Menopause Matters Forum
General Discussion => This 'n' That => Topic started by: pixie on September 09, 2012, 07:57:46 AM
-
Yikes massive spider in the bathroom last night - had to shut all the doors, dam up all the cracks, shut the windows :hotflash: and sleep with the light on (live on my own) still there this morning in the sink. Managed to give it a bath and remove with a tea towel out of the window :o
-
Much easier to deal with the cool light of day ;) ....... I moved a loo roll holder last week and screamed when a large beastie scurried out, normally once I know which way they are running I can cope .......... it's that time of year!
Walking down our garden paths means I get webs face on :o ...........
-
;D x
Does himself deal with spiders?
-
Web face is not at all nice!! There are loads of webs and what I call autumn spiders, all amongst the plants bushes
I would not have coped well with the spider and the tea towel!!!!!!!!! Well done. Did the towel go out as well ;D (http://;D) mine would have!
-
Pixie - as well as damming up the cracks you need to put the plugs in the plug holes and stuff loo paper into the overflow in the bath and basin as these are their usual entry and exit points from a bathroom.
I love spiders of course, being an "insecty" sort of person, but I know that lots of people don't like the thought of them scurrying around and you have my sympathy!
Taz x
-
I've had a couple of big ones recently. I don't 'like' them but I wouldn't hurt one and tend to feel sorry for them when they're stuck in the sink/bath and can't get out. If they're small and it won't bother me to have them running around, I tear off some loo roll and hang it over the sink/bath so they can grip onto something and crawl out. If it's a monster spider (eek!) I open a window (you must be prepared!!), get a tall plastic beaker and put it over it, slide a piece of cardboard underneath, being careful not to chop off a leg, and let it go out of the window.
There's a saying that spiders don't reside in damp houses, so I suppose I should be pleased to see them!!
-
Not sure about the damp house thing. Our house has bits which are 1700s and some which are 1970s, however, it is damp everywhere. Sadly the spiders are everywhere as well.
-
"If you wish to live and thrive
"Let a spider run alive .... " ;)
Himself ran to the rescue but I had sorted it - it's lurking under a piece of furniture in the hall and it's not likely to be disturbed in the near future ;D
-
Hate them and can't touch them -eek! :o Hate web face too, yuk. :o
-
Remember that large beastie of above: well a few moments ago I was having a quiet 5 mins.: NOT! :o when it crawled rather than scuttled across the floor. I have now removed said critter which seemed to be stuck in it's own web, she is now outdoors in the sunshine ;)
-
Dehydration is what kills most indoor spiders.
Taz x
-
I will not offer them a drink then :o :o
Cant stand them....OH dispatches them and I dont ask how.
Honeyb
x
-
I take it that you adore flies then HoneyB :P :P
-
I used to be very tolerant with spiders, carrying them outside etc.
However, one night when dozing off, in bed, I felt something rustling on my head. Threw back covers, turned lights on, (startled OH, who was asleep), only to see a MASSIVE daddy long legs sprinting over the pillow. This changed my outlook.
-
Web face and spider earrings! :rofl: What a glorious look for the garden
Purplenanny - its the first time I have ever removed such a large beast with the tea towel and not throw the towel out too!! Must say I was somewhat chuffed. I had to paralyse it first by giving a little shower, but legs still moving aaaarrrgh, panic. I've hoovered everywhere today, and now that has broken down.
Taz, yes I did put all the plugs in and thanks for the tip about loo roll will dam up all the holes in the bathroom to stop the creature from comming back in.
-
I'm chief spider remover in our ancient house :poke2: My OH is not keen on the large hairy variety.......I use the glass and cardboard technique, but also the Dyson handheld works well, they are sucked up into the see through container and can then be released into the garden......a little dusty but unharmed 8)
-
Web mouth isn't much better either leaves me speechless!
;D ;D ;D x
-
:'( OMG we are staying at step daughters new house, and it's right on the edge of a big wood......she just said 'hope you like BIG spiders' well ladies I am VERY scared of them :'(......our bedroom overlooks the start of the wood and the window is open. The room is dark , the furniture is old and I am getting the creeps. I am dreading going to bed.......
I have a very big fear of spiders ( yes stupid I know).......oh dear wish me luck :'(
-
Oh Ellie do you want to join me in a glass of wine - trying to take mind off critters return! I've battened down the hatches and done full bathroom survelleince!
:hotflash: :hotflash: :o
-
Make sure you close the windows before putting the lights on. In case of problems, send intrepid OH or daughter in to perform the deed. Glass of wine would probably help.
-
Do spiders like wine then? ::) (http://::))
-
:rofl:
-
Good luck Ellie! Spiders aren't attracted to light Limpy - apart from flying daddy longlegs of course which arent spiders anyway but I suppose they can be just as scary if you don't like spiders.
I lost one this morning up my dressing gown sleeve - this is always happening when I try to move one from the bath to outside. It emerged about ten minutes later looking very bemused - must have been the dreadful sights it saw under my dressing gown ;D
Taz x
-
Daddy longlegs aren't as scarey, because they don't move so fast in different directions :madeyes: x
I have to get undressed before I tackle a spider, just incase it goes up the sleeve! You deserve a medal Taz!
-
Is that what's scary about spiders then? I always wondered what it was that people found upsetting! Daddy longlegs do tend to get tangled up in your hair though which is a strange feeling....
