The invasion has started...

Neadine

There are spiders every where in my house, have spotted 5 already tonight.
Now, they're not the HUGE freaky ones, just medium sized ones, I think they are the recon team checking the place out for the big ones.
Where's the lavender, or other concoctions?

Celly Smunt

I was expecting a Spanish student thread.

Scuid Mhór

I thought October was spider month?

Neadine

pmcmahon wrote: »

I was expecting a Spanish student thread.

Sorry to disappoint.

Wibbs

A spider will die of starvation after a couple of days of not eating. So think about that N. I'd far prefer my 8 legged mates doing their thang than the flying and crawling pestilences that would otherwise try to bite me. *edit* just today one of my arachnomates took out a feckin huge wasp and got a meal out of it. I say fair play girl(she's a big un so I'm thinking female spider), thanks for hanging out.

donvito99

It's the ants I'm worried about.

Neadine

Scuid Mhór wrote: »

I thought October was spider month?

It was last year. Climate change?!

KeithM89

Can of Lynx and a lighter.
Though for something like this you may need a shotgun.
And a priest.

The Backwards Man

Spiders are good.

SilverScreen

Just be glad they aren't these kind of spiders:

http://i.imgur.com/n62pF.jpg

jarvis

donvito99 wrote: »

It's the ants I'm worried about.

I'd love your problems

Neadine

donvito99 wrote: »

It's the ants I'm worried about.

Apparently, talc works as a deterrent

entropi

Spiders are a good thing. As Wibbs pointed out, they get rid of pest insects around the house.

I may not like either pests or spiders, but spiders do a good job

Wibbs

Neadine wrote: »

Apparently, talc works as a deterrent

Only for men. Sober ones anyway.

Neadine

entropi wrote: »

Spiders are a good thing. As Wibbs pointed out, they get rid of pest insects around the house.

I may not like either pests or spiders, but spiders do a good job

But I steeped on one, without shoes on, didn't notice it until I felt the squelch! Yuck. :mad:

Neadine

Wibbs wrote: »

Only for men. Sober ones anyway.

Interesting... I'm sure...

bedrock#1

Wibbs wrote: »

A spider will die of starvation after a couple of days of not eating. So think about that N. I'd far prefer my 8 legged mates doing their thang than the flying and crawling pestilences that would otherwise try to bite me. *edit* just today one of my arachnomates took out a feckin huge wasp and got a meal out of it. I say fair play girl(she's a big un so I'm thinking female spider), thanks for hanging out.

:pac:

As long as they're not likely to jump on my face, they're ok with me

Wattle

For some strange reason the one's that invade my house always end up in my bath.

Wibbs

I had a big wolf spider living behind my bedroom mirror a few years ago. One night I woke up from a deep slumber and there she was on my pillow about ten inches in old money away from me. I froze on the spot. The cool thing was so did she. I could see her thinking "oh fuuuuuck, the statue of liberty has woken up". I stayed stock still and after a minute or two she relaxed and slowly backed away, keeping her eight eyes trained on me. Like I said I reckon she was keeping me well clear of horrible insects that would otherwise have a clear shot at me. That spider in particular caught three wasps in my room and after a while I could look behind my mirror and she'd not even flinch. She'd even crawl onto my finger if I offered it up. She seemed to get used to thousand feet tall monkey boy. Pretty cool really.

Wibbs

Wibbs wrote: »

I had a big wolf spider living behind my bedroom mirror a few years ago.

Was she blue :pac:

That's cute though
I don't think I'd be on to the crawling on my hand business but it still sounds cute

The Backwards Man

Wibbs wrote: »

I had a big wolf spider living behind my bedroom mirror a few years ago. One night I woke up from a deep slumber and there she was on my pillow about ten inches in old money away from me. I froze on the spot. The cool thing was so did she. I could see her thinking "oh fuuuuuck, the statue of liberty has woken up". I stayed stock still and after a minute or two she relaxed and slowly backed away, keeping her eight eyes trained on me. Like I said I reckon she was keeping me well clear of horrible insects that would otherwise have a clear shot at me. That spider in particular caught three wasps in my room and after a while I could look behind my mirror and she'd not even flinch. She'd even crawl onto my finger if I offered it up. She seemed to get used to thousand feet tall monkey boy. Pretty cool really.

Are you high?

You seem . . . . different this evening?

:pac:

Wibbs

I wish. Sadly BWM I'm just odd.

Sauve

Wibbs wrote: »

I had a big wolf spider living behind my bedroom mirror a few years ago. One night I woke up from a deep slumber and there she was on my pillow about ten inches in old money away from me. I froze on the spot. The cool thing was so did she. I could see her thinking "oh fuuuuuck, the statue of liberty has woken up". I stayed stock still and after a minute or two she relaxed and slowly backed away, keeping her eight eyes trained on me. Like I said I reckon she was keeping me well clear of horrible insects that would otherwise have a clear shot at me. That spider in particular caught three wasps in my room and after a while I could look behind my mirror and she'd not even flinch. She'd even crawl onto my finger if I offered it up. She seemed to get used to thousand feet tall monkey boy. Pretty cool really.

