Spider survey

[veggiechicken]

Interesting survey about spiders in your home but don't look if you have a phobia
BBC Nature - Smart approach to house spider survey

[FunkyFlowerpot]

Thanks VC!
I don't particularly like these beasties in the house especially the big hairy ones that flash across the floor. I mean, mine wear boots & have tattoos spelt wrong they are that bad!
Anyway, if someone tells me not to look... Well you know, of course I did!
Eeeeeeoooooooo uck!
Luckily I have a lovely spider-eating cat now, mwah ha ha ha!


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[veggiechicken]

I liked the bit about the big spiders that run across the floor then stop. They're not planning who to attack next, they're just exhausted like a cheetah after a fast run. Maybe next time, I'll pick it up and help it on its way. That's not a euphemism - I like spiders and talk to them as friends
I know I'm Nuts

[Bren In Pots]

I like spiders its like having pets that don't need any care on my part I've even got a spider ladder so they don't get stuck in the bath.

[daviddevantnhisspiritwife]

We had false widows in our old gaff, they obviously hitched a lift and stayed in storage for a year. They are making themselves at home here now. As long as they stay away from me we won't need to take any extreme measures!

[mothhawk]

I've noticed far fewer spiders in the house since the double glazing was installed15 or so years ago. I wonder if they find the PVC hard to walk on, so don't venture over the threshold.

[daviddevantnhisspiritwife]

Houses are a lot more air tight than they should be these days (UPVC, cavity insulation etc). Probably less routes in.

I've been acknowledging a rather large garden spider daily for the last few weeks. It has taken up residence in an Outdoor Girl Tomato plant in the greenhouse. I'll check if it is still there when I pop up there to do the watering. Not been named just yet.

[Bill HH]

World domination by Spiders


I am very very big,
they are so very very small.
This difference of course,
matters not at all.

For spiders have abilities,
they go in your ears at night.
They lay their eggs inside our heads,
and you could loose your sight.

They crawl upon the bedroom ceiling,
just above your open mouth.
Then when they know your sleeping,
they make the journey south.

And down they come,
on silken thread,
Like mission impossible,
it must been said.

They clean out all your cavities,
they love the bits of meat.
They wee and poo inside your mouth,
and spread it with eight feet.

People say I’m paranoid,
but listen to me now.
Those little eight legged creatures,
will get us all somehow.

We shall all be paralysed,
by their venom so obscene.
Then wrapped in miles of gooey thread,
left swinging from a beam.

Then they start to eat us,
we simply cannot move.
Those little eight legged creatures,
their superiority will prove.

So when you see one,
run across your floor.
Hurl books and mats and dogs and cats,
until he is no more.

Copyright ©2009. HW Harborne

[FunkyFlowerpot]

Bill, that is brilliant!

Now where did I put that mozzy net & night nurse?!


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[veggiechicken]

Don't you like spiders Bill?

Here's my little pome:-

There's a spider on the ceiling,
He's eating bread and jam,
I don't know why he does it,
I'd rather cheese and ham

[Bill HH]

Don't you like spiders Bill?:

Spiders I can tolerate, but these things we have in Devon have serious attitude problems, They chase my Jack Russel, rear up and hiss, and can move furniture. Everything has its place in nature but running over my bed at 3am is not one of them. There is little doubt I am descended from Royal stock because I have ulra-sensitivity (Princess and the pea and all that) but I can actually feel them walking over the bed and thats 3 inches of duvet! I hear them panting! I hear them schemeing.

[veggiechicken]

Personally, I'd be more worried by someone who has pees in their bed

[FunkyFlowerpot]

I know where you're at Bill, these spiders have an attitude problem!


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[Bill HH]

Not only do they have an attitude problem, they have a plan. Mark my words.

[FunkyFlowerpot]

They let us think they're looking for a mate but personally I think they are after world domination!


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