Taz x
-
I have just been upstairs to unpack overnight bag,!!! There is no bedside table, but right next to the bed is an old fashioned OPEN fireplace. The room feels creepy and I just know I won't get a wink of sleep, and hubby will go out like a light. I can feel the hairs on my arms standing up now :'(
Most people don't understand the fear of spiders, and I truly wish I didn't have it......especially tonight :(
-
On opening up the fridge , was alarmed as thought I saw another 8 legged creature, but fortunately it was only the top of the tomato leaf! ;D
-
Could you not dam it up with towels or stick something over it. Not sure if they like open fire places, in case they get burnt? :-X
-
I can never sleep the first night away anywhere, but would close the window and block the fireplace with whatever I could! :o
-
Yikes massive spider in the bathroom last night - had to shut all the doors, dam up all the cracks, shut the windows :hotflash: and sleep with the light on (live on my own) still there this morning in the sink. Managed to give it a bath and remove with a tea towel out of the window :o
I was so confused when I read this Pixie, as I had you mixed up with Pixieboots and knew that Pixieboots lives with partner and has teenage children - had to read back lots of my posts to discover that you are two different people! Mystery solved!
-
:neutral: ;D x
Goodnight ladies, I hope its a more peaceful night!
-
:-\ well I survived the night with very little sleep. I kept the light on, could hear Owls hooting and foxes calling, but didn't see any spiders....phewwww
-
We also stay on the edge of the countryside and we get some BIG spiders here.
Its funny though, when we stayed in our last house which was a very very old 1st floor flat we hardly ever saw a spider. Maybe they dont like heights ;D I would have thought that a really old place with nooks and crannies would appeal more to a spider than a bungalow.
No matter how much I tell myself I am so much bigger than them they still scare the **** out of me.
Its all those legs. Its just unnatural.
Honeyb
x
-
We are cutting back and shredding our garden and there are some fat 'autumn' spiders in thick webs ALL OVER THE PLACE ;D
Spider phobia is real and common. It's not unusual to be afraid of something that scuttles because when we lived in the cave ;)
-
Neither OH or I like spiders but we have learnt to tolerate them. :) However, he hates moths and daddy-long-legs, neither of which I mind. I'm used to be called to remove moths - he can just about cope with opening the window once I have caught them! ;D
This morning I was driving to town when a daddy-long-legs suddenly started fluttering around in the car. I managed to wait till I parked up to get rid of it, although I must admit that I was pleased when it settled on the dashboard where I could see it. Goodness knows how OH would have coped. :o
Bette x
-
I had a humongous hairy spider in the bath this morning. I swear it winked at me! ;D He/she is now no more. No way was I sharing my bath with not so incy wincy!
-
I think for me, it's how fast spiders can move that is the most frightening 'cos if you do manage to pin it down, it can get away again before you're ready to do anything with it! :o I don't mind daddy long legs so much, at least it's quite easy to grab a leg and put them outside. ;D
-
Get yourselves a 'Spider Catcher', ladies (you should find one at the online 'jungle' store).
It really works, is humane as it's 'bristles' don't crush the spider and you don't have to get right up close and personal to catch it.
I've got one and it's brilliant.
-
<wave Skylark> - several mail order catalogues do varying designs of spider catcher - we used to have a cat ::) :cat88: who would pin them down under her paw, then lift her foot to allow them to run so that she could chase them .......
-
A spider catcher would be no use to me :-\ I couldn't possible get that close to the spider :(. I cannot even touch a fake spider, or even a picture of one.
Yet I used to work in a pet shop and had to handle mice, rats etc.
-
Ellie, I'm glad you survived the night! I'm the same, even the top of a tomato (the leaf that looks like one) has freaked me out before! Will get a spider catcher but the fear is the critter might escape and quickly run up into my hair aarrrh :o
-
Know just what you mean Pixie :-\ .
One time, my hubby was working a late shift and wasn't due home until one in the morning. At eight o'clock I decided to go up and have a shower, but I saw a big spider half way up the stairs......I don't like harming them but had no choice. So I sprayed it with fly spray and it curled up and fell over. I waited and watched for a good half hour.I finally plucked up courage and dashed past it :o :o :o .The ##### thing ran as got past it >:(.....so then I was stuck upstairs till hubby came home. Of course he thought is was funny...grrrr
-
Oh crumbs! ;D I had one that raced along the carpet and under one of the units, during the night! I had to start moving furniture and hoovering in the middle of the night and it never came out. I bolstered up the door in that room and also the bedroom, never found it, but I just wonder where it went! :-X x
-
Ellie, glad you survived last night. Did you try the glass of wine? It was meant for you not the spider! ;)
I have tried fly spray with spiders, only to have then run off when you think they are dead. I think they hold their breath ;D
-
Lol Limpy. No I don't drink so no wine for me :o doesn't mix with tablets I take.
-
If they are on the floor then I am afraid I just jump on them. If they are on the wall or in the sink then its a different story.....OH has to get them or the hoover comes out if he is not there ::)
Honeyb
x
-
The spider catches are long enough to get them without them being able to run up your sleeve ;)
-
Nope :-\ couldn't bear the thought of a spider touching what I was touching........told you I was pathetic ::)
-
Can you stamp on them (with shoes on)?
-
I would have to open the window first, in short sleeves, before faffing about with spider and contraption! Bathroom survellience will begin shortly, especially as its been raining and the creatures start deciding its too damp and cold outside! Apparently they are at their largest during the Autumn! :-X
-
Limpy - they are faster than you! :madeyes: X
-
Have been known to spray spiders with extra hold hairspray than put a tub on top weighed down with a book till someone comes home to dispose of the beast.