That's lovely

Spiders are the business, I love watching them.
I may need a new hobby...

Sulla Felix

Yep, spiderbros are the best. I've never had a wolf spider before and that might test my resolve.

monty_python

Wibbs wrote: »

A spider will die of starvation after a couple of days of not eating. So think about that N. I'd far prefer my 8 legged mates doing their thang than the flying and crawling pestilences that would otherwise try to bite me. *edit* just today one of my arachnomates took out a feckin huge wasp and got a meal out of it. I say fair play girl(she's a big un so I'm thinking female spider), thanks for hanging out.

Spiders can go many many weeks without eating.

EoghanIRL

SilverScreen wrote: »

Just be glad they aren't these kind of spiders:

http://i.imgur.com/n62pF.jpg

I hope to never encounter one of these spiders. They just look nasty!

MOC88

You could give them all names like George and Fred. Alternatively, catch them and run a spider hunger games ... everyone could do the same and we could have an inter-county boards.ie spider hunger games event every year!

Neadine

The bloody spiders haven't been doing their job, there are bugy things all over my room, leaving the window and curtains open with the lights on may not have helped but I'm beginning to think I'm being ate alive.

hatrickpatrick

There's one living behind my bed, he's made his web between my bed post and the corner where the two walls meet. He's been there for ages, I'm honestly starting to get a bit worried about him - how long can they live without food? I've never seen anything caught in his web and he literally doesn't seem to have moved at all in the last couple of weeks, but spiders tend to shrivel up when dead so I'm assuming he's still alive... Can they survive living inside when there's nothing for them to hunt?

Problem with insects which have evolved to live alongside humans is I'm never sure whether it's kinder to put them outside or if that's actually bad for them. I presume they wouldn't set up shop inside a gaff unless they were able to survive in it, but on the other hand this guy living in the corner without eating is confusing the sh!te out of me O_o

Neadine

MOC88 wrote: »

You could give them all names like George and Fred. Alternatively, catch them and run a spider hunger games ... everyone could do the same and we could have an inter-county boards.ie spider hunger games event every year!

Last year 'Henry' lived under a glass globe in my sitting room for a while... good times.

zenno

Haven't seen many spiders in the house this year, but if you ever have an ant problem, here's a way that will get rid of them in a flash for good, get a bottle of ground black pepper and throw some of it on the ants and when they go back to the nest, they will lose it and exit the place for good, they bloody hate that stuff .

pampootie

Wibbs wrote: »

I had a big wolf spider living behind my bedroom mirror a few years ago. One night I woke up from a deep slumber and there she was on my pillow about ten inches in old money away from me. I froze on the spot. The cool thing was so did she. I could see her thinking "oh fuuuuuck, the statue of liberty has woken up". I stayed stock still and after a minute or two she relaxed and slowly backed away, keeping her eight eyes trained on me. Like I said I reckon she was keeping me well clear of horrible insects that would otherwise have a clear shot at me. That spider in particular caught three wasps in my room and after a while I could look behind my mirror and she'd not even flinch. She'd even crawl onto my finger if I offered it up. She seemed to get used to thousand feet tall monkey boy. Pretty cool really.

I read this story and googled wolf spider images. Holy god. I think I would burn down my house and everyone in it if I woke up to find one on my pillow.

The Backwards Man

Neadine wrote: »

The bloody spiders haven't been doing their job, there are bugy things all over my room, leaving the window and curtains open with the lights on may not have helped but I'm beginning to think I'm being ate alive.

If you open a jar of jam in your room it will attract all the creepy crawly things with it's fruity goodness.:)

Neadine

The Backwards Man wrote: »

If you open a jar of jam in your room it will attract all the creepy crawly things with it's fruity goodness.:)

Yeah, cause I really want a room full of jammed up creepy crawlies!!
Tomorrow I am going shopping for lots of chemicals to rid my abode of them all.

Obliq

pampootie wrote: »

I read this story and googled wolf spider images. Holy god. I think I would burn down my house and everyone in it if I woke up to find one on my pillow.

