Arachnophobia.

I don’t mind them. I found one in my bath. I just coaxed it onto a piece of paper and threw it out of the window, paper and all 😂

Skydancer

I like them. They are fascinating if you watch them spinning their webs. They are amazing creatures. Please don’t kill them. They are part of the ecosystem which is in trouble.

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I'm absolutely terrified of ALL spids and their webs, real, plastic, soft toy whatever. It's one of the reasons I hate Halloween!

Late wrestler Yokozuna was 6'4 and weighed 42 stone and you know what? He was arachnophobic too! This man mountain would literally run out of a room if he saw even the tiniest of ones! I totally understand why!

I shared my bath with a spider once, he must have been hiding behind a bottle on the side of the bath and fell in. As I was drying myself, I saw something black floating in the water, put my glasses on (I'm very short-sighted) and there he was disappearing down the plughole

sassenach512

I shared my bath with a spider once, he must have been hiding behind a bottle on the side of the bath and fell in. As I was drying myself, I saw something black floating in the water, put my glasses on (I'm very short-sighted) and there he was disappearing down the plughole

Inch Wincy Spider!

Autocorrect.

Incy Wincy Spider 🕷

henetha

I try always to catch them and take them for a walk. But they seem to be getting larger lately and some are too big for my spider catching device.
I don't have a phobia about them, but don't want them actually ON me .

You could be writing this on behalf of myself henetha.
I’m also finding them too big to fit into my spider catcher. I’ve no fear of them but my daughter is petrified and to be honest that’s the only reason I evict them.

Although she’s much better now I can still remember the blood curdling screams of hers when she saw one. It would be mammy to the rescue once again. She’s getting better now though and will even pick the tiny ones up in the catcher to take out.

I really really do feel sorry for anyone with that phobia. It must be hell on earth, forever scanning the walls and ceiling for any signs of them. Heaven knows some of them are so big these days they even make ME do a double take.

"The only ones that bite in this country have jaws too weak to bite humans"
Are you absolutely sure🥶?

I am terrified of spiders. When I was staying in a rented apartment in Australia there was one as big as my hand on the wall near my bed. We left ASAP and it has put me off ever going to Australia again although apart from that I loved the country.

they scare the sh*t out of me, always been terrified since a young child. Even pictures on screen or in magazines is enough. Dont like people to kill them, as that is unfair, but hubby puts them out. The ones this year have been big enough to hear them as they ran across the floor.
Remember once pulling the sun visor down on the car, yes I was driving, and one dropped in front of me. Luckily for my daughter and grandson who were also in the car I was doing approx 5 miles an hour on a farm road going home, as I evacuated the car without even stopping it. I am afraid the instinctive reaction would have been the same had I been doing 60 down the bypass.
I was bitten by one about 10 years ago, had been out walking a country walk. Thumb was itch when I got back to the car, but time we got home and hour later my whole arm was so swollen I thought the skin was going to burst. Ended up in A&E for antibiotics and more antihistamines. You could see the fang marks, but no idea how it got to bite me.

Camlyn the false widows do bite. Two years running I was bitten while working in the garden. Doctor then said it was a false widow & showed me what the previous patient had taken in that did bite him. A false widow! I do kill them now as it is ‘them or me’! I totally hate the huge ugly ones with big hairy legs that lay in wait for me then run at me! So have gadgets plugged in & if one gets by them two spider catchers in each room to catch them then evict them! Hate killing them as my DGM always said ‘if you wish to live & thrive let a spider run alive’ so I do as long as it is outside well away from me! I know I am a huge coward but glad I am not the only one!

No shortage of spiders, look at your lawn or a field on a dewey morning it’s a mass of spiders webs, there must be millions of them. In the house we had a terrier that would catch them, it caused quite a commotion if she saw one.

"Jaws too weak to bite humans..." Suddenly I'm picturing a macho spider in the corner of my bedroom practising the equivalent of press-ups on its jaws. I keep a plastic cup and piece of card in every bedroom and bathroom but it takes all my courage to scoop them up and get them out of the window. My phobia got worse after a holiday in Namibia when we were told to check our shoes every morning before putting them on to make sure that there wasn't a scorpion in them. I hid my shoes in my rucksack...

Helping my sister unload some carpet underlay she'd stored in the loft a large spider crawled out. Sister doesn't like them so I picked it up carefully to put it outside. It bit my finger 3 times, felt like a wasp sting. Didn't even know they could bite but I was OK. Finger only hurt for a few minutes, went red, then skin thickened and peeled over the next week or so. No scarring or ill effects.
Now I either vaccum them up, catch with a glass and card, or stamp on them. Never picked one up to put outside since.

David49

No shortage of spiders, look at your lawn or a field on a dewey morning it’s a mass of spiders webs, there must be millions of them. In the house we had a terrier that would catch them, it caused quite a commotion if she saw one.

Yes, don't worry folks, the spiders are all in our garden and conservatory.

A spider catcher, a little plastic box with a sliding door on a very long stick.

Brilliant, every home should have one.

I pick them up to put outside, MrJ isn’t a fan, so it’s down to me.

Little “Money Spiders” where did that myth come from?, even now I have special regard for them and never brush them away

Shinamae

A couple of years ago, I pulled back my duvet to get into bed and a bloody great spider came galloping up and disappeared down the back of the headboard
Since then, I never get into bed unless I’ve checked my pillows lifted up the duvet and had a good look at the ceiling .
I don’t think they would be so scary to me if they ambled along, but they don’t,they move as though they’re jet propelled 😵‍💫😬

This happened to me twice in one week. I managed to kill the spiders with my shoe but they were 2/3 inches in size. Each time I had to sleep downstairs as even though I got the blighters I could not face the bed in case there were more. The next morning after each event I changed all the bedding and hoovered all round the bed and the second time I even moved the bed as far as I was able to hoover underneath and flipped the mattresses.
For many years I have always pulled back covers & pillows, checked around the bed etc before getting in, a real phobia, so wish I could stop this.

Those little boxes on a stick are a game-changer for me Allira
I'm not quite so scared of them armed with that. The trouble starts when you're standing on the bed trying to reach it on the ceiling and you can't quite close the sliding door, he escapes, falls down the back of the bed and it's another night downstairs on the sofa for me

As a small child in the early 50s I remember the banana boats coming up the local canal. The boatmen used to throw us small bunches, one day I heard one of them scream and jump out of the way of a huge tarantula, I think that imprinted on my brain and I've never liked them since.

Spiders are some of the most fascinating creatures. I wouldn't kill one.
But I know it's different in Australia.

I’m with those pleading for spider mercy . The card and glass is so easy and when there’s a child in the house I teach them to catch it and we have a good look with a magnifier . They are beautiful , and deal with flies . Mini beasts need help not hoovers .

I really don't like them. I can't kill them and I can't catch them as that's too close for comfort. My children were watching Arachnaphobia when I came in from a run-a very long time ago. They offered to switch it off but I said no it's just a film. However, they ended up watching me as near the end when he was going in the house I drew my feet up on the chair then I reached down for my trainers, shook them out and then put them on the chair beside me. Finally, when there were millions of spiders everywhere I was gripping the arms of the chair and trying to push myself as far back as I could then ran out the room. They were howling with laughter but had to rewind as they all ended up watching me instead of the climax of the film. Can't remember why I'm terrified of them but I am. I also put a glass over them and DH has to deal with them when he comes in.

Daffonanna

I’m with those pleading for spider mercy . The card and glass is so easy and when there’s a child in the house I teach them to catch it and we have a good look with a magnifier . They are beautiful , and deal with flies . Mini beasts need help not hoovers .

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