Home & Garden Spiders can get ****ed

[Shell]

Well I'm having some serious deja vu right now... waking up at 3.30am, put the light on and see the biggest ****ing huntsman I've ever bloody seen.

Am shaking, had to walk by it, to get out to get the spray.

And it's still ****ing alive.

Yeah I'm not getting any sleep tonight.

 

[Shell]

DIE YOU SON OF A BITCH DIE.

 

[Shell]

I swear, my house is gonna get bathed in outdoor barrier spray tomorrow.

Mr. Spider still clinging onto life and the wall...

 

[Shell]

Oh yippee, its dead, but instead of dropping to the floor (and out of eye sight), its like hanging suspended in some kind of web it must of made before and hanging on the wall like some ****ed up piece of art work.

FML.

 

[mad_monkey_j]

Shouldn't have read this thread, I'm not getting any sleep ton...this morning.

 

[Shell]

Sorry. I bumped it too.

Sorry...

 

[Thrawn]

Too hot to sleep anyway.

But yeah... I don't think I will read that lol.

At least it's not ants, Shell.

 

[Doss]

Last night I picked up a book that's been untouched on the floor of my bedroom for a couple of weeks to continue reading it. It's a hardback.

Next thing I know, a damned huntsman comes crawling out! Not usually worried by spiders, but that gave me the serious jeepers.

 

[GOAUS!]

For those of you afraid of spiders I wouldn't recommend watching this (it is a bit old so you may have seen it already)

 

[ioppolo]

For those of you afraid of spiders I wouldn't recommend watching this (it is a bit old so you may have seen it already)

Gave me a chuckle actually.

If it was on the roof I'd leave it until it went onto the floor/wall/somewhere easier to catch it.

 

[Shell]

Too hot to sleep anyway.

But yeah... I don't think I will read that lol.

At least it's not ants, Shell.

Eventually drifted off around 6 I think. And the dead body has now been disposed of outside.

Lmao, yeah the ants!!!! Haven't had ants in my house for years, thankfully.

 

[Shell]

Last night I picked up a book that's been untouched on the floor of my bedroom for a couple of weeks to continue reading it. It's a hardback.

Next thing I know, a damned huntsman comes crawling out! Not usually worried by spiders, but that gave me the serious jeepers.

Jesus- will think twice every time I open a dam book.

 

[Stratton_Gun]

Genuinely don't understand how an adult can be scared of a little insect. Not 10 min ago I was eating on the couch and a cockroach scuttled past me (no idea why as I don't live in a bin) and it didn't phase me at all. It will go outside eventually

 

[Shell]

So sorry. Bet you're not irrationally scared of anything in this world, Mr. Tough man.

 

[de_LICA_ish18]

Found my first huntsmen I've had in this house this morning. Luckily my cat had already stomped it to
death. They love to come out on the hot nights.

 

[GrandBlue]

Had the most petrifying experience of my life about two nights ago.

I'm playing Fallout New Vegas on my PC, fully concentrating on the game, then all of a sudden, a massive hairy huntsman drops straight from the ceiling onto the desk, right between the keyboard & me, and then makes a lightning-speed dash to the right, barely missing my right hand. Screamed like a madman, clenching my shirt, running outside as fast as I possibly could, then I just stood there for about 10 minutes ensuring I'm safe before calming down.

This is why Summer is so shit, all these goddamn Spiders start coming inside.

 

[Shell]

This is why Summer is so shit, all these goddamn Spiders start coming inside.

Barrier spray, gotta use that. Defence is the best form of attack imo. Usually works pretty well.

 

[vealesy]

Genuinely don't understand how an adult can be scared of a little insect. Not 10 min ago I was eating on the couch and a cockroach scuttled past me (no idea why as I don't live in a bin) and it didn't phase me at all. It will go outside eventually

Genuinely dont understand how someone can think a spider is an insect.

For the record i instinctively killed a pregnant redback in my shed yesterday. Vale my fly catcher friend. If you didnt shock me you would still be with us.

 

[PP34]

Meh. Snakes are what scare me.

 

[Andre]

Meh. Snakes are what scare me.

Unless you're in the far north of Australia you don't snakes generally in suburban settings. And snakes in this country that are dangerous are too big to climb roofs, hide in book covers or corners even if they do manage to get in somewhere.

Genuinely don't understand how an adult can be scared of a little insect. Not 10 min ago I was eating on the couch and a cockroach scuttled past me (no idea why as I don't live in a bin) and it didn't phase me at all. It will go outside eventually

Yeah as those cockroach bites are deadly. Definitely don't want to be far away from a hospital in case you need anti-venom. Unless you live in a sty, other than flies & ants insects generally 'respect' the 'nature/house' divide and stay outside. And even those are usually mostly around kitchen areas. If spiders didn't go hide or put up webs fraking everywhere they could we'd hate them less.

 

[Stratton_Gun]

Unless you're in the far north of Australia you don't snakes generally in suburban settings. And snakes in this country that are dangerous are too big to climb roofs, hide in book covers or corners even if they do manage to get in somewhere.


Yeah as those cockroach bites are deadly. Definitely don't want to be far away from a hospital in case you need anti-venom. Unless you live in a sty, other than flies & ants insects generally 'respect' the 'nature/house' divide and stay outside. And even those are usually mostly around kitchen areas. If spiders didn't go hide or put up webs fraking everywhere they could we'd hate them less.

Maybe if you're out in Northern Australia where there are heaps of venomous spiders that can kill you with one bite or something but a Hunstman or Daddy long legs? Pah-lease

 

[Andre]

Maybe if you're out in Northern Australia where there are heaps of venomous spiders that can kill you with one bite or something but a Hunstman or Daddy long legs? Pah-lease

Northern Australia? Sydney - funnel webs. Adelaide - red backs. I've killed a couple of dozen around the yard and a handful that snuck into the house, in my 5 years at my place. Not to mention white tails everywhere. Won't kill, but certainly would leave sick.

 

[Stratton_Gun]

Northern Australia? Sydney - funnel webs. Adelaide - red backs. I've killed a couple of dozen around the yard and a handful that snuck into the house, in my 5 years at my place. Not to mention white tails everywhere. Won't kill, but certainly would leave sick.

Well Melbourne then. Only ones I see are huntsman, DLL or other harmless looking ones

 

[Andre]

Well Melbourne then. Only ones I see are huntsman, DLL or other harmless looking ones

Am I the only one who thinks that there are more spiders around then 10 - 20 years ago? Yeah, used to have them as kids, but don't remember as many. At my folks place, they still live where I grew up. Never remember any redbacks in time there from 6 through finishing uni. Last couple of years, seen 2 or 3 around their yard.

Bloody politicians are on a vote winner for at least having CSIRO coming up with a virus that wipes out redbacks / funnel webs etc. and leaves the mainly harmless ones and none of the pricks are offering to do it. They'll run at a baby like Oprah at a hot dog, but none touch this.

 

[HBF]

Well Melbourne then. Only ones I see are huntsman, DLL or other harmless looking ones

Another win to the dog last night.
Killed two DLL's in the space of about 10 minutes.
Doesn't eat them - just kills them!