Big Big Spiders.. Merged

hdowney · 28-08-2011 12:49pm

hearny wrote: »

I have seen loads of these around the house lately, I generally leave them off but I had to catch this fella and throw him out the back garden as my girlfriend hates them and screams the house down when she sees them.

He is in a Pint glass in the photo, the other photo is just my pet tarantula.

sorry your girlfriend screams the house down if she sees spiders and you have a pet tarantula??!?! how does that work then

-Trek- · 28-08-2011 12:54pm

I was about to comment on the same thing.

Is it weird that I'm more creeped out by the small guy than I am with the tarantula (what shiny teeth it has

)?

hearny · 28-08-2011 12:55pm

Ha she bought it for me for Christmas a few years ago.

I still dont get it either, she had to drive from the pet shop with the spider in a box on the passenger seat.

Not quite sure how she survived.

TaraR · 28-08-2011 6:02pm

since ive moved into my new house in Jan i havent really seen any spiders THANK GOD! apart from the one that ran across my foot sitting on the sofa!, and one in my hall & bathroom. I tend to hoover reguarlly in every nut&cranny, keep em outside where they belong lol

Ive noticed spiders have been getting bigger over the years, anyone know why?

mymo · 28-08-2011 7:42pm

Well today the cat brought in one of those false widow spiders I saw above, I don't mind spiders and usually just chuck them out of the nearest window.
Unfortunately the cat dropped this one on my daughters lap, she started screaming and leapt up, cat ran, dogs gave chase barking like loons, she's still screaming and has no idea where it went, I can't get her to calm down and tell me what happened, dogs run back in barking, running about, cat returns and pounces on said spider, by this time I had decoded the screams and worked out what was wrong.
All this for a 2cm spider.

airmax87 · 29-08-2011 1:40am

another big horrible tegenaria running across my bedroom floor tonight!, note I have fairly big hands.
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Hannibal6.0 · 30-08-2011 5:34am

I have read that they are bigger due to global warming, more flies and food for them to eat, but then again that doesnt make too much sense with the summer we had here. Apparently there is one of those things in my living room, I havent gone in since.

So has anyone got any good methods how to get these guys out and to prevent them from getting in??

martharotter · 30-08-2011 3:13pm

I found one in my apartment this weekend, scared me half to death and I still haven't found him again. Ugh.

I bought some of those devices you can plug in and they supposedly emit sounds to scare spiders and other insects. I haven't seen the spider since, but I'm not convinced he's not just hiding.

Has anyone used these and know if they are legit? Any other spider trap or other recommendations?

sdanseo · 31-08-2011 12:22am

martharotter wrote: »

I found one in my apartment this weekend, scared me half to death and I still haven't found him again. Ugh.

I bought some of those devices you can plug in and they supposedly emit sounds to scare spiders and other insects. I haven't seen the spider since, but I'm not convinced he's not just hiding.

Has anyone used these and know if they are legit? Any other spider trap or other recommendations?

A few weeks back I found a medium sized spider running around directly underneath the sonic box thing my mam bought, which has been there for a year or more. Fairly conclusive proof that the type we have, at least, makes no difference (although no super-massive bastards this year yet, thank jesus - I hate the things. Hopefully we have a third really harsh winter to freeze the whole lot of them yet again).

Managed to send the aforementioned lad to spidey heaven, catching them is totally out of the question for me unfortunately.

loveisdivine · 31-08-2011 7:58am

We had our first one last night. About the size of a tennis ball, sat in front of the front door just waiting for me. OH quickly opened the door and ushered him out.

To be honest we have been in the house for just over a year now and this is the first spider bigger than a fingernail that we have seen. So I've been quite lucky.

Just hoping this isnt the start of something bigger. OH wont be there in the mornings to take care of them for me!

jenry · 31-08-2011 6:15pm

Hi, this huge fecker was in my sittingroom a few nights ago, i am terrified of spiders but i managed to spray him and he changed direction and start running towards me, i nearly deafened my son with the screams haha. He was standing up on the sofa shaking.

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And at the end of July we had 8 false widow spiders out on the balcony. One of them was on my sons neck but fell off, must've got in his window and climbed onto his top, lucky it didn't bite him.

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False widow with a wasp.