Google cardinal spiders too. They're the ones I have in my house - the big brown hairy feckers. They can reach a leg span of 13 cm (I've met one that size) and I'm terrified of them. I know it's irrational, and I try and be nice to them, but I actually am properly petrified when I see one. Ridiculous. I drive tractors and use chainsaws ffs. I should be tougher than this! My 14 yr old son rescues me them from them me :rolleyes:

pampootie

Obliq wrote: »

Google cardinal spiders too. They're the ones I have in my house - the big brown hairy feckers. They can reach a leg span of 13 cm (I've met one that size) and I'm terrified of them. I know it's irrational, and I try and be nice to them, but I actually am properly petrified when I see one. Ridiculous. I drive tractors and use chainsaws ffs. I should be tougher than this! My 14 yr old son rescues me them from them me :rolleyes:

Somehow I don't think googling that just before I go to sleep is wise

MOC88

Obliq wrote: »

Google cardinal spiders too. They're the ones I have in my house - the big brown hairy feckers. They can reach a leg span of 13 cm (I've met one that size) and I'm terrified of them. I know it's irrational, and I try and be nice to them, but I actually am properly petrified when I see one. Ridiculous. I drive tractors and use chainsaws ffs. I should be tougher than this! My 14 yr old son rescues me them from them me :rolleyes:

http://www.spidercatcher.net/EU/product.htm

solas111

Neadine wrote: »

There are spiders every where in my house, have spotted 5 already tonight.
Now, they're not the HUGE freaky ones, just medium sized ones, I think they are the recon team checking the place out for the big ones.
Where's the lavender, or other concoctions?

The're no harm through the day but when you sleep at night they will crawl slowly up your leg, whistle for their friends to come along and do nasty things to you. If I were you I would not chance sleeping at all tonight because who knows how what the darkness will bring. Be scared and be very scared.

Obliq

MOC88 wrote: »

http://www.spidercatcher.net/EU/product.htm

Yeah, I know, but they move to quickly and I'm usually moving quickly in the opposite direction. I can do the glass/card thing if they're in the bath and trapped, but otherwise they're too unpredictable and I don't have the nerve. Jaysus, I need a phobia treatment I reckon...

Although thanks! I didn't realise the catchy thingy was 25 inches long....that's a safe distance. Might try it!

MOC88

Obliq wrote: »

Yeah, I know, but they move to quickly and I'm usually moving quickly in the opposite direction. I can do the glass/card thing if they're in the bath and trapped, but otherwise they're too unpredictable and I don't have the nerve. Jaysus, I need a phobia treatment I reckon...

Although thanks! I didn't realise the catchy thingy was 25 inches long....that's a safe distance. Might try it!

I'd say there'll be a spider hunting thread with tips next!

Neadine

solas111 wrote: »

The're no harm through the day but when you sleep at night they will crawl slowly up your leg, whistle for their friends to come along and do nasty things to you. If I were you I would not chance sleeping at all tonight because who knows how what the darkness will bring. Be scared and be very scared.

Naaaghhh. I'm not afraid of them, I just don't particularly like them. Have been known to redirect them outside from time to time. Had a massive spider share my pillow one night, and found another in the shower when I stepped.
Would just prefer not to see em.

Obliq

Oh dear, it's going to be a fail with the cardinals I'm afraid. "The Spider Catcher can catch spiders and daddy-long legs from 2mm (0.08 inch) in length up to 25mm (1 inch)." No use to me - looks like they have to be lightweight spiders

hatrickpatrick

solas111 wrote: »

The're no harm through the day but when you sleep at night they will crawl slowly up your leg, whistle for their friends to come along and do nasty things to you. If I were you I would not chance sleeping at all tonight because who knows how what the darkness will bring. Be scared and be very scared.

The sexual undertones of this post got me wondering: I wonder if there's a fetish for being tied up and left with a bunch of insects having the craic with you? I've heard of more bizarre ones in fairness

Neadine

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

The sexual undertones of this post got me wondering: I wonder if there's a fetish for being tied up and left with a bunch of insects having the craic with you? I've heard of more bizarre ones in fairness

Sexual undertones????

Spider fetish.. :eek::eek::eek::eek:, seriously?

toastedpickles

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

The sexual undertones of this post got me wondering: I wonder if there's a fetish for being tied up and left with a bunch of insects having the craic with you? I've heard of more bizarre ones in fairness

Well that's enough internet for me today :pac:

ToddyDoody

Neadine wrote: »

There are spiders every where in my house, have spotted 5 already tonight.
Now, they're not the HUGE freaky ones, just medium sized ones, I think they are the recon team checking the place out for the big ones.
Where's the lavender, or other concoctions?

If you starve the cat enough she'll eat the spiders Don't have a cat? Why not?

Neadine

ToddyDoody wrote: »

If you starve the cat enough she'll eat the spiders Don't have a cat? Why not?

Nope, no cat, not really a fan.

Galwayguy35

SilverScreen wrote: »

Just be glad they aren't these kind of spiders:

http://i.imgur.com/n62pF.jpg

Fookin hell that's some spider!

hatrickpatrick

Neadine wrote: »

Sexual undertones????

Spider fetish.. :eek::eek::eek::eek:, seriously?

Doesn't necessarily have to be spiders specifically, insects in general, but just think of what a large-ish spider could do with all those limbs, if it knew how to use them

Neadine

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

Doesn't necessarily have to be spiders specifically, insects in general, but just think of what a large-ish spider could do with all those limbs, if it knew how to use them

Thanks, but I'd rather not imagine.