spiders!! eek

[mrbadexample]

...and it was bloody huge, the size of a man's hand.

C'mon now, it wasn't really, was it?

You should consider yourself lucky - we have no spiders native to Britain that are harmful. As for size, they're pretty fiddling things too.

A friend of mine from America sent me this picture of one he found in his logpile:



Now that might give you something to complain about.

Or do what I did. Buy a tiny baby tarantula. By the time you've reared it to adulthood, you'll never worry about a British spider again.

[rustylady]

They don't particularly bother me, but I have had loads in the house recently. Those big black ones. They get put into the garden via a plastic cup and a bit of card.

[Nicos]

OMG mrbadexample!!!...that's HUGE!!!!

I caught a much 'thinner' spider a couple of days ago. It was on the ceiling and the rim of a Guinness pint glass wasn't wide enough to go either side of it's legs!! eeeewwww!

Very much like this one....

[Piggle]

I quite like them - watching them spinning webs is fascinating. Made me laugh though I let one spin a web by the side of the front door and the postman wouldn't come near - I had to go and get the post off him through the kitchen window. What a wuss!

[Alison]

I really like spiders and would never put them outside as they manage the fly population for me rather nicely

[Glutton4...]

Get a grip, you lot! Spiders are very useful creatures. Where did this idea that they'll jump at you, come from? I have happily picked up spiders since I was a little girl, and the only time I've ever been scared was when one walked off up my arm and left me holding one of it's legs. Poor thing! From that day, I stopped picking them up by one leg!

However, cobwebs are the spawn of satan himself! They do jump out at you, and throw themselves from trees, especially to wrap themselves across your face when you're not looking. They also hide between fence rails, so they can catch in your hair as you climb through.

Then, there's Crane Flies, or Bladdy Daddy Long-legs, as I call them - they are soooo nauseatingly stupid; flying into your face, to get their stupid legs and wings caught in your eyelashes. Yeeeeeeuuuuuccchhh!

[Florence Fennel]

It's spider breeding season! The females bulk up and get fat in preparation for egg laying, and the males are all in search of females, which is why they are out and about and much more visible. I do try and return most to the garden, but some are just.. well just too much spider, IYKWIM. I console myself with the thought that the male spiders are going to die off anyway after breeding, so if a few meet my size sevens it's no great loss.

Too much information mothhawk

[Chef_uk]

I used to hate them with a passion. In fact i'm still not keen on them but one day i somehow came across a website that had info about british spiders and i found it incredibly useful. I think part of my fear must have been the unknown. The site said how most spiders you see indoors actually live indoors and by putting them outside you were more than likely killing them by doing so as the birds would eat them. It said it was pointless killing them aswell as there are hundreds if not thousands living in the house.

It then finished off saying your best just ignoring them, they won't cause you any harm and will most likely disappear come tomorrow.

[Two_Sheds]

I really like spiders and would never put them outside as they manage the fly population for me rather nicely

That's true, Mr TS has now resigned himself to having pet spiders on the ceilings (we don't get flies ) although I have to remove the dusty webs as they appear.

Having said that, I have evicted 3 spideys already this morning, as they are trying to take over the place (coming in with the drying beans).
And I had a millipede in my hair yesterday