It's Spider time..

[Salty seadog]

I am spider man as I am affectionately (not) known. I never kill them but the last episode landed me in A&E with 4 stitches in my hand.

Blimy, are they tooled up round your way?

 

[Roadhump]

I would never kill a spider, my wife goes all drama queen when she sees one, and we get some real whoppers. I used to just pick them up and put them outside, but read a couple of stories about them biting people's hands which then got badly infected so now I use the glass and paper method.

I love spiders, they fascinate me, I once watched a stand off between a big spider and a wasp that was caught in its web, in out shed. It was amazing, the spider wanted its dinner, but was very careful, they must instinctively know which other insects could harm them if they get it wrong. It went on for about 30 minutes before somehow the wasp managed to free itself, which disappointed me because I dislike wasps, I know they serve a useful purposed but come the autumn, they are a nasty nuisance.

 

[PeteXXX]

See the post about conkers repelling spiders. It's. in general cycling cycling discussions

Perhaps take it with a plbch of salt.

MrsPete tried the conker method. And the peppermint oil method. And the Yellow Pages method.
Only the Yellow Pages method worked!

 

[Saluki]

Jack's rather partial to spider as well.

One thing I've noticed is how many Daddy Long Legs there were this year....

Yup, them too. I have two exceedingly happy dogs.

My old Jack Russell used to love spiders and Daddy-long-legs. I am pretty sure that she lived for Autumn and 'the hunt'. I really miss her but the new Lurcher Pup seems to be on the ball already.

 

[macp]

Blimy, are they tooled up round your way?

They sort of are budd especially the big wolf spiders with their fangs

 

[Salty seadog]

They sort of are budd especially the big wolf spiders with their fangs

Well I just get house spiders and then this time of year the 5p sized ones that dangle fron the ceiling a lot. They have a habit of dropping down right over your head as you lie in bed or sit on the sofa. They're alright.

 

[Bariton]

 

[Jimmy Doug]

I like spiders - the big ones are my favourites. It's true that they can bite (apparently) but in 40 years of picking them up I've never been bitten once. I think they have to be provoked to actually bite. Those big bad boys you see scurrying across the room are the fastest spiders in the world for their size. I pick them up (if I can catch them) and gently put them outside before my wife sees them. I never chuck them out of the house - apparently they're very fragile.

 

[Bariton]

My favourite is the jumping spider Salticidae. They look amazing and have fascinating behaviour. Sadly I only have the Zebra variety in the garden. We do have a colony of Wolf spiders (although they are quite solitary and rarely interact), last year I attempted to photograph their life cycle. After mating, the female makes a sack out of web and carries the eggs around on her back. After the eggs hatch the young ride on the mother's back until they are able to look after themselves.

Some of my friends have "unfriended" me on facebook because of my spider photographs.

 

[Katherine]

I like spiders because they eat the pesky flies and they're easy to remove with paper and a glass.

 

[T4tomo]

My Mrs doesn't like them either, I have been known to shove them down her blouse when she's particularly annoying

 

[DanZac]

Not overly bothered by spiders but will always remember the day when whilst staying in "bigspidersvillarizona" I dreamt that there was a big spider on my face.
Amazingly when i awoke from my slumber I found my pillow covered in dead spider goo.
Strangely I had a few nights of disturbed sleep after that little episode.
Mrs DanZac though is abslolutely petrified of the little fellows yet still strangely fascinated by them.

 

[Dirk]

We have a huge house spider that runs around the edge of our lounge every evening. First time I saw it, out of the corner of my eye, I thought it was a mouse!
Just waiting for the first time our JR sees it, but she's usually fast asleep at the time it appears.
I read somewhere that the most poisonous British spider is the Harvester spider (the one with the little round body and very long spindly legs). Fortunately its fangs aren't strong enough to inflict a bite on human skin.

 

[Bariton]

My wife calls me Spiderman. It's not because I have any super powers; it's because I can't get out of the bath on my own!

 

[Jimmy Doug]

I read somewhere that the most poisonous British spider is the Harvester spider (the one with the little round body and very long spindly legs). Fortunately its fangs aren't strong enough to inflict a bite on human skin.

Yes, I've read that too. It's those comical-looking ones that, when you touch their web, start spinning like a washing machine.