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This one was on my son.

tishandy · 31-08-2011 6:42pm

I am sorry , but I am not able for this. If I see any of these long legged freaks im going to have to burn the house down to destroy it!

pmcb · 31-08-2011 8:58pm

just found this spider in the back yard of the house in galway an hour ago. found one similar size to days ago. could they be coming from fyffes bananas 1/2 mile away!!!!!! must agree the spiders are getting bigger..... have him in a plastic container at the moment...put euro beside it to compare..

airmax87 · 31-08-2011 9:31pm

pmcb wrote: »

just found this spider in the back yard of the house in galway an hour ago. found one similar size to days ago. could they be coming from fyffes bananas 1/2 mile away!!!!!! must agree the spiders are getting bigger..... have him in a plastic container at the moment...put euro beside it to compare..

Nope, same as the spider I posted above, Tegenaria Species, they very from blacks to yellows to browns, common Irish spider, one of the biggest spiders you get in Ireland.

podgeandrodge · 31-08-2011 9:44pm

jenry wrote: »

i am terrified of spiders but i managed to spray him and he changed direction and start running towards me

For someone terrified of spiders you sure get up close to take pictures of them!

jenry · 31-08-2011 10:14pm

podgeandrodge wrote: »

For someone terrified of spiders you sure get up close to take pictures of them!

The spiders were dead when i took the pics. I had sprayed them.

Hal Emmerich · 31-08-2011 10:18pm

jenry wrote: »

The spiders were dead when i took the pics. I had sprayed them.

What did you spray them with? Do you spray in the house?

jenry · 31-08-2011 10:23pm

Hal Emmerich wrote: »

What did you spray them with? Do you spray in the house?

I sprayed them with antstop but it also kills other insects. If there is a spider in the house then yeah i spray it in the house. Anything just to get rid of them.

Hal Emmerich · 31-08-2011 11:12pm

jenry wrote: »

I sprayed them with antstop but it also kills other insects. If there is a spider in the house then yeah i spray it in the house. Anything just to get rid of them.

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road_high · 31-08-2011 11:23pm

I'm no big fan of spiders myself but I do think they are fascinating creatures and would never kill one just because the poor creature happened upon my bedroom or whatever

Ironically, those chemicals are far more harmful ton one's health than any of the spiders we get in Ireland!

emmabrighton · 01-09-2011 9:52am

For all you giant-hairy-spider-phobes the only real answer is to get a cat!!! I was at home last year watching tv when something ran across my bare foot :eek: I yelped thinking it was a mouse but then caught sight of the biggest feicking spider that I ever saw dashing under the sideboard. uggggggg!

My friend suggested that I get a cat as they love to eat spiders for a snack. I am literally too terrified to catch a spider in a glass and put it out the window so it seemed like the best option.

On an aside - my cat eats moths too :cool:

hdowney · 01-09-2011 5:52pm

emmabrighton wrote: »

For all you giant-hairy-spider-phobes the only real answer is to get a cat!!! I was at home last year watching tv when something ran across my bare foot :eek: I yelped thinking it was a mouse but then caught sight of the biggest feicking spider that I ever saw dashing under the sideboard. uggggggg!

My friend suggested that I get a cat as they love to eat spiders for a snack. I am literally too terrified to catch a spider in a glass and put it out the window so it seemed like the best option.

On an aside - my cat eats moths too :cool:

3 cats - too many massive spiders to count, they just hang out near the ceiling where moggies cannot go the crafty fckers!

-Trek- · 01-09-2011 5:57pm

hdowney wrote: »

3 cats - too many massive spiders to count, they just hang out near the ceiling where moggies cannot go the crafty fckers!

give them a helping hand

Justask · 03-09-2011 1:59pm

Had a lovely relaxing evening in bed with a great book which was rudely interupted by a massive spider that ran over my book :eek: I heard him aswell as saw him. I never jumped out of bed so quickly :eek::eek:

Are they pumping iron or what?????? :eek:

Senor Willy · 05-09-2011 9:58pm

I love Spiders and always pick up the large Garden spiders and release
them into the Garden. I swore I would never hold a Tarantula but I got
shamed into when my seven year old son held this female one in Kinsealy Petshop.

This is what you call a big spider.

