women are definitely in charge in the spider kingdom :worry:

Well I’d agree when it comes to the black widow spider
The female is a lot bigger than the male and after it mates it eats the male spider

[Crimson Dynamo]

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[arista]

There was a huge one here last week that was SO FAST, I’ve never seen anything like it. I caught the bigger in a glass and it was going crazy, running backwards and forwards bouncing off the edges. Ugh. I try not to kill them these days, take them way down to the end of the garden and fling tae *******.


Must be related to me

[arista]

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Happy Pet

[arista]

Evil creatures, nothing wrong with killing them



No they are, eating all your house bugs
Respect them

[Cherie]

Must be related to me

:joker:

[rusticgal]

Being semi rural my house is always full of spiders of all shapes and sizes
Me and the hoover go on a killing spree regularly


Me too...we overlook woodland. Conkers on the window sills seem to work a treat.

[Crimson Dynamo]

the spider racism in this thread is quite horrifying

[rusticgal]

Happy Pet



D:

[Livia]

Conkers? Never heard of that Rusti. How does that work?

I quite like spiders, they're beautiful and they eat flies. And when you go out on an autumn morning all the webs look like diamond necklaces. I would never kill one.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Conkers? Never heard of that Rusti. How does that work?



https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/are-spiders-scared-of-conkers/