House spiders.

[kerny]

Is it me or are these spiders getting bigger, I Kidd you not I noticed my sock moving on the carpet, when I lifted it up there was this big fookin spider and I mean fookin big being a good nature lover I quickly picked it up with both hands and threw it outside.
Now at this time of year they are common but WOW!! MUCH BIGGER.

[GJ0KYZ]

I know what you mean. I filmed this one in my garage the other day; it was frackin enormous. Sorry about the poor quality of the footage, I was terrified beyond the point of rational thought at the time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmZGcx1D5l4]

[Bigmuz7]

They only come into our house in October .. was remarking that we havent had many this year to the wife earlier tonight ... the 'big guys' in our house can get out from under my size 13 slipper after I layed it there to keep them quiet whilst I'm watching telly but TBH if they dont 'rumble' up the tube of the hoover .. its not worth catching 'em

The funny bit is my missus was terrified of them since I met her 25 odd years ago .. and this house we have now is the worst Ive ever had for them but she got cured from a hypnotist

she can crush em or flush em with the best of us now, although I prefer the less destructive route myself less mess

[Starovich]

i know what you mean, we have one of these and she gets bigger every year
Spider

[Pikey Dave]

Kill a spider & you let a 100 flies live

[whisper]

But if you kill 100 flies you'll starve one spider

[Anchorhandler]

Its not the spiders that scare me in our household, ......its the "spiders legs" that make me cringe :-)

Simon

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[kerny]

Originally Posted by Pikey Dave

Kill a spider & you let a 100 flies live

Try putting one in yer Yorkshire wallet

[kerny]

Originally Posted by GJ0KYZ

I know what you mean. I filmed this one in my garage the other day; it was frackin enormous. Sorry about the poor quality of the footage, I was terrified beyond the point of rational thought at the time.

It was just like that but I'm sure it was bigger Didn't have time to video mine it was quick... but not as quick as me

[Mollers]

I loathe flys, spiders eat flys. Spiders are great, the bigger the better. :-)

[jezza2011]

I think they are getting bigger and I have a theory.

More flies about due to th ebins only being emptied once every 2 weeks.
when it rains the nasy magots come out of the bins and look for somwhere nice to pupate.
mr and mrs spider take advantage of this as they basically have food come to their door.

well thats my theory.

seen alot of pupa cases in the old spiders webs.

No Spiders we harmed during this research but if one get in myt house its over for it .. .. :-)

[kerny]

Yep they eat flies but... there is none knocking about this time of year

if they ain't paying rent then it's out on the street I'm afraid.

[Anchorhandler]

Actually our problem at the moment isnt the spiders, its the fecking mice!.... Happens every year after the crops get harvested the little buggers seek refuge any lace they can...
Got one that has managed to get into the ventilation system of old Pajero!... It stinks of piss every time i switch the heater on and it think the little bugger is now stuck in the fan unit. You put the fan on now and it sounds like a fecking Bomag wacker plate....... ;-(

Simon

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[Bigmuz7]

I'm not sure why we get so many .. we have an open plan house and generally they prefer nooks, crannies and draughtless corners, pretty much what we dont have ? TBH they dont bother me at all .. they pretty much keep to themselves, and I too believe they are probably doing a tidy up .. but they must need a dump somewhere too ?

[Bigmuz7]

Originally Posted by Anchorhandler

Actually our problem at the moment isnt the spiders, its the fecking mice!.... Happens every year after the crops get harvested the little buggers seek refuge any lace they can...
Got one that has managed to get into the ventilation system of old Pajero!... It stinks of piss every time i switch the heater on and it think the little bugger is now stuck in the fan unit. You put the fan on now and it sounds like a fecking Bomag wacker plate....... ;-(

Simon

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Some aircon systems honk just by them selves Ive noticed

[willk]

We had a huge one of those in the downstairs karzi for a couple of seasons. His name was Horace and he wasn't the brightest - he kept getting stuck in the sink. However, we left a bit of string dangling in it and he was able to escape up that. People used to wonder what it was for. We really enjoyed the screams when folks were in there - Horace used to lurk behind the toilet and then scuttle out when it was quiet (or when someone was sitting quietly - like I say, not the brightest spider).

Finally he croaked, but I like to think it was old age did for him. Taking a "pony" is a lot less fraught now

[willk]

Originally Posted by Bigmuz7

Some aircon systems honk just by them selves Ive noticed

Manky filters

[Anchorhandler]

Originally Posted by willk

Manky filters

Yeah im afraid its a bit more serious in our case.... The first thing he ( they?) did was eat most of the rubber window wash hose.... Then i heard him scuttling around inside the ventilation trunking. I did chuckle as i hit the Z"max" button on the fan and heard him being blasted around... Must of been like being in a wind tunnel :-)

Im sure that centrifugal force has now killed him after whizzing around in the fan at 600 rpm but im now looking at the prospect of stripping the dash out in order to remove the fan and clean out the cadaver....PITA...

Simon

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[kerny]

Excusez-moi Simon, this is a big fookin spider thread not a little French mouse thread if you please

Start yer own Mouse thread..

[Dhf]

We used to have spiders,until this little fella moved in.