-
Pixie - they are indeed, but I cheat, I use both feet, not subtle. It works OK, as long as hold onto something and don't fall over! :)
-
Ouch :whip: Poor thing!
-
Stamping on them would mean getting near to them :o no way hosay.if hubby Is around, I get him to put them outside. Don't wish them dead.
Before I get into bed, I do a thorough bed check....... :madeyes:
-
CLKD - you are right about scuttling critters. Beatles don't bother me - I could put one out quite happily, but anything with more than 4 legs, crabs etc.....whoaaaa :o Mrs P would've had some spiders on here by now, if she was still here :-\
-
I'm happy to have spiders in my house, though I don't like their webs which hold the dust, and I wouldn't touch a very big spider. I never kill anything if I can avoid it, though I have killed mice as I can't have them running around the house!
You can de-sensitise yourself. I used to be scared of daddy-long-legs but when my kids were born I decided that I didn't want to pass my irrational fears onto them, so I gradually forced myself to stay in the same room as one, and now I can pick one up. My kids, I'm pleased to say, aren't frightened of anything, even if they may not be overkeen on handling a creepy-crawly. My daughter is better than my son actually!
-
When I was about 10 a spider ran up the leg of my jeans - I remember it ran right up to my knee, and I had both hands round the knee of my jeans and could see it wriggling around underneath - suffice to say I sat on the floor and screamed blue murder. My big sister helpfully grabbed a big book and slammed it on my knee. Talk about traumatised - now when I see one, it brings it all back!!!!
I am having my bathroom ripped out and a new one put in - since the builders have been in, the whole house seems to be crawling with those huge, hunter spiders :o - it's horrific!
-
"Beatles don't bother me ........ " they didn't bother me, I was a Herman Hermits fan myself ;)
Walked into a large web again this morning ::) ....... in the dark :o
-
How do spiders come up a plughole or overflow.
Hubby and I have been having a heated discussion ::) over this one. He says its not possible as there is always water in the u bend and spiders cant swim under water. He also says that there are very few houses these days that dont have this kind of plumbing.
So who is right......I hate to say it but I dont think its me ;D....unless there are scuba diving spiders.
Honeyb
x
-
There is an air gap in the U bend in which they can shelter from the 'flush' of water - then they crawl up again in the night when the house is quiet - this was shown on Blue Peter or Tomorrow's World or some such programme many years ago ;)
-
Whoops I mean, I wouldn't have a problem putting a beetle out, not Paul McCartney! ;D
Scareythought that spiders come in at night! I haven't had the windows open since, just put up with the
heat! Everything plugged up in the bathroom :o :o :o
-
I hate the thought of creepy crawlies coming in at night through the window so I bought an insect screen from Lidl. You stick strips of velcro type stuff around the window frame and then cut to size a piece of fine mesh netting. Place over the velcro strips and ta da you can have the window open at night! One of my best purchases this year (only cost about £3 if that). :)
Catweazle x
-
Has anyone tried putting conkers around the house to deter the beasties?
My hubby said he removed a BIG spider from the curtain in our bedroom last night. This was just before I was going to go up to bed......I wish he hadn't told me, and just removed it..... :'(
-
My OH does the same thing. Always tells me about beasties he's found and got rid of. But worst of all he tells me about the ones that have evaded him.
Totally freaks me out.
-
Conkers make absolutely not difference! I used them for 3 years and had webs all over the nuts as well as a spider sitting on top ::)
we have named our lounge spider "henrietta" - she was walzting around the room on Fri evening but NOTHING was going to stop me watching Fairport ;)
-
Oh good heavens Ellie, I wish I did not know that! I haven't any more waltzers or critters in here since the windows have been shut. Thanks for the tip about velcro Catweazle. I walked straight into a web (from fence right over to lampost) this morning and nearly ended up inhaling and eating a beastie! Anyway after a lot of jumping about and batting in the air, no damage done! ;D
-
If I put conkers in the corners then they would be eaten by the dog ;D
Nothing lasts in corners long enough to get webs as I am a bit of a manic cleaner.....all my corners are done at least once a week....then I am a happy bunny ;D
honeyb
x
-
Apparently spiders aren't very keen on lemon pledge. Also they don't like hedge apples! ::)
-
I love my spiders - there is a very patient one in the downstairs cloakroom at the minute. He has spun his web close to the floor in order to catch the occasional silverfish which wanders out from the skirting board. How does it know they are there? The cloakroom hasn't got a window so is dark most of the time but still the spiders seem to sense where to go. I am torn - I rather like my silverfish.
Taz x
-
Pixie what are hedge apples? I must get some :) And lemon pledge is now top of my shopping list .
-
Definition of hedge apples
"The fruits of the Maclura pomifera tree are called Osage oranges or hedge apples. These large, green, bumpy fruits are inedible, but contain certain chemicals believed to have repellent powers. Many promote the use of these hedge balls to repel spiders."
Taz x
-
Thanks for the info Taz. Do you know where these hedges are??!! X :-X It looks like these apples grow in Texas, so not something wind fallen in these parts!
Luckily I have some lemon pledge, which I have just sprayed under the bed and around the window sills, so no beasties in this household tonight. 8)
-
:( was thinking I could buy some at Tesco.......Texas is a bit far to travel too :-\
-
I tried chestnut oil spray spider repellant around window frames and doors etc.
