Big Big Spiders.. Merged

Ophiopogon · 28-09-2011 1:27pm

I'm getting a bit suspicious as I've not seen any big spiders lately at all. And I've been doing a lot of work in the garden that I was convinced would uproot them into the house.

I know they have to be there so its freaking me out that I haven't seen them...feel like they are waiting for something.

podgeandrodge · 28-09-2011 1:41pm

Ophiopogon wrote: »

I know they have to be there so its freaking me out that I haven't seen them...feel like they are waiting for something.

No need to be suspicious. You are correct. The giant house spider is generally only seen regularly once the house owner has spotted them - they then know the game is up and don't bother hiding.

However, before you have spotted them, they are aware that they should hide. Generally you won't realise it but they are probably laying eggs in your hair while you sleep at night.

Hope this helps!

Ophiopogon · 28-09-2011 2:03pm

podgeandrodge wrote: »

No need to be suspicious. You are correct. The giant house spider is generally only seen regularly once the house owner has spotted them - they then know the game is up and don't bother hiding.

However, before you have spotted them, they are aware that they should hide. Generally you won't realise it but they are probably laying eggs in your hair while you sleep at night.

Hope this helps!

I know your making a joke but I actually can't sleep if my ears aren't covered as I know two people who had spiders crawl into their ears. They described how they could feel them moving around...

ba$tard ninja spiders

VenusPlays · 28-09-2011 3:39pm

I dont know why I started reading this thread because I'm really petrified of spiders. But between the photos and descriptions I feel like I'm either going to throw up or pass out.

Is there anything you can use to stop spiders coming into the house?

sparkle_23 · 28-09-2011 5:35pm

There was a massive massive spider on the outside wall of my house last week. Heading towards the back door. My Dad brought it out to the field hopefully it stayed there. Ugh when I went to bed I keep thinking I could feel crawling all over me

JustAThought · 28-09-2011 8:50pm

Do spiders have nests?
And if so do they look like creamy cotton wool?
There's been some tufts of cotton wool like stuff ony high wall and today one of them has a spiders web coming out of it and two small spiders in it. I looked ( sort of ) closely at a third and I'd swear I could see brown and legs in it...
Feelin kinda sick; there are quite a few of them on the dealing and they are kinda sticky and hard to get off ....

sparkle_23 · 29-09-2011 1:34am

Here's the one that was outside my house

it's massive gave me such a fright when I seen it! it's weird I never remember seeing spiders that big when I was younger

senan s · 29-09-2011 9:38am

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

Are you serious? Or is that a google images copy / paste???

Holy shiznit that's nasty. You sure it wasn't a tiger or something that got hold of his hand?

yeah deffo serious, no reason to lie, got it off his facebook page, was at a party with him on the weekend, he was telling me all about it

senan s · 29-09-2011 9:41am

Queen-Mise wrote: »

What kind of spider bit him and what country was he in? Please don't tell me a spider in Ireland did that kind of damage?

think he was down at Oxegen, when he was bitten, will ask him more details

Realtine · 03-10-2011 3:13pm

I still dislike spiders same as I once posted in this thread years ago, but sometimes still drawn to read other people's experiences.
I return to it today because I found this fecker in my sink this morning - after my silent scream and shiver, I had to tackle it as 1) on my own and 2) needed to use the sink.
Anyhow I managed to get him onto the mat outside the back door using a large glass and envelope over the top where he fell out and landed a bit too close to the door and me on the outside.... dilemma!
So I picked up the mat and flung it away from the door, where upon unfortunately it crushed the spider and as much as I dislike them I never want to kill them - (catch and release - well someone else will).

HOWEVER, about half an hour later, I happen to be outside and there he was stretching his legs....??? I poked him, bravely, and yup, off he scuttled.
He was playing DEAD....
there's an hidden agenda with them alright. Off to have a shower now, my skin is crawling.

dubguy45 · 24-10-2011 10:50pm

Saw this one in London. It was big.

V Eight · 24-10-2011 10:56pm

tck wrote: »

Interesting fact, The venom in a common household spider is more poisonous than a Black Widow's or a Brown Recluse, but they cannot bite humans because their jaws won't open wide enough.