06-09-2011 9:21am

Killed 2 last night , i think they are coming down the chimney. We have not used the fire in a long time. But a bit of wind and they are in !

hdowney · 06-09-2011 9:25am

Deleted User wrote: »

Killed 2 last night , i think they are coming down the chimney. We have not used the fire in a long time. But a bit of wind and they are in !

the poor mother had ANOTHER one in her room last nite. I wonder what is is. we have had 2 in the living room since they started coming round again and about 15 in her room (lost count at this point). and now whilst i am not fond of them, i have developed a bit of resiliance and am able to rid the house of them (will not apologise for screaming if one comes legging it toward me!). however the mothers arachnaphobia has NOT decreased any and she will have a coniption over them

Dublin_Gunner · 06-09-2011 11:23am

My contribution to the thread. I keep finding these big feckers. Must have found 10-15 in the last 3 weeks.

The missus absolutely HATES them, so I'm afraid they usually end up in spidey heaven.

I always find them in the same 2 spots in the house more or less - on the landing, and along 1 wall in the kitchen. They're always on the ground though, never up high or anything.

hdowney · 06-09-2011 12:02pm

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

My contribution to the thread. I keep finding these big feckers. Must have found 10-15 in the last 3 weeks.

The missus absolutely HATES them, so I'm afraid they usually end up in spidey heaven.

I always find them in the same 2 spots in the house more or less - on the landing, and along 1 wall in the kitchen. They're always on the ground though, never up high or anything.

these are the fckrs in my mothers room. She HATES them. in that second pic there he looks like he is rearing up to box you

06-09-2011 12:58pm

Thats the guys , its the change in weather that has them coming into the heat.

JustAThought · 06-09-2011 9:13pm

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Shower of wusses... the don't bite.. in fact they clean up the place ..get of flies and other peskys... don't squish... escort them to the door in your hand.

OMG until today I would have agreed; I was throwing a stick for my dog and as I looked down at the dog I saw a small thumbfingernail size spider that looked like it was covered with green moss on it's body but wih brown legs. The f*^<er BIT ME and jumped off. I had a big red dot on my leg and within 10 minutes My leg swelled up like popcorn ; all curly and thick and hurt like hell. 10 hours later it now still hurts and the bite area has swollen to the size of my hand with a green rim and red welts across it.
I would never have minded spiders until today that is. Totally unbelievable. NOT happy at all.

Ste- · 07-09-2011 10:20am

JustAThought wrote: »

OMG until today I would have agreed; I was throwing a stick for my dog and as I looked down at the dog I saw a small thumbfingernail size spider that looked like it was covered with green moss on it's body but wih brown legs. The f*^<er BIT ME and jumped off. I had a big red dot on my leg and within 10 minutes My leg swelled up like popcorn ; all curly and thick and hurt like hell. 10 hours later it now still hurts and the bite area has swollen to the size of my hand with a green rim and red welts across it.
I would never have minded spiders until today that is. Totally unbelievable. NOT happy at all.

Peter Parker ?

Dublin_Gunner · 07-09-2011 10:31am

JustAThought wrote: »

OMG until today I would have agreed; I was throwing a stick for my dog and as I looked down at the dog I saw a small thumbfingernail size spider that looked like it was covered with green moss on it's body but wih brown legs. The f*^<er BIT ME and jumped off. I had a big red dot on my leg and within 10 minutes My leg swelled up like popcorn ; all curly and thick and hurt like hell. 10 hours later it now still hurts and the bite area has swollen to the size of my hand with a green rim and red welts across it.
I would never have minded spiders until today that is. Totally unbelievable. NOT happy at all.

It wasn't one of the guys I posted above that bit you. Did it have a really rounded abdomen? Sounds like you're the victim of a False Widow bite.

Sephiroth_dude · 07-09-2011 11:44am

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

My contribution to the thread. I keep finding these big feckers. Must have found 10-15 in the last 3 weeks.

The missus absolutely HATES them, so I'm afraid they usually end up in spidey heaven.

