my wife is a full blown arachnophobe and will be in full blown hysterics at the sight of even the smallest spider.

She's been crying her eyes out, screaming, climbing over furniture, jumping around absolutely utterly out of control until the spider is gone.

We went to the Maldives on our Honeymoon and the biggest feckin spider you have EVER seen was in our room one night. When I finally managed to beat it to death with the clothes pole (I kid you not) it fell off the wall and hit the ground with an audible thud.

We found out over breakfast that it was also poisonous and I should've called the staff out to deal with it....

I was surfing on here earlier this week and was scared out of my tiny mind when Lisa went to play a diploma piece on her piano and near trod on a 1" spider in her office. I found her trying to climb up herself on the piano stool - a sight which had me crying with laughter... I couldn't help myself - really. You had to be there! :D

Poor old spider - gets such a bad press :(


- i think its true tho we all swollow a least one spider in our lifetime :)

spit or swallow - the eternal conundrum... :sleep:

Am not too bothered by spiders, until they suddenly make a dash for it. :D

Now wasps, that's a different matter :shudder:

One ran across my face the other night there, thought it was an itch then i caught its shadow from the TV's glare i did flap at it but not to kill. I like spiders but my mate hates them I have been known to chase him round with my hands clasped over nothing just to see him run.

Absolute rubbish the average is more than that surely?!?












Especially if you dip them in Nutella first! Yummy ;) :D

As he got any mates who carry 50's (notes)

Nutella, ewwwwww :D Marmite :thumb:

I thought it was 7 and a half a year?

my son had a wolf spider in his bed,take a look at this bad boy :eek: :eek: :eek: Attachment 1952

YouTube - Paul Mckenna - I can change your life - Programme 4 watch from 18.03 onwards (alright its dogs not spiders but the same techniques apply)

Hmmmm, I work with people like you - so I have kept my spider-phobia to myself cos they'll do the same thing!

That's amazing - I didn't know spiders could read.......

have you never heard of the spiderwick chronicles? ;)

i hate any insects, even a fly gets me jumping around... why am i so scared lol
wiley

WELL i'm off to bed. If Harvey Spider is missing I'll be back on here in 5.

Sorry if my thread's made you itch - that includes me!:brickwall

so you like spiders then as they aren't insects;) :D

I have a real fear of any sort of creepy crawly/ flying type creature. I've definately got worse over time, as I fear pretty much everything now.

I can't kill them as I'm too scared of them, unless I have no other choice. Can't leave them though, as I don't know where they'll pop up next.

Totally irrational fear, but I just can't beat it. :cry:

Maybe its like the little Japanese fella you get in action films.. he never moves and then all of a sudden .. bang bang bang everyone is dead ?

I have never had a problem with spiders. IMO they are not exactly cool or something, but I wouldn't lose the plot like my daughter does; after seeing one LOL:D. Lizards do my head in, though :mad: In India and Africa, I can't sleep in the same room as them! it's the thought of their slithery movement over my limbs (or, even on the wall!), that sinks my heart! :cry:

We hardly have any spiders TBH. Our cats get them :thumb: before these spiders start acting a bit too smart at our place.

I have no issue with the ones I know cannot kill. Red Backs will make you very crook, even kill you if you're unlucky, if bitten. It's the Sydney Funnel Web that gives me the sh!ts, furtunately, haven't seen one, yet! Nasty, very deadly, and extremly aggressive spider.

Yes your right mate -also the cotton tail has nasty venom that desolves skin and tissue. The red back can apparently give a very nasty infection which may be difficult to treat and limb loss is a real possibility. WA is infested with them -they are everywhere .Why worry about spiders when there are sooooooooo many nasty snakes in Oz. I mean they are everywhere and are seriously dangerous. Most are highly venomous . Golf courses are alive with them , so dont bother going in the bush looking for lost balls !

Obviously its getting colder so they are coming in.Also it is the males after sex(so ladies you might have a reason to worry:D )

I always remind my wife that they are probably far more scared of her which is why they are legging it.

Sure I read our lovely British spiders are incredibly poisonous.They just haven't got fangs strong enough to break your skin though

They appear to have antivenom for the funnel web now - why oh why would it pick Sydney tho

What i want to know is how the hell it gets a purchase enough to chomp throw a fingernail .....ordinarily youd need a screwdriver :cry:

This is amazing: two pages of a spider thread, and NO-ONE has posted a pic of a "camel spider".

Alcazar

I posted a link to a picture of one, post #26 :)

I can't even bear looking at pictures of them :cry:

Just one was waiting in the kitchen for me this morning, I pulled the blind up and it was hanging off the bottom grinning at me :eek: It's still there about six feet away from my desk on the bottom of the blind. I'm waiting for Bob to get up and sort him out but he's on lates at the moment so it could be a while :cry:

Yesterday there was a spider on the blind too, it seems to be their new favourite place :wonder:

You wait till I get home. I can't access from here, but I took a pic of a spider I found on the window ledge in the bathroom.

I'll do it around 2, give you all a chance to have spare underwear ready.

I was walking down the stairs the other morning and stood on something big on the stairs when it was dark. I thought "who's left something on the stairs", when I turned round I saw a house spider about 2 inches long wandering around. Couldn't believe it didn't mind me standing on it (am 13.5 stone too).

Good job I'm not scared of em, mind you I have to kill countless of them because my mrs is scared to death of them all.