[LeatherTrumpet]

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

Youtube video

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

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[rusticgal]

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

[Toy Soldier]

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 *******.

[LeatherTrumpet]

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….

[LeatherTrumpet]

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

never kill them

same as killing a human

Well I guess I'm a serial killer

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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

[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

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

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]

Originally Posted by 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

I feel traumatised just reading that

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by MTVN

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.

[parmnion]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

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.

[Toy Soldier]

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 . 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 .

[bitontheslide]

women are definitely in charge in the spider kingdom

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

women are definitely in charge in the spider kingdom

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

[LeatherTrumpet]

[arista]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

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]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Happy Pet

[arista]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Evil creatures, nothing wrong with killing them

No they are, eating all your house bugs
Respect them

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by arista

Must be related to me

[rusticgal]

Originally Posted by 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

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