Can big spiders crawl back out after you've hoovered them up?

weemammy · 10-02-2011 03:29PM

Bendihorse wrote: »

I don't like spiders, they are about the only thing Im freaked out by. Don't mind mice etc, my theory is at least you can hear/see them easier than spiders so they cant creep up on you. I don't like killing them all the same...

But, after my house was invaded by those masshooovie house spiders on steriods, I decided to employ the following rule -On my turf (ie in the house) I can brownbread them without guilt, but when on their own turf let them lie. (At the start I would throw the feckers out the back door but I was convinced the same bastards were coming back in time and time again)

Exactly! I run a kill on sight policy in this house, and I also think come back in when you throw them out.

orourkeda · 10-02-2011 03:29PM

memomy wrote: »

Spiders are ****. they should be made wear aluminous leg warmers so that we can at least see them coming.

Spiders are brilliant.

orourkeda · 10-02-2011 03:30PM

weemammy wrote: »

Exactly! I run a kill on sight policy in this house, and I also think come back in when you throw them out.

You should start killing cats too.

You'd be providing a valuable service then.

weemammy · 10-02-2011 03:31PM

memomy wrote: »

I can unfortunately confirm that they most certainly do Last summer I found a horrible big nasty fella crawling across my kitchen floor and as I happened to have the hover out at the time I had him sucked up and that was that.

Unfortunately for me the hover bag was very full at the time due to some DIY having been taking place around the time so two days later as I opened the hover and took off the hover bag I was met by the same spider crawling out towards me.

Needless to say i pretty much shat myself

OMG!!! I would've died!
That's why my hoover is in the shed now :cool:

derfderf · 10-02-2011 03:33PM

Mahatma coat wrote: »

:pac: Ah Jaysus, thats not a big spider, theres a Huntsman here behind the fridge that'd eat him aas a snack.

That's not a huntsman, that's a spoon.

Ross_Mahon · 10-02-2011 03:35PM

I threw one of them into the fish tank, And he ran along the water avoiding been eaten, Then escaped the closed fish tank, So i gave him his freedom for that

memomy · 10-02-2011 03:40PM

orourkeda wrote: »

Spiders are brilliant.

they would be, if the wore aluminous leg warmers.

HooterSnout · 10-02-2011 03:49PM

Spiders are brilliant. Face your fears and put them outside. It's not cool to kill them. Same with slugs in my damp bathroom.

Lu Tze · 10-02-2011 03:50PM

Ì don't mind spiders at all to be honest. When cleaning I used to operate a culling system, whereby i would always leave a certain amount of them behind, as I found flies and such things far more annoying.

Any room I have ever lived in I have always made sure that one spider/web survives any clean ups, during fly season anyway.

weemammy · 10-02-2011 03:52PM

Here's another one I had at my previous address.

ejmaztec · 10-02-2011 04:05PM

weemammy wrote: »

Here's another one I had at my previous address.

Are you sure they weren't rogue pubic hairs caught in a draught?

smokingman · 10-02-2011 04:09PM

weemammy · 10-02-2011 04:13PM

smokingman wrote: »

LOL

hatrickpatrick · 10-02-2011 04:20PM

I hate spiders as much as the next guy but would you not just chase him outside or something?
I always feel kinda sorry for the poor bastards, they are without doubt the most persecuted species of insect in human history. We as a race have waged a totally unjustified vendetta against them for many, many years,one which probably leaves them feeling that we really are just a shower of absolute wánkers...

And, you know, one day they might rise up and decide to take revenge. Think of "The Birds" but with gigantic swarms of spiders instead.

By the way here is a video of myself and some friends 'bravely' dealing with a spider a few years ago in Kerry. We didn't want to kill him, the idea was to throw him out the window, but when one of the lads got stuck under the bed and the spider escaped in all the confusion, epic chaos unfolded like never before.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H6RVXgjsDU

Bendihorse · 10-02-2011 04:24PM

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

I hate spiders as much as the next guy but would you not just chase him outside or something?
I always feel kinda sorry for the poor bastards, they are without doubt the most persecuted species of insect in human history. We as a race have waged a totally unjustified vendetta against them for many, many years,one which probably leaves them feeling that we really are just a shower of absolute wánkers...

And, you know, one day they might rise up and decide to take revenge. Think of "The Birds" but with gigantic swarms of spiders instead.

I honestly blame my irrational fear of spiders on the film 'Arachnophobia'. That scarred me as a kid.

Tabnabs · 10-02-2011 04:28PM

OP, if you listen very carefully at night, you'll hear the tap tap tap of the spider's hobnail boots as it scuttles around inside the vacuum cleaner living off the dirt you sucked up. :eek:

CreepingDeath · 10-02-2011 04:37PM

memomy wrote: »

I can unfortunately confirm that they most certainly do Last summer I found a horrible big nasty fella crawling across my kitchen floor and as I happened to have the hover out at the time I had him sucked up and that was that.

