Shock, spider in my bedroom this evening!

I cannot be in the house with one, my husband has on occasion had to drive home from work to deal with one.
Totally irrational I know, but I’m totally terrified!

I like your spider catching invention Riverwalk
I’m going to pinch that idea for catching wasps.
I’m always scared that the cat or dog will try to catch them in their mouth

He who desires to live and thrive
Should let a spider go alive
Anon

Teacheranne. My sister shared your phobia. As a little girl I thought it was funny. She was constantly convinced she could see spiders on the ceiling in our bedroom and my parents would carefully brush the ceiling every night before we went to bed to reassure her. Then when in my teens, I saw her reduced to whimpering tears of real fear by the sight of large spider and realised how frightened she was and after that always tried to protect her from them.

I do not have a problem. DH picks them up in his bare hands and throws them out of the door. I use a drying up cloth or towel.

I did have a moth phobia and if one started fluttering around my bedside light I would tell for my father to come and deal with it while I dived under the bedclothes.

Yell for my father (not tell)

LullyDully

I find it interesting that some people seem to loathe spiders while others are not bothered. My son and his children are terrified of even the smallest ones. So it's always me with the glass and the slip of card.
I have a fascinating spider who spins her web on my kitchen window with such skill. I am loath to spoil her good work as she is a joy to watch.

I had great pleasure in watching a spider last summer spinning a lovely Web on the glass of my French doors and I too did not have the heart to destroy it until winter came. I’m a little scared of them but would never kill one deliberately I try to catch them and put them outside on a plant.. or if I’m upstairs I’m afraid they have to abseil out of the bathroom window…

I wish I hadn't seen this thread as I am terrified of these things but I don't wish them any harm..for those of you that have seen them in your houses this month can I ask do you live in old houses in very wet areas?
I did a six month season in Llandudno when I was 18 and I have never seen such massive hairy beggars.

Riverwalk

There was a large spider in my bath yesterday - I don't like the buggers but no longer flush them down the loo.

I have a homemade catcher - it's the cardboard tube from aluminium foil with one end closed. I scoop up the pesky thing and hold a piece of card over the top then take it outside and let it go as far away from the door as I can, then close the door so it can't stroll straight back in!

Thank you for that excellent idea, I shall save my next cardboard tube and make a spider catcher????

I keep an old yogurt pot and postcard for such an occasion. I scoop it up and put it outside. ( I know they come back but it will take time.) You have to have the gear ready or it disappears while you are looking.... and then you really can't sleep.

rockgran

I keep an old yogurt pot and postcard for such an occasion. I scoop it up and put it outside. ( I know they come back but it will take time.) You have to have the gear ready or it disappears while you are looking.... and then you really can't sleep.

I will keep one in the bedroom and one in the bathroom. My lounge carpet is a sort of black current colour very very dark so even if a spider was sat right now looking at me I would not be aware and that can only be a good thing about…

Pudding123

I wish I hadn't seen this thread as I am terrified of these things but I don't wish them any harm..for those of you that have seen them in your houses this month can I ask do you live in old houses in very wet areas?
I did a six month season in Llandudno when I was 18 and I have never seen such massive hairy beggars.

My bungalow was built in 1954 so not very old but it is in an area which used to be marshland and was a stream running where my boundary hedge is. I have a 6 ft space underneath the bungalow which is designed to hold any water when the flood table rises. I expect it is flooded under there at the moment! One corner of my garden is regularly under water so it is possible that spiders are more frequent in my house because of the damp.

When the area was developed in the 1950’s, the builder was not permitted to build two story houses, only bungalows and that remains the case today. If a bungalow is being renovated, planning permission is not granted for a second story, only dormer bedrooms.

There is no way I could ever get close enough to a spider to catch it in a glass or tube.

Perhaps if the tube was a mile long...

Sara1954

I cannot be in the house with one, my husband has on occasion had to drive home from work to deal with one.
Totally irrational I know, but I’m totally terrified!

The thing is Sara1954, you will have been in the house with more than one, many many times! Probably right now! But never fear. We seldom see them. They prefer dark corners and crevices as a rule in winter.

My parents fostered children and we had a child who stamped on a spider which was actually outside. Of course all us children had a fit of the vapours as we'd been brought up to do no harm to spiders

The child stayed with us for 12 months. When he left us his phobia had disappeared as he'd have been a nervous wreck due to the amount of spiders both in and out. Grew up to be a fine spider loving man!

I grew up in a large, very old house, Pudding123. There was a stream and maybe that sort of lifestyle means any spider phobias have to be dealt with as we saw plenty. We couldn't access our garage for months due to a spider having weaved the most wonderful web that we all allowed to nurture. And of course the fabulous photos we have of numerous webs in hedges during frosty times. Beautiful things. To think that these creatures can make a thing of such beauty yet not be appreciated.

Now we live in another large old house and my parent's teaching stayed with me and my children/grandchildren are totally unconcerned about them.

Maybe it is a case that the more you see the less likely a phobia.

But phobias can be beaten and spiders are worth a chance to continue their work

Give spiders a chance!!

Beautiful!