Worse than finding a spider

I love the sound of your Sid, AGAA4, We had a resident spider in the kitchen that the children named Oscar.

As others have said, mice are a different thing. In themselves they are probably quite sweet, but I don’t want them scuttling around the house. Something that really freaks me is slugs, horrible slimy things, but thankfully they don’t run, they just enjoy my plants if they get the chance.

I don't mind spiders and any large scuttlers which run across the floor (probably doing the spidey equivalent of nah, nah, nah na-nah) are removed by the glass and sheet of card method and taken a distance outside and gently deposited elsewhere. Then the only exercise I get, running back inside, hoping it's not faster than me and getting back in before me. 😂
On the other hand, I can't stand slugs, no no no!

Squiffy🤣🤣🤣

A phobia is a phobia. It's not rational. I had a zoologist friend who knew more about spiders than the average person, and he used to staple book pages closed when they had large spider pictures on them!
He even went to work in the British Antarctic Survey partly because he knew he'd never meet a spider in Antarctica.

In our household it would be DH shouting for me to deal with the spider. If it was a moth it would be the other way round. Secret of a long and happy marriage.

I have lovely mans who will take Mr Spider over the road to the village green to enjoy their long and blameless lives out of my ken.

We had a resident spider we named Sid in our old cottage. He was huge and when he jumped off a shelf we could hear him running along the floor.
We never caught this spider. Too fast and lots of hiding places. He was still there when we moved out.

I can't even think about the idea of a large spider on the loose somewhere in the house. I'd have to move somewhere else.

I had lots of large spiders on my narrow boat. They lurked under the top hatch, outside the shower room door, and dropped down.…
Impossible to get rid, so many places for them to hide.

I’m not keen on the big hairy spiders, but I do try to put them outside with a glass and paper but they move so quickly. I have less success with the spindly ones because the minute I touch them all their legs seem to fall off. I really don’t like daddy long legs, or crane flies though.

I recall reading that spiders hate horse chestnut essence. A sister has a plug-in electronic device she bought at the local hardware shop, that repels vermin but also spiders and insects. Apparently it works well.

I have a real fear of big spiders. I always leave the bathroom washbasin with water in at night so that I don't disturb others when washing my hands and don't turn on the light, just have a nightlight 0on the landing. One night last year I washed my hands and felt something in the water like little slivers of wood between my fingers. This time I did put the light on and ----horror of horrors- I'd been sharing the water with a huge black spider which had dropped in and drowned. I felt really sorry for the spider, poor thing, but even sorrier for myself. I can still feel that matchstick sensation in my hands and shudder at the memory.

I don’t mind them at all. They are useful. GS borrowed a pair of DH’s old clogs on Friday to use in the garden and they had been in the garage for a while and looked a bit “webby” and I emptied a rather large dead spider inside. He freaked out! What a wuss!😁

I am happy to do a deal with any spiders I see in my home -

they are welcome to stay as long as they pay for their board by catching any flies and mosquitoes

Fiorentina I’ve heard that for it to work best, you should drill a hole into the chestnut in order to release the oil’s aroma.

I’m not scared of any creatures, which is fortunate as I’m scared of pretty much everything else

My late husband was an ace spider catcher. Last autumn was my first solo "big spiders in the house" season. I gathered conkers and sprayed points of entry with peppermint spray.
It seemed to work. I only had a few tiddlers and a couple of those spindly legged ones, which I dealt with myself.

I think DH would have been proud of me.🙂

It does bring to mind the time we visited my grandmother in Italy and we were staying in an annexe to the old farmhouse, usually used for storage.
My phobia wasn't as bad back then for some reason. One night, on entering the bedroom, I spotted a whopper of a spider above the door. DH to the rescue, went to grab it off the wall ready to put it outside.
This spider had attitude. It leaped off the wall and grabbed his hand instead.
I've never seen him move so fast!

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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.

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.

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

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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.

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.

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.

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 🤮