veilsidewrx

I'm sick and tired of "big" spiders getting in the house this year.
Its too warm to keep my windows closed at the moment but every other day i keep getting harrassed by these long legged freaks.
If they dont creep up in the bedroom they are lurking in the towels in the bathroom and 1 just crept up infront of me now from behind my laptop and now its disappeared!
They move with the speed of Linford and seem to ignore everything i spray them with including Right Guard!
Must be Armadillo Spiders cos ive hit a few with the sunday paper (mail including supplements!)and they just leg it!
Is this just a freak of nature that my town now suffers as a bizzare toxic pollution?

And don't get me started on them "daddy long legs things" cos they invade every bloody night and bounce of the lights cos they are stupid.

amazinggrace

I recently posted 2 threads about the size and bad manners of spiders this year.
Loads of giant ones. Someone posted a link to BBC Northern Ireland News which had a piece about some kind of huge spider which had started to come into houses.

little'un

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Huge thin ugly one in the shower last night - was sent for a flying lesson outta the window

Scooby Snacks 23

Seems to be loads of daddy long legs around too. I hate em

alcazar

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Did you know that an average person will swallow around 5 spiders a year while sleeping?

Certainly made me think last night when I got up to go for a whizz, only to find a spider's web over my face

Not much of one, admittedly, and no sign of the spider, (already swallowed him????), but it does make you think!

Alcazar

rik1471

I wonder how's that's proven?

ajm

Did the web lead into your mouth?

LOL @ the "big breed of spider" scares... research has shown that largeness in species of spiders tends not to be a genetic trait handed down from parent to offspring. Large specimens of a particular species tend to have more offspring but not larger offspring.

If there really are more larger specimens around then that is a sign of prosperity, i.e. plentiful food supply, clement weather and good living conditions.

IMO most people who claim to be 'scared' of spiders do so because they think its 'cute' to play the vulnerable act, whereas in fact it makes them look like a tit.

brickboy

When you swallow a mouse to catch the spider that wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside you, after you swallowed the spider to catch the fly, and I don't know why you swallowed the fly ... perhaps you'll die

alcazar

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Well, you lot. Of course it's obvious how it's proven: someone sat and watched an average person sleep every night for a year, and counted the number of spiders he/she swallowed. Tsk!! Obvious

No, the web went over my face.

Alcazar

alcazar

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Cue: camel spider............................:

InvisibleMan

yeah loads of daddy-long-legs about

GU5

Pick the daddy long legs up and chuck it in the spiders web You'll only have one thing to worry about then (although once it's finished the daddy long legs it might be a bit of a bigger worry )

wez_sti

i was wondering this,

saw one at work the other day in the corridor, and it was the biggest spider i'd ever seen in England ever! prob about 5 inches across!

scared the **** outta me! not trying to be cute and vunlerable, just scared of the b@stards! know they are harmless so god knows why!

NotoriousREV

Fecking hell, one's just legged it past me. It was the size of a horse! Almost.

Stiff

Walked down my close yesterday and spotted a behemoth of a spider sat on someones driveway. The size of it stood out. Like wez sti said, this bugger was about 5 inches in diameter!! Never seen one this big since I came back from living in Australia (was only a nipper mind) Amazing how you can pick these things things up and throw them out of the window when your gf is there (GET IT OUT, GET IT OUT but don't kill it!) but when your on your own you stand on them

Ritch96

Very nice,
Doing a stint at the mo in the ME and these are a frightening adversory (sp?)
Not bothered about the being shot at bit! The spiders is what ***** me up and i reckon that goes for 75% of the geezers (and gals) here.

Apparently if the teeth go up and down its ok but if they are side to sideys then good night!

Ritchie.

Stiff

There's some big ones out there....
http://www.dumpalink.com/media/1124021409

codie247

i like that quote alot .
someone should write a book with quotes like this in. (not me though)

Lee