UK spider season (no pictures)

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I had one crawl in my wardrobe the other night, I slept in another room. Then the night after one came bombing across the rug at me while I was having my dinner. Had to grip onto my plate for dear life while climbing on my boyfriends shoulders screaming 😂😂duck me I’ve had plenty of this shite.
 
One ran at me - literally ran at me - across the carpet of my sons’ bedroom today while I was clearing out of their cupboard. I have never seen one move so fast before and it was as big as my palm. I’m surprised the neighbours didn’t call the police I screamed that loud. I am terrified of them. Even just thinking about it is making me shudder. Why are they so big?? We’ve had about 5 in the past week and they’ve all been huge. Even my cats weren’t so keen to take them on. 😰
 
Went to the toilet at 3am the other night was washing my hands and saw a BIG motherfucker on the ceiling. I usually Hoover them up it’s all I can manage I cannot catch them and let them go. But obviously 3am I can’t get the bloody hoover out! I was sweating my heart was racing 😂 I thought I’m gonna have to stay up all night I cannot leave it here knowing it’s there. Luckily after ten minutes it went on the bathroom floor. It ran toward me and I sprayed it with some bug spray and managed to catch it off guard in time to squash it with a book. Terrified me and I didn’t sleep much after that thinking about it. Wish I wasn’t so scared of them.

since then I’m so paranoid about going to sleep. I don’t want to turn the lights off. I kinda wish I hadn’t read this thread as I won’t sleep now
 
I've been preparing my garden for winter and was shocked to see how nasty and strangely coloured they are now. I'm not sure how they are serving as I think we've had a lot less flies this year.
Also why don't we get those tiny little red ones on the pvc window frames any more 🤷‍♀️
 
My2pWorth said:
I've been preparing my garden for winter and was shocked to see how nasty and strangely coloured they are now. I'm not sure how they are serving as I think we've had a lot less flies this year.
Also why don't we get those tiny little red ones on the pvc window frames any more 🤷‍♀️
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I saw one of the tiny red ones today on the floor under my window!!
 
I hate this time of year because of house spiders. In Scotland, it seems like they’re getting bigger / more buff. The other night I was settling down for the night and decided to go to the loo before turning off the light etc even though I didn’t really need. Well good thing I did, because on my way back to bed there was a spider the same size as my palm at the foot of my bed (where I’d been lounging 30 seconds before!)

I always scan rooms when I enter to make sure there’s none in the immediate vicinity. I live alone so have to dispose of them myself - I trap them with a glass then eventually pluck up the courage to get a piece of paper and slide it under then throw them out😵‍

A few years ago I was sitting on my bed and the curtain was open and directly behind me. I was wearing a strappy top and a massive one dropped from the window / curtain and directly onto my bare shoulder 😥 I jumped and absolutely lost my tit.

Urgh, I sometimes wish I wasn’t bothered by them but no matter what, my reaction is to be frozen in fear when I see them 🤷🏻‍♀️

The worst is the ones you can see in the dark!! Arghhh. When they’re so big you don’t even need the light on 😦
 
I went into the kitchen to make a tea a couple of weeks ago and the biggest spider I've EVER seen ran across the floor. Needless to say I immediately grabbed a broom and killed it. They seem to be getting bigger year on year.
 
I can't even face up going near then with a glass. I salute you brave people.

Does anyone else hate the response of 'there's no need to be scared of them, they don't hurt you / they are good for houses' you get (usually from a bloke who takes it upon himself to kindly explain something you've known since you were about four years old). Drives me mad! People who don't have spider fear don't get it's not a cerebral response at all. It's purely physical and instinctual, and you can't rationalise yourself out of getting a huge shot of adrenaline when one scuttles across your field of vision, it's instantaneous. Yeah I know they are good for eating other insects, I know they can't hurt me, but the knowing does absolutely nothing. It's something to do with the speed and the legs, it just sets something off.

