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Worse than finding a spider

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Lizbethann55 Mon 03-Jul-23 17:59:10

Finding a large marauding spider in your living room is terrifying enough. But even worse is when it disappears before you can deal with it (ie summons your DH) and you know it is still there, somewhere, hiding, waiting to pounce!!!😱🕷

Smileless2012 Mon 03-Jul-23 18:00:51

They move so quickly don't they Lizbethann. Keep your DH in the living room until it re emerges and can be caught and put outside.

Kim19 Mon 03-Jul-23 18:02:07

Doesn't bother me at all. However, if it was a mouse, very different story!

dogsmother Mon 03-Jul-23 19:54:41

Oh Kim I’m with you……I will come for the spider just keep the vermin away!

crazyH Mon 03-Jul-23 19:57:50

Never understood spider phobia. I’m the spider catcher in my family 😂

Skydancer Mon 03-Jul-23 20:00:09

Anyone who fears spiders or any other creature should take the time to learn about them. Then you realise they are not frightening. Nothing is out to get you. A spider is only interested in catching its prey. Just leave them alone. They are fascinating.

ShazzaKanazza Mon 03-Jul-23 20:05:01

It’s worse when it’s in your bedroom hiding!

Grammaretto Mon 03-Jul-23 20:05:53

DH and DD were and are arachnophobic so I have always had the job of removing spiders
DD was just telling me how terrified she was on entering 5he shower block on a Scottish campsite
Never mind midges, it was the spiders and their webs

ShazzaKanazza Mon 03-Jul-23 20:05:58

Just to add I would never kill one. It always gets put outside.

fiorentina51 Mon 03-Jul-23 20:08:24

I have a spider phobia. Totally illogical I know. I also hate wasps but I know where that comes from, a childhood incident when I was attacked by a swarm of them, very angry due to their nest being disturbed... not by me I hasten to add.
I'm OK with snakes, frogs, toads and lizards though. 😊

lixy Mon 03-Jul-23 20:14:07

Don't mind spiders - I'd rather have a few in the house than a fly buzzing around the bedroom at night!

VioletSky Mon 03-Jul-23 20:30:37

I'd rather a spider than an earwig

Absolutely scare the life out of me

Oopsadaisy1 Mon 03-Jul-23 20:34:07

I’m spider phobic as well.

Give me a mouse any time

Esmay Mon 03-Jul-23 20:46:30

I'm okay with spiders .
Not keen on rats .

And even worse : my idea of horror is to open a packet of vegetables and find a snake inside as some poor man did recently .

SueDonim Mon 03-Jul-23 21:39:25

I’ve read about spiders, I know how they live and what they do etc but I’m still terrified of them. We’ve lived in countries where a bite from a jumping spider (which is small!) can land you in hospital for weeks or months.

I had a spider on the washing drying outside recently. It was bright green! ✳️ I wasn’t scared of it and just brushed it away so maybe all spiders should be that colour.

MayBee70 Mon 03-Jul-23 21:44:02

I’m not scared of spiders. But when I get one of those huge ones that run incredibly fast and disappear under chairs and sofas it freaks me out. However, I’ve realised that my hand held GTech Air ram sucks up insects without hurting them so if it happens again I’ll sit there holding my vacuum and be ready for it.

NotAGran55 Mon 03-Jul-23 21:47:09

I don’t mind anything except dogs. I’m not scared generally , I just don’t like being ran at, jumped up on, or slobbered over when I’m out for a walk 🤮

ixion Mon 03-Jul-23 21:51:08

One of my unspoken criteria for Mr. Right, many moons ago, was the ability to remove spiders with aplomb.
Mr. I fitted the bill in so many ways.

Sadly, these days, he (a) has to have them pointed out to him, then (b) find his glasses and (c) move fast enough/be agile enough to actually catch them.

Lizbethann55 Mon 03-Jul-23 22:58:28

Esmay, I read about that too. It wasn't even exotic veg, just brocolli from Aldi. My poor DH has a full blown fear of snakes ( he quite literally cannot even look at a picture of one!) I didn't dare tell him about the brocolli snake for fear of his reaction.

Shelflife Mon 03-Jul-23 23:14:17

I am with you Lixy, a fly in my bedroom drives me mad , no way could I sleep with a fly buzzing round! Spiders don't bother me , have a large jam jar and a sheet of thin metal always to hand . Pop the jar over the spider slide the metal under and then release the spider outside - I always ask it nicely to please not come back ! I never kill spiders.

Squiffy Mon 03-Jul-23 23:50:51

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cornergran Tue 04-Jul-23 00:07:57

Found one between my pillows last week. Caught it but had to strip the bed and re make it before I could get in!

biglouis Tue 04-Jul-23 00:16:36

I tell my cleaner not to kill any spiders they find in dark corners, just leave them be. They catch flies. If necessary I will put them outside myself.

MayBee70 Tue 04-Jul-23 00:18:48

I’m spraying everywhere with peppermint. Spring cleaning after having a couple of windows and a door fitted and I’ve got those long legged spiders everywhere.

Shinamae Tue 04-Jul-23 00:22:43

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