Stank to high heaven and I'm sure it attracted spiders!
At least lemon pledge smells ok.
-
:( was thinking I could buy some at Tesco.......Texas is a bit far to travel too :-\
;D ;D
-
:rofl:
It pongs in the bedroom now, enough to repel me or any potential male, let alone a spider! Good job I didn't put the eucalyptus oils on as well ( another spider repellent)
-
I wasn't sleeping well this week and had a spider scurry over my arm and over the side of the bed ..........
-
OMG that has made all the hairs stand up on my arms :o.
I was in a shop the other day looking for spider repellent spray, I picked a bottle up, and the picture on the label was of a big black spider :'( I promptly dropped it. Needles to say I didn't buy it........That is how bad I am, can't even look at a picture of a spider :'(
-
I have been reading all of these posts and feel so sorry for those of you who are petrified of spiders. It must be really horrible when you never know when you might see one. Tremendous results can be had by hypnotherapy and desensitisation and I wondered whether anyone has actually been for this? I can't imagine spending so much time being scared of something which is all around us and so much part of everyday life. There is a course at London Zoo - although it is booked up again this year. Apparently it is really popular http://www.zsl.org/zsl-london-zoo/whats-on/friendly-spider-programme,320,EV.html
My husband is terrified of them by the way - he reckons that was one of the reasons he married me. He watched me pick one of the large house spiders out of the bath one morning and then watched, from a safe distance, as it disappeared up my dressing gown sleeve and decided that I would be a great asset!
Taz x
-
CKLD - I wish you hadn't told us that! :P
Taz - thanks for the link, ;D ;D maybe worth a try, but all courses full for this autumn, when spiders at their largest! I haven't had any in this flat, since closing the windows and plugging up the bathroom.
Ellie, I know how you feel, I jump out of my skin when I catch sight of a tomato leaf!! :o
Just as well Mrs P isn't putting smiley spiders on here! P xx
-
Just had a glass of wine to settle the nerves, will have to start bedroom survellience and lemon pledge sprayathon shortly in case any Henrietta spiders about! :-\
-
I tried hypnotherapy for my creepy crawlie phobia. Didn't work as I am still afraid of insects in general. Stupid I know but can't help it. I'm a nightmare abroad with frequent jumping and screaming and flapping of arms.
It does work for some people. Either I'm resistant to hypnosis or he was just a rubbish hypnotherapist.
-
Pixie I have looked everywhere for lemon pledge, can you tell me where to buy it please.
-
I've only got the ordinary pledge which I think has some lemon in it and not the same in the picture when googled it! Will go to Wilkinsons as they sell furniture polish! Perhaps they have sold out!! At least you have hubby to protect you. Hope you are not still by that large open fireplace.
I hope you sleep a bit better - X ;)
-
I got web face again today when walking between the fence and shed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All over my hair as well, the web is so damn sticky, I couldn't get it off despite much frantic brushing of the hair with my hands!! Anxiety levels went through the roof!!
Note to self: walk with waving stick in front of face in future
-
I hate that purplenanny but only because it has destroyed the spiders web which it spent all of 20 minutes making the night before ;D
-
I know Taz- they are so clever and really intricate. I can happily watch a spider making it's web (from a safe distance) but I really do not like it over my face! ::) (http://::))
-
If you buy this lemon pledge are you going to clean your furniture every day with it or just spray it in the air? ::)
-
I'd even be tempted to use it as a body spray as well if I thought it was safe to do so!
I'm sure the damned things wait till I'm in the house myself before they make their presence known. Think they sense the fear and they are just torturing me for the sheer hell of it.
-
Can't remember the last time I saw a spider in the house. It's the time of the year when they appear so I will see one soon no doubt.
-
I couldn't find the lemon pledge anywhere either, so wondering if it has been discontinued? Had a dreadful night, looking out for 8 legged beasties in the bedroom and then my smoke alarm started bleeping all night, so have had the fire service here this morning! :hotflash: X
The flat is spotless now cleaned around with some pledge I've had for years, called classic pledge which has a limone perfume in the ingredients. May spray on sides of bed, Anne! Apparently if you spray in on your window sill and frames, they won't cross the barrier. Luckily the fireman didn't start looking around at the loo roll stuffed in the sink drainage holes and plugs in everywhere ;D ;D
By the way the lemon pledge is on their website and do wipes too.
I have some eucalyptus essential oil, will put a few drops of that around tonight, because they don't like it either
-
Pixie - do you have to do this every Autumn? :o
-
Oh dear Pixie, you sound awfully pre-occupied with the eight legged creatures!
-
I dont like them either but I really try and remember that I am so much bigger than them and they really cant do me any harm.
Have you had any counselling about this....that may well help.
Honeyb
x
-
Last night, just before getting into bed I was dimly aware of a largish brown lump on the floor, I thought it was a leaf. But, I didn't have my lenses in and couldn't really see, so popped the emergency glasses on. I was confronted with a massive spider (3" across the legs, 1/2" body)
I am sure it was taunting me, doing the spider version of the New Zealand Haka. I remained calm and grabbed a piece of kitchen roll which was handy and covered the offending beast. Then grabbed the whole thing and sprinted outside, to dump the whole handful. Can't comment on the state of the spider, as I didn't look.