I always find them in the same 2 spots in the house more or less - on the landing, and along 1 wall in the kitchen. They're always on the ground though, never up high or anything.

oh my they are huge :eek: didn't think we got big ones like that in ireland :eek:

JustAThought · 07-09-2011 12:25pm

No it didn't look that evil!!( thanks!) it looks like a nice small scarcer spider that someone had put a blob of green garden moss on top of; the stuff you get on terracotta tiles or really bad Tarmac! It is still getting bigger!!! :0

hdowney · 07-09-2011 1:02pm

JustAThought wrote: »

No it didn't look that evil!!( thanks!) it looks like a nice small scarcer spider that someone had put a blob of green garden moss on top of; the stuff you get on terracotta tiles or really bad Tarmac! It is still getting bigger!!! :0

um would you think to maybe pop to the docs to get the bite checked out - just to be safe like

JustAThought · 07-09-2011 1:28pm

hdowney wrote: »

um would you think to maybe pop to the docs to get the bite checked out - just to be safe like

Y; was a but worried ; brought it to the pharmacist who shrieked and told me to ring the zoo!

now I'm worried. Venturing to the doctor later for drugs; it is now swolen as big as an apple :0
Which answers the OP convincingly

yes: spiders do bite; hard

it'll never be the same again..

Zapperzy · 07-09-2011 1:40pm

JustAThought wrote: »

Y; was a but worried ; brought it to the pharmacist who shrieked and told me to ring the zoo! now I'm worried. Venturing to the doctor later for drugs; it is now swolen as big as an apple :0
Which answers the OP convincingly yes: spiders do bite; hard it'll never be the same again..

:eek: Are they going to admit you to the zoo? :eek:

JustAThought · 07-09-2011 1:44pm

:eek: Are they going to admit you to the zoo? :eek:[/Quote]

Haha ! Let's hope not!!! & let's hope it's not a nest of eggs :0 ( feels sick )

Hal Emmerich · 07-09-2011 2:18pm

JustAThought wrote: »

Haha ! Let's hope not!!! & let's hope it's not a nest of eggs :0 ( feels sick )

Yea, I'd say she laid a few eggs*, they'll hatch in a few weeks and you'll be grand.

*hehehe, freaks out OP

Raiot · 21-09-2011 10:58pm

dont know if anyone knows their spiders too good but theyre common house spiders, theyve gotten bigger due to a warmer summer with humidity and are completely harmless, id rather spiders than flies.
however there is one spider id advise you all to keep an eye out for, its come from australia and looks like a black widow but with a greyish patch instead of red and apparently these hunt widows, ive found 2 so far and have had more sightings of em. they can cause sickness if they bite you so id say get rid of them, i put the one i found back in the shed cos im a spider fan and it aint goin near me anytime soon.also ive a goliath tarantula so they dont really unnerve me so much.
the spider is called Steatoda Grossa, google it.

duploelabs · 22-09-2011 8:18am

Yeah, that's a false widow. I've a few of them living in my kitchen velux'

krustovski · 27-09-2011 9:58pm

killing on average two a night in my gaff,i know they keep flies at bay but so does flyspray and flyspray doesnt freak me out,every year they getting bigger,i find vannila incense and candles seem to keep them at bay,also apple and cinnemon candles which you can get now comin up to crimbo,ive heard cedar oil and chestnuts work too,just ten minutes ago i spotted a hugh bastard on my balcony,mustve been 3 inches wide,was in the process of making a cup of tea so i fecked a kettle of scallding water over it,normally they curl up but this fecker kept running till he got a boot of my size 10 and went to spidey heaven,is it climate change or maybe house spiders mutating with other stowaway spiders that are being brought into ireland.ive seen smaller tarantulas

senan s · 27-09-2011 11:06pm

here's a photo of a friend, who got bitten from a spider in Ireland, not sure, what type of spider that bit him

Warning - graphic photo of bite

duploelabs · 28-09-2011 10:23am

Proof or GTFO

Dublin_Gunner · 28-09-2011 10:25am

senan s wrote: »

here's a photo of a friend, who got bitten from a spider in Ireland, not sure, what type of spider that bit him

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?

looksee · 28-09-2011 10:30am

There do seem to be an exceptional amount of those enormous spiders around. The 'too close for comfort' prize was the one that came over my shoulder and hiked across the front of my jumper! It went into orbit, then I caught it and put it outside.

Queen-Mise · 28-09-2011 11:30am

senan s wrote: »

here's a photo of a friend, who got bitten from a spider in Ireland, not sure, what type of spider that bit him

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?

Dublin_Gunner · 28-09-2011 11:39am

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?

You just quoted the answers to both of your questions.

daenerysstormborn3 · 28-09-2011 11:42am

senan s wrote: »

here's a photo of a friend, who got bitten from a spider in Ireland, not sure, what type of spider that bit him

That makes me want to cry :eek::(

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