THAT'S not interesting that's fu**i*g scary!

Zapperzy · 25-10-2011 1:35am

The first picture is of Arthur (or maybe it could be Martha, he/she may have laid eggs), the second is of his/her little brother Guinness and the third is of their uncaught and unnamed sibling who stills evades us despite regular sightings! Bonus points for guessing what day Arthur/Martha & Guinness were caught on!

Ophiopogon · 25-10-2011 12:55pm

How long do spiders live for? We have a spider that has made a web between our house and the neighbors wall. Don't really want to move it as in fairness it is a pretty impressive web but it means we have to duck going down the side of the house.

airmax87 · 27-10-2011 10:42pm

The big house spiders can live upto a year or two without food , I've heard, yours might be an orb weaver and I'm not so sure about them.

Ophiopogon · 28-10-2011 1:03pm

Yes I looked up the Orb Weaver and it is what our little friend appears to be. Its a female and apparently they die off after the first frost...not before a bit of egg laying though!! They are not to bad really but I wouldn't want to walk through its web all the same.

Hal Emmerich · 28-10-2011 7:36pm

Ophiopogon wrote: »

Yes I looked up the Orb Weaver and it is what our little friend appears to be. Its a female and apparently they die off after the first frost...not before a bit of egg laying though!! They are not to bad really but I wouldn't want to walk through its web all the same.

PIC?

Ophiopogon · 28-10-2011 7:50pm

Hal Emmerich wrote: »

PIC?

I would but I don't know how to without having a flicker(or other) account

Hal Emmerich · 28-10-2011 10:54pm

Ophiopogon wrote: »

I would but I don't know how to without having a flicker(or other) account

If it's on your Computer then once you hit "Post Reply", click the little Icon that looks like a paperclip and you can add it as an attachment.

Crazy Aido · 03-02-2012 3:39pm

V Eight wrote: »

THAT'S not interesting that's fu**i*g scary!

I'm just going nail this little ditty on the head. The daddy long legs or cellar spider most certainly DOES NOT have venom lethal to humans. Neither does the house spider. They can break skin with thier fangs, but their venom has no effect aside from mild irritation.

hattoncracker · 03-02-2012 4:51pm

I had one on the floor of my bedroom, it was massive bugger!!
I could actually HEAR him skittering across the floor... Slept on the sofa.. And my boyfriend wouldn't come visit for a week!

Crazy Aido · 10-02-2012 7:52pm

"The spiders are on the tiling again" yet another euphamism for the female menstrual cycle...

Ophiopogon · 23-02-2012 1:42pm

False widow1.JPG
False widow2.JPG

I know these picture are a bit crap but is this a false widow??

Dublin_Gunner · 23-02-2012 1:44pm

Ophiopogon wrote: »

False widow1.JPG
False widow2.JPG

I know these picture are a bit crap but is this a false widow??

I'm no spider expert, but that certainly looks like one alright.

Did you take those pics at home?

Ophiopogon · 23-02-2012 1:46pm

Yeah it was in my compost bin, I left the lid off (in the panic to get the hell away from it

) and now it's gone.

The neighbors cat got in the bin just after so I dunno if I should go and tell them to check for a bite?

Crazy Aido · 26-02-2012 10:17pm

The banding on the legs though...

How big? Honestly the shape of the Opisthosema makes it seem more like a relative of the garden spider. Also, is that an orb web it's in?

Ophiopogon · 26-02-2012 10:58pm

Crazy Aido wrote: »

The banding on the legs though...

How big? Honestly the shape of the Opisthosema makes it seem more like a relative of the garden spider. Also, is that an orb web it's in?

Don't know a lot about spiders so not sure what banding or opisthoesma are?

It's maybe an inch and a bit, shiny pure black.

That's it's web anyway?

It's still there anyway as not sure what to do with it. Thing I did notice is it seems to let out a clear liquid when I open the lid and make a bit of noise. Not sure if it's just peeing or something but I've never seen a spider do this.