The bad news is, the bedroom windows and patio doors have been open all day because of painting. Goodness knows what will be in here tonight. :o
Honeyb, did you know spiders can bite? I think Pixie has a well balanced approach. ;D
-
Had a humongous spider in our bedroom last night too. No way I was sleeping until it had been removed. Of course had to deal with it myself as I didn't want to lose sight of it. So bravely did the same as Limpy! They are huge this year, must have been all that rain! ;D
-
I was bitten several years ago in our garden. We have 2 large beasties around the house this week. So long as I know where they are headed ::) - I can deal.
Our quail eat them. :o ........... using Pledge is cruel, better to stamp on them or use rolled up newspaper if you must kill them.
Spiders' web is the strongest material made - and is used in some countries to bind wounds.
-
:'( oh dear oh dear been reading all the posts. SPIDERS BITE !!!!
We have been away all week and am DREADING going home tomorrow,because the decorator has been decorating our bedroom and of course he will have had the windows open. Am sure the beasties will be lurking everywhere. Am sure my fear of spiders got worse because my ex once put a spider down my top :'(.
-
Did it get out ok Ellie? ;D
-
It did Taz, and so did he ;)
-
Ellie, I think you are well rid of both!
-
Me too - anyone who can be cruel enough to put an unsuspecting spider down someone's top is just not nice! :ange:
-
Ellie - that is absolutely awful >:( - the thought of that happening :cuss: for me: it's octopus I HATE >:(
-
My dad used to give me a big spider from the garden and tell me to give it to my mum who hated them. He never did understand how she could be scared of something that couldn't hurt her. She didn't like cows either but thankfully we didn't have any of them in the garden.
Taz x
-
;D No need to spray pledge on spider, just around window frames to stop them comming in. I don't kill 'em. x
-
How do you know they come in through the windows?
We dont seem to have spiders upstairs, just downstairs and I dont leave the windows open downstairs. Unless they dash in when I open the front door, I think must come in some other way. ;D
-
Ours creep in. We have a large one around the kitchen currently ::)
-
Oh good grief! :rofl: Its pouring with rain today here, so beastie might want to come in, especially as cooking a roast, and window ajar!!!
I can't see much difference in them being upstairs or downstairs? ;D
-
Do you mean that a spider couldn't negotiate the stairs littleminnie :lol:
-
You are not likely to meet an octopus in your bedroom CLKD.
Why do you hate them?????
I like in tempura batter....or is that squid ;D
Honeyb
x
-
My niece has just sent me this You Tube of the Peacock spider. It has the most amazing courtship dance and it isn't as scary as it sounds. I am putting it here in case those of you who like spiders haven't seen it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-nmeYirsvA
Taz x
-
Would himself agree about octopus in the bedroom CLKD?!!! ;D
Taz, this daft spider routine, is not normal for me during Autumn and I think it might be just be easier to get a spider catcher! I live in a first floor flat, so if Littleminnie's theory is right........ :whist:
Haven't plucked up the courage to watch spider u-tube yet. :neutral: X
-
Good CGI Taz :-\ ........ a bit too choreographed to be true ?
it's pouring here so spiders are knocking on the windows to be let in ;)
-
Taz
The peacock spiders actually looked quite cute (can't believe I'm saying that).
They look like they are made of pipe cleaners ( memories of arts and crafts classes at school) but I still wouldn't want to be up close and personal with one!
X
-
There is this one too - at around 4mins in you can see that the movements are quite rhythmical but I agree there could be some editing on the first one to make it more dancy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GgAbyYDFeg and at about 5 minutes in you can see him come to an untimely end - eaten by the lady...
Taz x
-
Girl Power!!!
Thanks Taz. Hate spiders but can appreciate the beauty of nature especially viewing it on-line.
-
Re octopus in bedroom - not entirely certain OH would notice..........
-
Sat down with my evening meal in front of the TV and there was ONE :o fortunately not creeping about the sea bed for more than a few seconds but my meal was almost on the floor as my feet crept underneath me :-\ -I HATE them. ::)
-
:rofl:
I find them scarey too! x
-
Octupus or spiders?
-
Octopius are really fascinating creatures. I wouldn't like to go swimming with one though. You had better not watch this CLKD http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=9yHIsQhVxGM Octopus escaping from the deck of a boat through a tiny hole.
Taz x
-
That was amazing Taz. Both scarey CKLD. On second thoughts, not too worried about octopus, but probably wouldn't want to encounter one whilst swimming and certainly don't like them in batter! ;D
-
I have just noticed my spelling of Octopus - I was going to change it but I rather like Octopius!
Taz x
-
That one looks like a roasted chicken with legs ;D ........ they are intelligent critters ..........
-
Which critters are intelligent, roast chickens or octopius ?? ;D
-
The intelligent chickens are the ones that manage not to end up as the sunday roast I reckon!
Taz x :D
-
:clapping:
-
:o last night we were both dozing on the settee sort of watching TV when suddenly a HUGE beastie appeared - DH lazily swiped it off and I haven't seen it since ........... :-\
-
No you won't - they scuttle off and lurk under beds, chairs or pipes.
Last year, or was it the one before, I felt something run over my face when I was in bed.
Flailed around a bit and eventually found large spider.
It ended up flat, I mean, IT WAS TRYING TO BITE ME
How else do I end up with unexplained blisters? See blister thread.
Drs and others with experience put it down to spider bites -
-
I put my dressing gown on the other day and then felt a tickling sensation on at my throat. Brushed it and a HUGE spider went flying across the room. Lucky it wasn't a biting one, Limpy!
