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1st June 2020, 07:22 | #1 |
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Spider Bite
I'm not too bothered by spiders, I am aware that there is very little chance of anything venomous doing any damage here in England. I knew that I had company in the lounge and had seen the bigger hairy ruddy coloured beastie lurking behind one of the curtains the other day. It does trouble me when I get a face full of web so this morning thought that "she" had to go. My method is to wrap a piece of loo roll round it as I catch, though this one was worth taking a picture of, so I had a jar ready for the transfer. In an awkward position up in the cornice area, I set up my climbing chair onto the arm of the sofa.
Got into position, wrapped the tissue round it and applied light pressure to then receive more than a light bite (I suspect) in my finger, and shocked I dropped the beast and since then have had a strong tingling in my finger. Oh shock horror. Half an hour and still have the sensation of pin NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD- (oh, that word used in this context is not rude) irritation and so far, nothing more. I will be searching more for the spider later, but this time with the vacuum cleaner, it's days are numbered. |
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My method is to trap the little beggars in a large Coca-Cola glass, then slide a piece of card over the mouth of the glass, then eject the critters into the garden...where they should be. I don't kill them.
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Which is the way any reasonably sane person would do it!
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Make sure it wasn't a false widow, these have made their way into England. There is a least one case of someone loosing his foot. Have a look at an image and make sure it was of another type.
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Luckily I know the Widow species, and it was not one of those.
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To hell with all this humanity methods. There is only one solution and that is to welly the get with a large boot. Thats what happens to any eight legged freak that gets spotted near me. No messing about
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1st June 2020, 09:34 | #10 |
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Phil, no, I am not allergic to stings.
I've just washed the car and luckily, the sensations have subsided and there is now no reddening, so I am happy that it will not react. I do realize that spiders are territorial, so when I do launch them outside, they always land more than forty feet from my home. This beastie is a reddy brown colour and I suspect, only about a one and a half inch span, not enormous. I really don't have a problem with spiders, and my daughter noticed a change in expression when I was on the Whatsapp with her the other evening. She is terrified of them, so I did not say what it was, but it was bigger than this mornings, and I did manage to get that one quickly with the card and jar manoeuvre. I don't like to damage them, they don't know what we are, and they were here before we were. |
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