Yeah, same thing happened me but the hoover was partially blocked and when I turned it off, the spider dropped out and ran towards the kitchen.

I swear it was heading to the cutlery drawer to get a knife.

Jaxxy · 10-02-2011 04:50PM

Ah why can't you just get a glass and a piece of paper/cardboard? Glass over the spider (pint glasses work best for the extra wriggle room and you don't want to catch their legs) and then slide the paper beneath the rim. Walk to the door or window and release. I don't see why you have to kill them just because they're in your house. If you don't want them there just put them outside.

I love spiders though and I love the way they keep your room/house relatively creepy-crawly free. I've had a Giant House Spider called Gok around my wardrobe area for months now, and I'm fairly sure I've seen another one scurry in behind the fridge in the kitchen. I haven't given him a name yet though since I've only met him once.

emanresu · 10-02-2011 04:52PM

weemammy wrote: »

HUH??

I'm not an Ulster protestant if that's what u think:mad:
Not that it has anything to do with this topic

It was supposed to be a joke, based on a typo in the title, which is now corrected. The word "the" was used instead of "them". I don't know if UP is a common abbreviation, but I have never heard of it anyway.

mikom wrote: »

Honestly, who hoovers Ulster protestants these days?

weemammy wrote: »

Can big spiders crawl back out after you've hoovered the up?

--Kaiser-- · 10-02-2011 04:53PM

House spiders can't survive outdoors so putting them outside is as good as killing them

Jaxxy · 10-02-2011 04:55PM

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

House spiders can't survive outdoors so putting them outside is as good as killing them

Seriously!? What about in hedges?

Mint Sauce · 10-02-2011 04:56PM

mariaf24 wrote: »

They eat all the dust and other materials in the hoover (bag) and continue to grow and thrive for many weeks and months while all the time plotting their revenge.
They mate with other spiders they meet in the hoover and produce many many baby spiders. Eventually the hoover bag becomes over crowded, often with hundreds of spiders who have now grown 10 times their original size, forcing them to return to the rooms of your house.

Jaysus, dont be telling me that!

:eek:

missingtime · 10-02-2011 05:01PM

Anyone else feel like spiders are now crawling all over their body?

--Kaiser-- · 10-02-2011 05:01PM

JaxxYChicK wrote: »

Seriously!? What about in hedges?

No, sorry, in general outdoor spiders can only live outdoors, indoor spiders can only live indoors

Jaxxy · 10-02-2011 05:04PM

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

No, sorry, in general outdoor spiders can only live outdoors, indoor spiders can only live indoors

But surely they can survive outside for a short period of time in that case then until they find shelter? Well anyway in light of this new evidence I retract my former plea regarding house spider freedom and brand you all MURDERERS instead.

HooterSnout · 10-02-2011 05:06PM

JaxxYChicK wrote: »

I've had a Giant House Spider called Gok around my wardrobe area for months now

Does he hang up giant sized pictures of you in your birthday suit outside the house.

Jaxxy · 10-02-2011 05:09PM

HooterSnout wrote: »

Does he hang up giant sized pictures of you in your birthday suit outside the house.

Nope

. But on the upside, he doesn't give me fashion advice either.

HooterSnout · 10-02-2011 05:16PM

You are missing out big time.

Snakeblood · 10-02-2011 05:16PM

weemammy wrote: »

I'm wondering about this, as the Giant House Spiders seem to be tough enough to resist the sucktion of the hoover, and you have to really batter them with a magazine before they finally lay still.
A while ago I've even flushed one down the plughole in the bath, only to find him there a few hours later all dryed up and in exactly the same spot, honest to God!
Last night I hoovered one up, and it was a whopper! I wouldn't be surprised to see it emerging back out of the hoover with revenge on it's mind :pac:
But is this possible? Does anyone know?
attached is also a picture of one of these lads

It's best to immediately dip the nozzle of the vacuum cleaner in oetrol, suc up about a half pint, then throw a match in. I enjoy sitting foetally in a corner watching the flames.

This method proves expensive in vacuum cleaners and houses mind you.

--Kaiser-- · 10-02-2011 05:19PM

JaxxYChicK wrote: »

But surely they can survive outside for a short period of time in that case then until they find shelter? Well anyway in light of this new evidence I retract my former plea regarding house spider freedom and brand you all MURDERERS instead.

They would adapted to indoor conditions, so would be kinda helpless outside, especially when the competition (the bajillions of insects and spiders living in the elements) would be well-suited to the environment. A happy compromise would be to throw them in a shed

Can big spiders crawl back out after you've hoovered them up?

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