-
Ju Ju - Phew ;D
-
I now shake towels, jumpers, socks, slippers - anything that's been on the floor :o
I had a small one in the car with me as a passenger the other day, I flicked it out of the window then felt guilty :'( :-\
-
The running over the face sensation .....story to tell.
Years ago both of my kids had hamsters. One little blighter kept escaping. One peaceful night both of us sound asleep. Suddenly hubby lunged out of the side of the bed. He gave me such a fright. He was saying ...turn the light on, turn the light on. I did and he sat up in bed holding.....a hamster. ;D
It had run over me, covered up to my ears and then across hubbies bare chest.
At least it was not a spider. I have had one on my dressing gown too. I have had quite a few biggies in the house over the last few weeks. They make me shudder.
Give me a hamster any time.
Honeyb
x
-
Hamsters bite harder than spiders do - I know I've been bitten by both (not at the same time) :D
-
Just seen your post CLKD.
Reminded me of last year. Driving to mum's and having to check my rear view mirror only to see a massive spider dangling just behind my head. Best emergency stop ever.
Managed to usher it out of the car......hate them with a passion. 8)
Honeyb
x
-
I have been bitten by hamsters and guinea pigs over the years...Oh and add in rabbits. We had quite a menagerie when the kids were young.
Rather have any of the above than a spider....In fact I quite miss my little animals.
There is a black lop eared rabbit on the loose near me. both daughter and I have tried to catch it with no success.....yet. If I do and its not claimed I have another pet ::)I
Honeyb
x
-
CLKD - Spiders are sneaky - you don't know you've been bitten.
Till the blister comes up...........
-
Oh I hate them too....
I remember as a child I could hear them walking over the polystyrene ceiling tiles in my mothers house. I really could hear them - they were huge. I still hate them and I think that's why I'm a bit OCD with cleaning and moving furniture.
My sister is even worse than me. It is awful and many ppl don't understand the phobia. I know they won't hurt me but I am terrified of the big bruisers. Sob :(. Be so glad when spider season is over :(
-
I love them but really feel for those who are scared by them. My husband is terrified of them which is difficult when he's gardening and also difficult because I like them around but he makes me get rid of them all when they come in. He woke me up at 3 this morning because he needed to use the bathroom and there was a really large female scrabbling around in the bath.
Have you tried any of the therapies groundhog? It seems daft to put yourself through all of this worry and fear if there is a way to combat it.
Taz x
-
For anyone who doesn't like spiders place a conker in each corner of your rooms and this will keep spiders away.
It really does work! :)
-
Oh my goodness!!
After reading these posts I had to shake the towel, the dressing gown, the pillows - everything, before I got in the bed!
The thought of a spider running across my face - noooooooooo! :o (http://:o)
Buried myself under the duvet but had a hot flush and had to come up for air!! ;D (http://;D)
Never knew that about the u bend!!!!
Do the conkers work?? mixed thoughts from everyone on this? We have had quite a few HUGE ones in the past 2 weeks. Thank god hubby can deal with them - he really needs to be quicker though and not phaff around so much!! The blighters run so fast
I really do fear spiders - why, I have no idea - totally irrational, I know. Why are they so scary???
PN x x
-
It's all those legs.....It's not natural ;D
I know what would happen if I put conkers in our rooms. The dog would eat them ::)
My mother has a spider catcher thingy. I sucks them up and then you let them go outside.
Honeyb
x
-
Dyan - 'oh no they don't ' ;D - we put conkers in every room and the spiders built webs over them :D
I was bitten by a bl/white very small spider in the garden, stood and waited for a reaction - nowt ......
Bitten by a hamster and by rabbits/cats/dogs ...... OUCH. Honeybun: Will the lop eared bunny be caught in a fishing net, that's how we catch the one that wanders around our Estate ......... ;)
The spidery catcity thing can be bought from Lakeland Plastics ..... we use a pint glass with a stiff piece of card but the spider legs still spill over :o
-
;D CLKD- :-\ worked fine in our house.
Not a spider in sight :-*
-
You're supposed to say 'oh yes they do' - or I am 3 months too early ;D
-
Rewind................" Oh yes they do!" ;D
Brain not in gear this after
-
… after …………. :-X
As an aside - at 2.20 a.m. I woke to find a mozzie on my ear lobe so I shook my head. Dropping off to sleep, at 2.50 DH was swishing around as it had landed on him. We were then awake until 4.00 waiting for it to land ………. which it did, on my arm: WHACK! then I had to wash the sheet today because there was a smudge :o
-
I had a spider fall off the ceiling into the bath behind me, once. I've never shot out of the bath so fast.............. :o
-
My very worse beastie moment was sitting down to eat a lovely ripe peach.
As I brought it towards me to have a bite I saw two little things sort of moving in the middle. Peach went up in the air. It was an earwig who had taken up residence in the stone.
I will only eat a peach if it has no stone.....Not getting caught like that again ;D
Honeyb
x
-
Why do that, why not splosh it into the water ;D - but like you, I get out of the water very fast ...........
It's half an earwig that worries me ............ :-\ :o
-
:scottie: !!
