Spider Magnet

Polo_Mint

Anyone else notice the amount of little spiders around at the moment

For the past few days I seem to have them crawling on me or hanging off me by strands of webs.

mad muffin

You are becoming the man spider.

dont bother

take a shower.
it's the smell of SWEAT they are attracted to.

galljga1

A guy I know is a bit arachnophobic. He was living in a place which had quite a few spiders. He bought a sonic device which was supposed to keep spiders away. Shortly after plugging it in, the place erupted with spiders running around the floors, walls, ceilings. The poor guy nearly had a heart attack.

hoodwinked

according to the radio this morning there is currently an infestation of fly's in Ireland,


so if people could stop killing spiders i reckon that could help

Menas

Our house is the same. There seems to be a spider on every ceiling in every room...and they are not paying a cent of rent.

Time to get one of these. https://www.spidercatcher.net/product.htm

Humane way to get rid of unwanted 8 legged guests.

kneemos

Menas wrote: »

Our house is the same. There seems to be a spider on every ceiling in every room...and they are not paying a cent of rent.

Time to get one of these. https://www.spidercatcher.net/product.htm

Humane way to get rid of unwanted 8 legged guests.

It's not humane.House spiders are a particular species and won't survive outdoors.

galljga1

kneemos wrote: »

It's not humane.House spiders are a particular species and won't survive outdoors.

Put them in someone else's house.

Menas

kneemos wrote: »

It's not humane.House spiders are a particular species and won't survive outdoors.

Its more humane then a bash with a rolled up newspaper.

Banjo String

mad muffin wrote: »

You are becoming the man spider.

Spider boy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1zsqaSDZFc

biko

Spiders are our friends. They keep small bugs at bay.

Samaris

It's the season for it. Wait until autumn when the little buggers are all grown up. Then you'll see the real spider infestation.

Fortunately, a lot of them will have eaten each other by then, but the downside is that the ones left will be huge and leggy.

Boom_Bap

There is a spider that lives in the wing mirror on my car. His name is Mr Skinny Legs. He has a web from the mirror to the door and he's managed to bag a few flies in it.
He got confused the other day when a wad of cigarette ash got tangled up in the web.
Top bloke.

seamus

Yeah, apparently there's a massive infestation of flies across the country at the moment. Warm, humid weather is awful for flies.

Just moved into a new house last week and I thought the house itself was infested with midges, spiders and flies, but it seems to be the whole country. Which is nice.

Menas

Boom_Bap wrote: »

There is a spider that lives in the wing mirror on my car. His name is Mr Skinny Legs. He has a web from the mirror to the door and he's managed to bag a few flies in it.
He got confused the other day when a wad of cigarette ash got tangled up in the web.
Top bloke.

Peppa pig fans in your house by any chance?!

kneemos

biko wrote: »

Spiders are our friends.




Wouldn't go for a pint with one.

Boom_Bap

Menas wrote: »

Peppa pig fans in your house by any chance?!

You know it. UUUOOOOOIIIINNNNNKKKCCHHHHH

ScumLord

seamus wrote: »

Yeah, apparently there's a massive infestation of flies across the country at the moment. Warm, humid weather is awful for flies.

Not in my house, my spiders are doing a sterling job of keeping the house fly free. I only do a cull when they start catching me in their webs.

Summer wind

I don't like the little red spiders that appear on window cills every summer. Every time I see them I feel itchy.

Generic Dreadhead

kneemos wrote: »

It's not humane.House spiders are a particular species and won't survive outdoors.

So are they on the council housing waiting list?

TheBunk1

Just be prepared if you hit one with a brush... :pac:

Son Of A Vidic

Boom_Bap wrote: »

There is a spider that lives in the wing mirror on my car. His name is Mr Skinny Legs.

I have one myself living on my driver's side mirror. Dude loves it when I put the foot down, says it helps him catch more bugs.

lau1247

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

Dude loves it when I put the foot down, says it helps him catch more bugs.

hmm must be driving in reverse so

Not a NSA agent

Just silverfish and moths. No spiders around although I'm tempted to leave any if I find them to sort out the other 2.

Last summer I saw what happens when they hatch. 10s of little spiders hanging out above my bed.

whisky_galore

kneemos wrote: »

It's not humane.House spiders are a particular species and won't survive outdoors.

How do they move into a new house then?

Son Of A Vidic

lau1247 wrote: »

hmm must be driving in reverse so

The web extends across the mirror and onto the gap between the mirrors edge and car door. My little passenger gets most of his food in this gap. So why would I need to drive in reverse?

kneemos

whisky_galore wrote: »

How do they move into a new house then?

Probably brought in by the new owners.

Akrasia

I had a battle of wits with a large spider in my garden last year

She was living in a hole under the oil tank and I couldn't reach her but when I tapped her web she'd come out thinking there was some food to eat. After a while she figured out that it was only me and didn't come out anymore

I didn't want to break her web but I wanted to catch her to take a closer look so I shot a few drops of water into the hole with a water pistol until she came out and I managed to trap her in a glass

It was cool.

I put her back where I found her and she's still there keeping us safe from oil theives to this day

mud

I've a lightning-fast spidey living in the cracked window frame by the kitchen sink. Tenacious little fecker, covers the utensil jar with webs every night. Getting mighty sick of clearing it every couple of days!

My house is old and every sept/oct the place is full of giants out looking for their hole. It's the worst.

Flies are definitely more noticeable this year. Blue bottles testing my stress levels! Open the window - in they come. Leave the window closed and the place gets musty. Can't win.

The Adversary

galljga1 wrote: »

A guy I know is a bit arachnophobic. He was living in a place which had quite a few spiders. He bought a sonic device which was supposed to keep spiders away. Shortly after plugging it in, the place erupted with spiders running around the floors, walls, ceilings. The poor guy nearly had a heart attack.

Holy Moly Jaysus.

Jen Pigs Fly

I'm a huge fan of spiders! Love them! Keep any large house spiders alive as they keep all the flies away, not a single fly in the house this summer!

lau1247

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

The web extends across the mirror and onto the gap between the mirrors edge and car door. My little passenger gets most of his food in this gap. So why would I need to drive in reverse?

thought you meant across the mirror [housing] (not between the car door).. nothing to see here.. carry on

Silverfish

Not a NSA agent wrote: »

Just silverfish and moths. No spiders around although I'm tempted to leave any if I find them to sort out the other 2.

Last summer I saw what happens when they hatch. 10s of little spiders hanging out above my bed.

Yeah that would get rid of me for sure.

zl1whqvjs75cdy

There's a pretty decent kill spray on b and q for a fiver. Kills the ****ers good and keeps them away for 3 to 4 weeks. Must get a new can actually.

Harry66

Introduce them to Henry the Hoover!