We had a massive house spider crawl out from the fireplace in our old house, no word of a lie its leg span was the same size as Bob's hand. I've got some pics of it squashed somewhere but I can't post them as I can't bear to look at them :D

Obviously I screamed like a girl and ran out of the room and up the stairs when I saw it. It was too big for a pint glass and too big even for my spider catching device :eek:

Did you bow to it and call it... 'King spider:D

Words to that effect, yes :D

look at these two making spider babies :norty:

http://www.camelspiders.net/large-camel-spider.jpg

I spayed one with Raid the other night. It literally JUMPED a foot off the wall and ran across the room.............towards me:eek:

Mind, it then met my boot and lost.:D

Alcazar

Huntsman look bloody scary, but the reality is:

YouTube - Huntsman Spider

They're actually one of the last species of spiders you should be worried about!

Ns04

Oh God, I hate them *shiver*. :eek:

What I want to know is.........where do all the stripey feckers that are strung across every bleedin' plant in the garden go to for the rest of the year? :wonder:

Oooh............conkers! I've got them all over the house to keep them away, but I need new ones now and there aren't any on our local trees this year. :(

As promised.

A bit of wee almost came out whilst taking this photo (spot light added for dramatic effect)

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ant/spider.jpg

I'm terrified of them - worse than any woman I tell ya! All the lads at work know about it too - the other week, some tw@t found one in the workshop, dead. It was fecking huge, fat n all. this total d1ck slap put it under a piece of paper on my keyboard, and when I came in to the office I moved the paper out of the way!! I jumped so fcuking much that I put my bleeding back out and trapped a nerve!!

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/DSC00065.jpg

So this little darling for sale at CostCo would not be a good idea for some folks?

Even Kieran's pic makes me go a bit funny :cry:

How do conkers keep them away? I just happen to have a massive horse chestnut about 20 ft from my back door that is brimming with the things :thumb:

BTW, that spider in the blind that I mentioned earlier? I forgot to tell Bob about it and now he's gone to work and it's still there :(

Cyprus 2004 - our 8 year old find this hiding under her beach towel!

http://www.chalkcreative.com/snet/IMG_1704.jpg

European Tarantula possibly? - whatever it was it was scary.

Or this one needs to shave its legs!

http://www.chalkcreative.com/snet/IMG_0961.JPG

Or the little one is just about to die!

http://www.chalkcreative.com/snet/IMG_2493.JPG

madras

They don't like conkers. Take the outer shell off and put them in the corners of your rooms. :thumb:

Our house looks like we've got a giant rabbit living here. :lol1:

I'll try that Kim, ta :thumb:

I know there are some horrible pics above but I've scrolled down through the thread REALLY quickly so that I didn't have to see any of them :eek: :D

Dammit, cocked up on the scrolling wheel and managed to pause it at Pete's pic :eek: They're the buggers that I get in my house, blooming massive things, I hate them :cry:

I haven't dared look at any of them. :(

http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies...scared0016.gif

Like the time I saw one scuttle across the floor whilst on the PS2, sat there, just a dressing gown on, getting some air to the spuds, I paid it no attention until I felt it taking refuge under my goolies, I have never moved so fast !

:lol1:

Are they big enough for a spider to hide under then? :Suspiciou

It was a money spider :D

It was probably a stray pube! :lol1:

Stupid things, this one insists on building a web in front of the garage door. Everyday it gets to start all over again.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...cat/Spider.jpg

Get a load of this one!!!

YouTube - Salmon Pink Bird Eater Tarantula ... again

Now, you wouldn't want him to surprise you at bedtime!! :D

Just about but the bumpers stick out :D

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...kfurt_vorn.jpg

:lol1: :lol1:

Harvey was still there last night, but I think he's shed a skin cos there was a smaller skeletal one in the web too. And H has definately got bigger.

The hairy legged one in Madras's post has made it's way onto the lounge curtain as well, but he got the slipper treatment.

Those camel spiders are disgusting. If they try sending me to the desert I'll dessert (see what I did there?)

:lol1: :lol1: :lol1:

found this one the other day just outside my back door.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...3uk/spider.jpg

I have of these huntsman spiders every year - big feckers too and as I've got an old house, they're everywhere!! :D

Last year, whilst deeply into a round of something on my 360, I noticed a movement from the corner of my eye.
I turned to look at the chimney breast to see this thing about the size of my hand (you could have put a bl00dy saddle on it!!:D) walking down the wall.

I stopped. It stopped. There was a look on its face as if to say "nothing to see here, sonny. Go back to your racing".....
I swear it gave me the finger, and continued walking down the wall.

Wide-eyed, I just un-paused the game and went back to it, not thinking about it!!

Think it went under my fire and back into the chimney breast, as I never saw it again :D

Dan