-
My dad used to tell me that I shouldn't eat an apple with one hole in it as there may be a worm inside. I could eat an apple with two holes though as the worm had come back out ;D
Never knew if he was kidding or not.....I just don't eat apples with any holes in at all ::)
Honeyb
x
-
This isn't about spiders, but cockroaches - I once heard of a cellist who was taking part in a concert with her string quartet. They were up on stage, playing away, when the cellist spotted a cockroach on the stage floor and it was coming towards her. She couldn't do anything about it and she just had to keep on playing. Unfortunately, it wasn't put off by her long skirt and just crawled underneath the hem and up her leg!!!! And as the show had to go on, she still just had to keep on playing!! (This was told me by someone who knew her.)
-
Bit of a side step here.
In the early days of our relationship OH was driving me to play in a concert.
I was wearing a long black skirt (long skirt link - phew - I knew there was a link there somewhere)
Apparently there was a mouse running around in the foot well alongside my feet and said skirt.
He didn't tell me, good thing probably.
-
Obviously a cultured mouse, Limpy! Can you remember what you were playing?
-
Not sure, might have been Shostokovich 5.
Don't know what the mouse was playing ......
-
Maybe Strauss's Die Fledermaus?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXYl5pJU9Jo
Love it!
D.
-
;D (which translates as 'the bat') however: :rofl: ........... the neighbours' cat walked through a cobweb earlier, the look on his little face :D and I thought spiders spun webs at chin height so that I woudl walk through 'em ::)
-
;D
I does seem to prove there's no point in watching the conductor......
-
I don't think I would recognise a cockroach :-\ ……….. didn't she put her foot on it?
-
CLKD - yes, I know "Fledermaus" means "bat" - it's more Jerry's conducting skills I was talking about!
Did the cellist put her foot on the cockroach? I don't know! There'd have been a bit of a scrunch if she did!
Limpy - absolutely! And even less point watching two! The late Sir Adrian Boult used hardly any movement of his hand to conduct. Wonder how anybody could have seen his beat......!
-
;D ………… we have 1 eating a fly on our patio ;) ……. it's making the fly wriggle a bit :-X
-
Stop panicking about the supposedly larger than Life spiders that are about to land on our shores - it ain't going to happen, according to people who handle wild spiders daily as part of their job! It's scaremongering. Apparently the Press have been telling the public about the large spider and giving it a Latin name: but that particular spider is one of our smallest and lives quietly out of the way ;D
So put those Hoovery-thingies away ;)
-
Got my first daddy long legs in the house today. They are a bit late this year. It's all those legs and wings, they make me shudder.
Honeybun
X
-
Just think of it like this honeyb. They have spent all that time underground grubbing about and now they have their wings they just want a bit of freedom (and mating of course) before they die off. They don't mean to invade your space - they just haven't quite got the hang of being above ground yet.
Taz x :D
-
It's when they dangle upside down from the ceiling :o
Oh not keen at all.
Honeyb
x
-
Oh I had one of those last night, he took a few steps and then dropped about 3 inches. He did this half a dozen times.
I was reading in bed, with one eye on him , telling myself it was ok as he wasn't near the bed. So, what did he do? Yep, he made his way to directly over the bed and continued his little show!! :o (http://:o)
He didn't live to long after that! and I suffered a massive hot flush :sweatdrop: (http://:sweatdrop:)
I really do not like spiders. It stems from when we moved into our first house and lived out of the packing boxes for some time while waiting for cupboards and storage. When we eventually emptied them, masses, yes masses :o (http://:o) of spiders came running out all over the place. They must have nested in there. I had a massive panic attack, frozen to the spot. It was absolutely horrendous.
Ever since, spiders and me are a no no!
I might get one of those catchy things, but would be worried it would run out and up my arm! Oh heck!
PN x x
-
I hate them - when I was a child I seem to be able to hear them! My parents had polystyrene tiles on some ceilings and I could here the big ones scampering across them. Terrified of them 😢🔨🔨
-
My mother has a neat little sucky them up thing. She seems to manage ok with it and no running up her arm incidents ;D
I hate them too and they are getting bigger....I'm sure of it ...either that or I'm getting scareder.
Honeyb
x
-
I once pulled back the duvet to get into bed......and the BIGGEST HAIREST SPIDER that I had ever seen was sitting there..O.M.G......I shouted DH and thankfully he was able to catch the MONSTER and put it outside.. :o..
In Greece once, I got out of bed and put my slippers on, and felt somthing inside, and it was a Cockroach... :o
I am so bad with SPIDERS that I Carnt even touch a picture of one :'(.
-
Oh crikey, I am feeling quite ill now :o (http://:o)
(http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/blue-face/i-cant-look-smiley-emoticon.png) (http://www.sherv.net/)
-
;D ……….. our cat used to put her paw over one, then lift carefully and peer underneath to see if it was still there ; my terrier would chase spiders across the room, then sit whimpering if they ran up the wall ;D.
Daddy-long-legs make good bait for trout ;)
-
I LOVE spiders, they're especially good on toast. Uuurgh, kidding of course, I've made myself want to throw up!
My worst one was last summer when I felt something tickling my face in bed, snapped the light on and there's a behemoth Shelob fresh out of it's cave, sitting on my pillow - huge, thick and hairy (oi that's rude!), it saw me and scuttled down the back of the bed, I had to move the whole bed to catch it before I could sleep, even then I had trouble.
Also last summer, I got out of the bath, grabbed the towel and started drying off, only to find I had rubbed a huge spider all over me where it had settled in the folds of my towel. Strewth!
-
:rofl: ……… oh poor spread spider ;)
Spiders on toast - with or without HP Sauce?
-
I don't mind mice that much....but I have been known to scream and bring neighbours running.
