Spider Worry - Page 2

roverbarmy · 28th September 2020, 08:13

Used to have one of these but was constantly tripping over it!

RPWC · 30th September 2020, 06:59

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Originally Posted by roverbarmy

Used to have one of these but was constantly tripping over it!

My dad had one of those.

Alex D · 30th September 2020, 19:18

I don't mind money spiders but anything larger i'm petrified of so my solution is to get my mum to move them for me

. Which depending on mood involves either a slipper or a spider catcher.

It runs · 30th September 2020, 19:44

They watch you .
I know they do .
They freeze when you walk towards them and the know when to run .
And I'm sure when you sleep they walk across you .

Or maybe it's just me ?

mileshawk56 · 1st October 2020, 18:52

There the only real reason I have for not going to Australia. Chris.S.

edwardmk · 1st October 2020, 19:08

I visited my daughter and partner in Oz a few years ago. Returning from a great meal out in an Anzac club near Sydney, her partner stopped me going down the path we'd taken on the way out just a few hours earlier. Flashlight revealed a web five feet wide across the path with a spider about six inches across the legs in the middle. It looked like it had four legs, but apparently this type parks it's legs in pairs. It spun that web across the path in the time we were away. I would definitely have freaked out with that on my head!

Got a photo somewhere, but could I find it?

planenut · 1st October 2020, 19:18

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Originally Posted by edwardmk

I visited my daughter and partner in Oz a few years ago. Returning from a great meal out in an Anzac club near Sydney, her partner stopped me going down the path we'd taken on the way out just a few hours earlier. Flashlight revealed a web five feet wide across the path with a spider about six inches across the legs in the middle. It looked like it had four legs, but apparently this type parks it's legs in pairs. It spun that web across the path in the time we were away. I would definitely have freaked out with that on my head!

Got a photo somewhere, but could I find it?

..............Yuk!

COLVERT · 1st October 2020, 19:34

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Originally Posted by edwardmk

I visited my daughter and partner in Oz a few years ago. Returning from a great meal out in an Anzac club near Sydney, her partner stopped me going down the path we'd taken on the way out just a few hours earlier. Flashlight revealed a web five feet wide across the path with a spider about six inches across the legs in the middle. It looked like it had four legs, but apparently this type parks it's legs in pairs. It spun that web across the path in the time we were away. I would definitely have freaked out with that on my head!

Got a photo somewhere, but could I find it?

One of these beasties ???

It's a Saint Andrew's cross spider.

VENOM TOXICITY - the bite of the St Andrews Cross is of low risk (non-toxic) to humans. They are a non-aggressive group of spiders.

planenut · 1st October 2020, 20:56

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Originally Posted by COLVERT

It's a Saint Andrew's cross spider.

VENOM TOXICITY - the bite of the St Andrews Cross is of low risk (non-toxic) to humans. They are a non-aggressive group of spiders.

So, it's Scottish?

RPWC · 1st October 2020, 22:40

Just had to exterminate another big beastard this get had hidden beside the dirty washing., so had go carefully move d the washing, then basket, no sign.Cack!! what to do now grabbed a torch and saw the end of a leg below the skirting board as there is a gap at the back of the laminate flooring. One large screwdriver poked under to squish the gyt then soaked the gap with spider repellent and duck taped the gap. Will I sleep tonight? Hmmmm

28th September 2020, 08:13	#11
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RPWC This is my second home 75 model car Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne Posts: 20,177 Thanks: 4,008 Thanked 5,083 Times in 3,114 Posts	Just had to exterminate another big beastard this get had hidden beside the dirty washing., so had go carefully move d the washing, then basket, no sign.Cack!! what to do now grabbed a torch and saw the end of a leg below the skirting board as there is a gap at the back of the laminate flooring. One large screwdriver poked under to squish the gyt then soaked the gap with spider repellent and duck taped the gap. Will I sleep tonight? Hmmmm __________________ Cheers. Rich… Last edited by RPWC; 2nd October 2020 at 07:04..

30th September 2020, 19:18	#13
Alex D Regular poster 1999 Rover 75 2.0 V6 Connoisseur SE, 1998 Rover 825 Sterling Join Date: Sep 2020 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 96 Thanks: 67 Thanked 76 Times in 24 Posts	I don't mind money spiders but anything larger i'm petrified of so my solution is to get my mum to move them for me . Which depending on mood involves either a slipper or a spider catcher.

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It runs Avid contributor Rover 75 saloon Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: Skelmersdale Posts: 181 Thanks: 15 Thanked 49 Times in 42 Posts	They watch you . I know they do . They freeze when you walk towards them and the know when to run . And I'm sure when you sleep they walk across you . Or maybe it's just me ?

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edwardmk Gets stuck in MG ZT 260, Rover 75 Connie SE auto Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Redruth Posts: 984 Thanks: 1,324 Thanked 399 Times in 271 Posts	I visited my daughter and partner in Oz a few years ago. Returning from a great meal out in an Anzac club near Sydney, her partner stopped me going down the path we'd taken on the way out just a few hours earlier. Flashlight revealed a web five feet wide across the path with a spider about six inches across the legs in the middle. It looked like it had four legs, but apparently this type parks it's legs in pairs. It spun that web across the path in the time we were away. I would definitely have freaked out with that on my head! Got a photo somewhere, but could I find it?