Anyway, I would urge my fellow arachnophobes to invest in glue traps. If, like me, you are a pitiless monster, they are absolutely brilliant. They run in, get stuck, and that's it. Also they seem to attract other spiders / insects who get excited at seeing a tasty meal and whoops, they get stuck too. I've caught some absolute whoppers in mine. They work well if you think in terms of 'spider paths' - the shadowy bits of wardrobe walls, against skirting boards especially under beds, behind sofas, fridges. It can take a bit of trial and error and it's best to put them against skirting boards for the best chances. The only problem is disposing of them haha.

If you want to fool yourself / someone else into thinking you are not on the psychopathy scale, you can always (provided you check them often enough) place them in a shallow tray of water outside so the glue detaches and they can scamper off into the sunset. But let's be honest, absolutely no-one does that.

Chestnuts (pierced or not) have never done anything for me but peppermint spray really does seem to work. I once sprayed a biggun that was slowly descending down my kitchen walls without a care in the world; it shrugged off the Rentokil like it was a light rain shower but freaked out and started spasming at the peppermint spray then fell off wall twitching, giving me enough time to get it with vacuum. I dunno what it is, you'd think the chemical stuff would be a lot more effective 🤷

I sound awful but nothing else makes me react the way spiders do, it's the worst! A girl's gotta look out for herself. My cat is bloody useless!
 
It does seem to be particularly bad this year.

Left a towel for the day over a wardrobe door and came back to find two besties nestled inside it 😬

I've taken to walking them 10 doors down incase I keep putting out the same ones everyday.

Once it gets cold will they go? Kent here and it's been pretty warm
 
Yel said:
It does seem to be particularly bad this year.

Left a towel for the day over a wardrobe door and came back to find two besties nestled inside it 😬

I've taken to walking them 10 doors down incase I keep putting out the same ones everyday.

Once it gets cold will they go? Kent here and it's been pretty warm
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They usually slow down or hibernate in the winter so you don’t see them as much.
 
Pinkii said:
There was in my towel this morning 😩😩😩

luckily i always shake my towel before i dry myself as I have had this horrible experience many times.

the hairy fucker flew and have no idea where it went, bathroom door is firmly closed till husband gets home
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I do the same with towels after once I went to dry my face and there was a huge spider right where I was gonna put my face

Eirawen said:
I don't like it when people say they are more scared of you you than you are of them!!!! Not true!!
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Agreed. Also it's not only that I'm scared of them, I know they won't do anything to me but I just find them so disgusting and don't want to touch them or for them to touch my stuff 😭🤣
 
Yel said:
It does seem to be particularly bad this year.

Left a towel for the day over a wardrobe door and came back to find two besties nestled inside it 😬

I've taken to walking them 10 doors down incase I keep putting out the same ones everyday.

Once it gets cold will they go? Kent here and it's been pretty warm
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Always shake your towels before using! Same goes for any clothes or bedding that have been left folded and undisturbed for a bit. They're notorious for getting into folds of fabric. They're always getting into towels in my house, and I once put a dressing gown on and one was in the damn sleeve 😑.

They will disappear when the cold weather hits, it kills a lot of them off. I'm Kent too and yes it is still spider friendly temps 🙁.
 
Nottonightbabe said:
Always shake your towels before using! Same goes for any clothes or bedding that have been left folded and undisturbed for a bit. They're notorious for getting into folds of fabric. They're always getting into towels in my house, and I once put a dressing gown on and one was in the damn sleeve 😑.

They will disappear when the cold weather hits, it kills a lot of them off. I'm Kent too and yes it is still spider friendly temps 🙁.
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They really make my skin crawl
 
Floopadoop said:
I’m so done with these little a’holes 😂

I’ve got to such a heightened state of anxiety that yesterday I stood on a bit of tomato vine and squealed because I thought it was one of the hench house ones that are everywhere at the moment
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My husband used to put them on the floor to scare the crap out of me. 😨 😂 🙈
 
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