Always seems to happen to me.
We had a very big dog years ago and I bought her dry food in bulk. I kept it in the garage in a swing bin. I went out to get food from the bin. Got the scoop, leaned in up to my armpit and a mouse ran up my arm. I ended up half way down the drive screaming my head off ;D.
Second occasion with mice. We kept rabbits and guinea pigs in a big run in the garden. Hubby built them a great home. I went in to clean out the hutches with my son holding the bag for all the dirty stuff. Opened the sleeping hatch to clean it out and out comes two mice....my son was in knots as I hurdled the fence that enclosed the run. He reckoned he had never seen his mother move so fast or jump so high.
Between that and wandering hamsters in the night I have done my time with furry things ;D
I have decided it could only happen to me ;D
Honeybun
X
-
:rofl: ……….
-
I really quite like spiders, in fact I may get a tarantula as a pet one day.
It appears I'm a bit scared of mice though, as I discovered when one ran past me one day so I put traps down. All was fine until we caught it and I just couldn't bring myself to approach it, never mind pick it up. That said we rented a holiday cottage a few years ago and the laundry stuff was in the basement and there was at least one mouse which used to come and watch me so I used to joke about heading down to see Mickey.
-
Well.....me and birds ;D
By this point ...I'm the mad woman of the forum. ;D
I reckon I was traumatised as a child by being taken through a free flying aviary. They all tried to land on my head.
So birds for me are best viewed at a distance.....except I live by the seaside and we having dive bombing free flying rats...,ie seagulls.
Oh they like me....they crap on me from a great height, they pinch my ice cream, they come far too close and I don't like them at all.
My hubby laughs because if we have an ice cream cone in the summer, I cower in a doorway licking mine because I just know they are....waiting ....and watching ::)
As for having chips ;D
Honeybun
X
X
-
Although gulls are protected I would be taking a swipe :P
-
They are not protected up here. We now have hawks being flown along the sea front. They are evil buggers to be honest and getting bolder by the year.
It's also an offence to feed them from the prom in an effort to send them back to sea. Seems to be working quite well.
All very humane but if one comes near me I clout it with my handbag ;D
Honeybun
X
-
I doubt any of our gulls have ever seen the sea! Don't reckon they'd know what to do with a fish unless it was in batter ;D
Taz x
-
I meant to post this a few weeks ago ::) - meno-brain strikes again!
RSPB web-site -
"All species of gull are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and the Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985.
"This makes it illegal to intentionally or, in Scotland and Northern Ireland, recklessly injure or kill any gull or damage or destroy an active nest or its contents. In Scotland and Northern Ireland, it is also illegal to prevent birds from accessing their nest, and in Northern Ireland, it is illegal to disturb any nesting bird. In addition, the Mediterranean gull is protected under Schedule 1 of both Acts making it illegal to intentionally or recklessly disturb the birds at or close to their nest or to disturb their dependent young. … "
Spiders are appearing - must be Autumn then: anyone scared?
-
They are still flying Hawks around the seafront.
The gulls really are a menace so anything to send them off is good by me.
They should be out at sea and not raiding bins and pinching ice creams.
Honeybun
X
-
My daughter is phobic about spiders. Many a time I have had to go to her rescue, yet she has just send me a picture of her holding a tarantula! Now I couldn't do that. My response was that it was a plastic one or it wasn't her, but apparently it was her and it was a real one. I'm waiting to hear how she managed to hold it.
We are being over run by wood pigeons at home and they are a menace in such large numbers. Plenty of poop! Yuck! :( And very noisy early in the morning.
-
Why not raid bins and pinch human food, they are opportunists ;D ……… humans do the same ;)
We are beginning to see those lovely Autumn spiders in the garden …….
-
Yep, put my head straight through one of their webs today while gardening. :o (http://:o) made me feel quite ill ;D (http://;D)
They make beautiful webs and are fascinating to watch, but preferably not that close!
PN x x
-
May I giggle ;) ………. there are several desensitisation programmes, I believe that London Zoo hold tarantula days :-\ where people pay to get close up and personal with large spiders. Not my idea of fun though I don't mind those in our garden or house. I helped one out of the bath this evening, silly critter decided to fall in as I began running the water ::) ……. no idea where she is now though ……..
-
Are spiders insects ?
"Pest management consultant Clive Boase said conditions are ideal for the spiders over the coming weeks, but says their numbers are unknown.
Clive said: “Nobody has any idea how many false widows there are – they are a small insect, so there potentially could be hundreds of thousands or even millions. . "
I thought that insects have six legs?
-
Are spiders insects ?
Don't know and don't care.
All I know for certain is I don't like them much when 1 runs over my head when I'm just nodding off ::)
-
Oh YUCK! Gone all shivery now 😱
-
When we were on holiday a few weeks ago we had a very large unwelcome visitor ....a huge spider. Hubby just stamped on it as it scuttled past him. It was enormous.....very glad it was dispatched.....they make me shudder.
Honeybun
X
-
Insects have 6 legs ………. spiders 8. TAZ!
-
Yep, put my head straight through one of their webs today while gardening. :o (http://:o) made me feel quite ill ;D (http://;D) They make beautiful webs and are fascinating to watch, but preferably not that close! PN x x
I do agree, PN - their webs are beautiful but I don't think I'd like to put my head through one either!!
D.
-
Our spiders build webs gob height - as I'm walking in the garden first thing I find my chin hits every one :D