Arachnids (don't read if you are of a nervous disposition)

knuckleduster

Sorry not to have been around for a couple of weeks due to computer problems. Had to buy a new one in the end which was a shock to the bank balance. So far this year we have had to replace the tv, the cooker and now the computer. We don't want any more nasty surprises before Christmas.

Anyway - it's that tine of the year again when arachnids (spiders to you) lurk in every crevice and corner of your house. They've got their beady eyes on you and are just waiting to scurry across your feet or drop down from the ceiling on to your head. They even hide under the duvet ready to scamper up your pyjamas.
Jam jars at the ready for the brave or a cricket bat for the scared.

Janet

dreamdaisy

I can't stand 'em. I'm on the alert now as the webs are appearing everywhere in the garden and the temperatures are dropping. I know they can't hurt me, I know they are useful creatures but . . . . . . I loathe 'em. Simples. DD

PS It's nice to see your name again and I hope your new computer lasts the distance.

vwkamper

Hah,

They come in my house it's suicide i'm afraid, no second chances :shock:

I hate them and bugs all bugs crawling flying buzzing yuck,

Did you know the spidery buggers jump at you too my hubby didn't
beleive me either when i told him... he was so shocked when the bog monster took a leap at him he nearly fell down the stairs...

And my son 6 foot 29yrs old thought i was pulling his leg when it was his turn to go get it and it went for him screamed like a girl he did...

not me i'm not stupid i just freeze and scream till it's dead and out the house

lexy.

barbara12

Hi Janet
I got my ironing pile out the other day, you guessed it, lurking in there was one of the big ones,I managed to catch it under the chair... what I dont like is where there is one there is two ... :shock: :shock:

mig

Last summer we had beige carpets fitted,lounge,dining room ,up the stairs and landing (big mistake)i was going up stairs and saw what i thought was a black piece of thread and bent to pick it up IT MOVED ,it had been sat there with its legs bent waiting for me,it ran,i ran as fast as i was able,i still dont know where it went to.Mig

rondetto

Yep, this is the time of year when they look for warmth and find ecen the tiniest gap to get indoors.

If you don't want them inside, get some horse chestnuts or conkers and place them around your window sills or about the house and they'll stop from coming inside. They emit an odour that spiders cant stand yet, we cant smell a thing from them.

tjt6768

the poor things :shock:
It's cold outside and they just wanna get warm and snuggly lol.
I like em but Janet hates them. I always put them carefully outside. The conker thing has made a difference here. There are a lot less coming in now.

joanlawson

Ah poor little spiders :!:

Please don't kill them. Spiders are extremely important to agriculture and horticulture. They are predators and their main prey are insects, many of which eat our crops and pester our livestock. In Britain alone, it has been estimated that spiders eat more than the weight of the human population in insects each year! As natural pest controllers they are second to none.
Just put a glass over them, then slide a card underneath and hold it tight so the spider can't escape. Then take it outside and let it go. Simples :!:

knuckleduster

Looks like we will be conkering this weekend and must admit I have heard this tip before. Hope it works.

Last week I saw a medium sized bright green spider by our bins which I hadn't come across before . We've got loads of brown spotty spiders which love to make their webs right across my kitchen window. Not a very attractive sight first thing in the morning. :roll:

Just been for a walk along Maldon Prom - lovely.

Janet

barbara12

I will try the conker thing Ron, must say like Joan I never kill them, and has long as they are not in the bedroom Im not too bad :roll: honest..

rondetto

I agree Babs, I don't mind them too much, but definitely not in the bedroom.

LignumVitae

Mr LV just leapt up (a rare event) and told me to pick my feet up. I knew he wouldn't do that for a little incy wincy spider and sure enough it was about three foot long (each leg) and hairy. He kindly showed it the door. I need more conkers after my delinquent youngest dog went around and ate all of last years supply...either that or I need the cat to decide to spend more time indoors. Ewwwww, the hairs on my neck are still all up ewwwwwwww.

7worlds

Aawww. I love spiders. I just pick them up with in my hand and put them out the door. My 6ft1 husband runs screaming out of the room. Wimp.


7worlds

stickywicket

knuckleduster wrote:

Jam jars at the ready for the brave or a cricket bat for the scared.

Janet

A cricket bat :shock: You can't treat a cricket bat like that, Janet :shock: Use a brush or a mop or a hockey stick even but, please, not a cricket bat

tkachev

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2036309/Moth-invasion-kill-trees-20-years-spread-county-England.html


Bad news folks!

Elizabeth

knuckleduster

Hello spider lovers everywhere

Didn't realise my post about spiders would raise so many laughs. A good laugh really does work wonders!

Janet x

JuliaHod12

well apparently a certain product from a well known door to door cosmetic co is effective at warding them off........

its call Skin so Soft and its a body spray.......... :-)

either that or conkers in the corners of rooms are also supposed to help, and there are various preparations and plug in devices available at garden centres etc to keep the buggers out

I cant bear the things are am regularly found to be putting glasses over them and leaving them for OH to dispose of!

mellman01

Despite having been bitten by a common orb weaver spider many years ago (it was not pleasant I can tell you) I don’t worry too much about them they’re not interested in us the simply see the home as a big old cave so I simply evict them by using a glass and a piece of card, and anyway they keep other bugs down in your house so before you kill an innocent critter remember the old rhyme that goes, “if you want to live and thrive let the spider run alive”, after all their natures pest controllers who are only doing good deeds they mean no harm. After all bees can sting you and you don't kill them do you?, the poor old spider simply lost out in the good looks department that's all.

archaeobard

I have 7 cats...they eat any spiders that manage to get into the house. I often find the odd mangled leg on a stair or the kitchen floor. Plus it is great entertainment watching them trying to catch the things...they bounce up and down at walls and throw themselves off the top of doors.

Downside to having 7 cats...they try and trip me up and kill me several times a day.

Kat

joanlawson

I had a very nasty experience with a spider last night. I pulled back the quilt to get into bed and there was a huge spider right in my bed :shock: :shock:

It ran for its life, but I managed to catch it under a glass and put it out of the window. Phew :!: :!: But now I'm wondering how long it had been sharing my bed with me :shock:

bubbles

tkachev wrote:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2036309/Moth-invasion-kill-trees-20-years-spread-county-England.html


Bad news folks!

Elizabeth

No No NO, I have my conker spray with me at all times, I spray round the shower base where there are little gaps, I also have what looks like a badminton racket, which is battery powered, so it zaps anything that you get, had four mosquito's last night, zapped. I know spiders are important, but I would rather they be important outside and not in my room. OH picks them up, while I go into a meltdown. Jump, :shock: oh Good Lord, if I see one jump I will keep over. I have the three cats in my room, they alert me of anything lurking so I can reach for sprays and electric zapper. The "spider away" spray seems to help.
Trouble is, one of the pills I take for cardiac problems, causes changes in vision and you see shapes that move (very odd), so I am often jumping out of my skin. I will have to go shake the bed now. XX a dithery Bubbles