Thread about spiders (not for the arachnophobic!)

[moochedit]

It's not funny 'barleymow they probably have nine legs and nine eyes

 

[Epona]

Had a massive teg on our kitchen door frame yesterday - I warned OH about it because sometimes when he sees them he screams.
Don't know where it is today, it's moved.
This is fine by me but if OH discovers it somewhere unexpected there may well be screaming.

 

[Epona]

Oh moochedit you'd have loved it, it was sitting on a bit of the doorframe with all its legs pointed forwards (cowering I think cos I was in and out of the kitchen which alarmed it) - so it looked really narrow but with lots of legs pointing forwards - when I first noticed it, it didn't look like a spider until I made a closer inspection.

 

[gentlegreen]

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[gentlegreen]

Nasty.
I thought it was a rat making the noise.
.I couldn't sleep with that going on feet away from me so chucked it out of the window.

Spoiler: .

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[souljacker]

Pretty sure this is a false widow in my bath. The bath I was just standing in having a shower. Can anyone confirm? Epona?

 

[Epona]

Pretty sure this is a false widow in my bath. The bath I was just standing in having a shower. Can anyone confirm? Epona?

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Yeah, don't worry about it though - they're pretty shy and even if they do bite, although it's unpleasant it's not dangerous unless you're allergic or something - bit like a wasp sting.

 

[Mumbles274]

One of my many many resident false widows

 

[Chilli.s]

Pretty sure this is a false widow in my bath. The bath I was just standing in having a shower. Can anyone confirm? Epona?

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Yes think so too

 

[souljacker]

Yeah, don't worry about it though - they're pretty shy and even if they do bite, although it's unpleasant it's not dangerous unless you're allergic or something - bit like a wasp sting.

I thought the bites could get nasty? Should I move her out of the bath? She can't get out currently and I need her to get to work killing the midgies that seem to like one corner of my bathroom.

 

[souljacker]

One of my many many resident false widows


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Is that one pregnant? It has a much bigger butt than my one.

 

[Mumbles274]

Is that one pregnant? It has a much bigger butt than my one.

Might be? Dont know enough about them tbh

 

[moochedit]

Pretty sure this is a false widow in my bath. The bath I was just standing in having a shower. Can anyone confirm? Epona?

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Get out now!

 

[Chilli.s]

I thought the bites could get nasty? Should I move her out of the bath? She can't get out currently and I need her to get to work killing the midgies that seem to like one corner of my bathroom.

If you lay a towel over the edge of the bath to make a ladder or bridge it will get out on its own

 

[souljacker]

If you lay a towel over the edge of the bath to make a ladder or bridge it will get out on its own

And then presumably set fire to the towel yes?

 

[moochedit]

And then presumably set fire to the towel yes?

I'd burn the whole house down just to make sure

 

[Epona]

I thought the bites could get nasty? Should I move her out of the bath? She can't get out currently and I need her to get to work killing the midgies that seem to like one corner of my bathroom.

I've been bitten by a couple of them, it hurts as I said about on a par with a wasp sting, one time I got some pain in the local area for a couple of hours and a headache.

It's not in the omg you're going to die league by a long shot. And usually they will try to get away from humans and hide, they aren't in the slightest bit aggressive.

The fear of them is largely due to alarmist/clickbait headlines.

 

[gentlegreen]

My house is literally stuffed with spiders and I've never been bitten.
I even had them living inside my toaster.
After decades of free rein, the poor things are steadily losing habitat as I fix this house.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I've been bitten by a couple of them,

It's basically a love nibble as spiders love humans.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Spider mother and her bairns guarding a room

 

[farmerbarleymow]

 

[moochedit]

Spider mother and her bairns guarding a room

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Got you a present moochedit - PM me your address and I'll post it to you.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

This is a great picture - an electric blue tarantula from Thailand.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

This is an interesting spider - looks like it has a human face.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Meet the spider with a human face

A rare spider with a human face – known as a lichen crab spider – has been spotted at a nature reserve in Wareham, Dorset.

metro.co.uk

 

[farmerbarleymow]

 

[editor]

Spider earrings anyone?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

This is a beautiful image

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Spider earrings anyone?

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Ooh, do you have a link where you can buy them?