Spiders!

TerrorFirmer · 15-05-2005 10:53PM #1

Came home from work, sister has been waiting up for me.

"Theres a massive spider on my bed!"

So I go up with a bit of paper to kill him so I can flush him down the toilet. But - holy shit

This was one huge spider. I mean seriously. It was easily three inches long and three wide. Biggest I've ever seen up close.

Took me about ten minutes to edge closer like the wuss I am and slay him.

This is seriously freaky, I mean it was huge.

So my question is, what are the habits of spiders? Do they hang around in groups? My question being, would it be likely for there to be more of them hanging around my sisters room? And where do they come from? Its an upstairs room.

I'd be freaked out if I woke up and saw one of them ANYWHERE near me! I don't care for the normal small spiders but this one literally scared me.

Repli · 15-05-2005 10:57PM

Great 'achievement' there mate

Kevin_rc_ie · 15-05-2005 10:59PM

Take a photo next time.

Usually big female spiders have a nest. Maybe there's a nest of spiders under her bed feeding on crumbs etc. Or maybe not. Do a big clean up in the room. Also, check the windws and ceilings for cracks etc. maybe that's point of entry.

On a side note, i think it's wrong to go around killing spiders because they're on your bed. A jam jar would have done the job there. COuld have popped it outside. Rememeber Spiders kill and eat insects you'd find much more annoying.

cormie · 15-05-2005 11:00PM

There are other ways to get rid of it then to kill it. Jar, cover it with paper, open window and empty the jar. Nobody is harmed. He didn't want to be there as much as you didn't want him there. Try and remember that before you kill any more.

OfflerCrocGod · 15-05-2005 11:00PM

There are probably a few hundred in your house right now. Eggs are layed by the thousands. They may end up coming out at night to crawl all over your bed and of course they would end up on your face up your nose and mouth, so sleep under the covers. Not that that would help much because they can get under the covers, you will simply have to learn to live with them. Living [strike]off[/strike] on you.

Kevin_rc_ie · 15-05-2005 11:04PM

Also i recommend a circumcision, they can lay eggs in your foreskin.

TerrorFirmer · 15-05-2005 11:05PM

OfflerCrocGod wrote:

There are probably a few hundred in your house right now. Eggs are layed by the thousands. They may end up coming out at night to crawl all over your bed and of course they would end up on your face up your nose and mouth, so sleep under the covers. Not that that would help much because they can get under the covers, you will simply have to learn to live with them. Living [strike]off[/strike] on you.

The perfect time to watch arachnaphobia eh?

Thanks for that ever so helpful comment.

Usually big female spiders have a nest. Maybe there's a nest of spiders under her bed feeding on crumbs etc. Or maybe not. Do a big clean up in the room. Also, check the windws and ceilings for cracks etc. maybe that's point of entry.

Thanks, we are going to check everywhere now. I'm honestly going to admit I am scared, this one was huge, if there are more then one....argh. I've a freak thing about large spiders. Don't even get me started on my sister.

There are other ways to get rid of it then to kill it. Jar, cover it with paper, open window and empty the jar. Nobody is harmed. He didn't want to be there as much as you didn't want him there. Try and remember that before you kill any more.

I understand that but right now I'd bring a flamethrower into my room if I thought it would keep me safe :cool:

Töpher · 15-05-2005 11:06PM

Horrible thoughts. I actually nearly break down in tears when I see one, can't handle it. At all. Maybe its actually a phobia, its not just finding them icky, I go to pieces. I actually have to get the girlfriend to dispose of them (she won't kill them though). God, sad!

TerrorFirmer · 15-05-2005 11:08PM

If I find anymore I will take some pictures before I kill them.

DrIndy · 15-05-2005 11:09PM

Kevin_rc_ie wrote:

Take a photo next time.

Usually big female spiders have a nest. Maybe there's a nest of spiders under her bed feeding on crumbs etc. Or maybe not. Do a big clean up in the room. Also, check the windws and ceilings for cracks etc. maybe that's point of entry.

On a side note, i think it's wrong to go around killing spiders because they're on your bed. A jam jar would have done the job there. COuld have popped it outside. Rememeber Spiders kill and eat insects you'd find much more annoying.

Hmmmm...... heard of these guys, they are a newish species that spread to europe on container ships from the far east.

Was it black?

From your description I reckon its the same. That was a smallish one but they live in big colonies. The are not dangerous unless about 3 sting you......

WellyJ · 15-05-2005 11:10PM

Haha, im the same,

Im 6'2" and not afraid of anything really

But if i see a spider in my room thats it, couch for me. I just go to pieces
Even if i think i see something moving on the ground i jump, any other insects are fine.

cormie · 15-05-2005 11:10PM

MobileInfantry wrote:

If I find anymore I will take some pictures before I kill them.

Just try the jar way! Don't kill them

Only Human · 15-05-2005 11:11PM

He probably would have been nice in a sandwich.

Sangre · 15-05-2005 11:12PM

Kevin_rc_ie wrote:

Take a photo next time.

Usually big female spiders have a nest. Maybe there's a nest of spiders under her bed feeding on crumbs etc. Or maybe not. Do a big clean up in the room. Also, check the windws and ceilings for cracks etc. maybe that's point of entry.

On a side note, i think it's wrong to go around killing spiders because they're on your bed. A jam jar would have done the job there. COuld have popped it outside. Rememeber Spiders kill and eat insects you'd find much more annoying.

As a rule there are house spiders and outside spiders, both are compleltely different.
90% of spiders in your house were always there and didn't come from outside. Outside isn't their natural habitat. It would be like finding a cat in your house and throwing it in a swamp.

Putting it oustide isn't particularly humane.

TerrorFirmer · 15-05-2005 11:14PM

Sangre wrote:

As a rule there are house spiders and outside spiders, both are compleltely different.
90% of spiders in your house were always there and didn't come from outside. Outside isn't their natural habitat. It would be like finding a cat in your house and throwing it in a swamp.

Putting it oustide isn't particularly humane.

Thanks for the info. Do they hang in groups? Do they have like a center they originate from in the house, generally speaking?

StupidLikeAFox · 15-05-2005 11:16PM

Theyre only feckin spiders!

DrIndy · 15-05-2005 11:16PM

they're everywhere.

They also grow very quickly and are partial to human flesh when in large numbers.

Kevin_rc_ie · 15-05-2005 11:16PM

yes Sangre. Spiders evolved over the last 100 years to be house dependant. Someones being watching too much X-men.

anyway, the spider sounds like dolomedes fimbriatus, google it. i wouldn't worry about it.

Sangre · 15-05-2005 11:18PM

http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/spidermyth/myths/comein.html

Sorry what?

Kevin_rc_ie · 15-05-2005 11:23PM

The jist of that link was house spiders are used to warm climates and leaving them out doors more than likely will kill them.

Anyway, the spider in question is not a typical house spider.

cormie · 15-05-2005 11:23PM

Well it's definitely better to throw them outside then to kill them. At least if they are thrown outside they can find a crack in the wall and make their way on their journey to find a mate.

I do generally just leave them be. I had one spider in the corner of my room for ages. There is a flag hanging down from the ceiling in the corner and he lived in that. Not a bother:)

TerrorFirmer · 15-05-2005 11:26PM

I wouldnt really care if it was a normal small one.

Its just it was so frickin big.

Me and the sister did a quick scan of both my and her room, no rubbish on ground, both rooms are clean and seem to be fairly spider free....

Shes sleeping in the spare room now though...

Kevin_rc_ie · 15-05-2005 11:26PM

spiders rock

Hester · 15-05-2005 11:28PM

Sangre wrote:

http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/spidermyth/myths/comein.html

Sorry what?

I wish I hadn't clicked on that link. We get loads of big spiders in our house in late summer/early autumn. Now it seems that they're around all year, just in hiding

Sangre · 15-05-2005 11:28PM

Kevin_rc_ie wrote:

The jist of that link was house spiders are used to warm climates and leaving them out doors more than likely will kill them.

Anyway, the spider in question is not a typical house spider.

So you're agreeing with me?

And I assume its not a house spider anyway.

DrIndy · 15-05-2005 11:29PM

Until they sting you and your foot falls off.......

Bad news, bad news.....

Sounds very big for something that is irish and may not be one of those imported ones from asia.

Could it have been a scorpion? If you swatted it quick, you may have made a mistake....

Kevin_rc_ie · 15-05-2005 11:29PM

Spiders in america does not equal spiders in ireland.

cormie · 15-05-2005 11:30PM

MobileInfantry wrote:

I wouldnt really care if it was a normal small one.

Its just it was so frickin big.

Me and the sister did a quick scan of both my and her room, no rubbish on ground, both rooms are clean and seem to be fairly spider free....

Shes sleeping in the spare room now though...

Well according to the above link provided, they don't want food. That's why they are in the house. They are only looking for a mate. And don't worry, they are hardly going to start humping your toe in the middle of the night. Just let them be. Let nature take its cause. Sure it's happening in your house right now.. in the cracks in the walls, above you in the attic. It's been happening since before you were born and will continue after you die. It's something you're going to have to live with. Can't we all just live in harmony?

DrIndy · 15-05-2005 11:31PM

unless they're tarantulas that escaped from a collection.....

Kevin_rc_ie · 15-05-2005 11:33PM

or "house" spiders that ate radioactive waste.

TerrorFirmer · 15-05-2005 11:34PM

There must be nest somewhere I guess....

I remember seeing one in the kitchen downstairs now that I think about it, a few months back.

I also saw one in the sitting room, a big one, although I am not positive it was the same type, as my west highland terrier ran over to it, bit it until it was dead and dropped it on the floor and went back to her basket.

I'm scaring myself.

Spiders!

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