Spider catchers!

pineapple

tyllwyd wrote: »

My method is to open a window, then get my longhandled kitchen dustpan and brush set, and persuade the spider into the bristles on the brush, then rush over to the window and knock the spider out into the garden. Works better than you might expect!

I feel ill. What if the spider gets tangled, with all it's legs, in the brush? What if it runs up the handle towards you? :eek:

tyllwyd

pineapple wrote: »

I feel ill. What if the spider gets tangled, with all it's legs, in the brush? What if it runs up the handle towards you? :eek:

No, they don't get stuck - they don't go into the middle of the brush. And if it runs up the handle I drop the brush, scream and run out of the room!

pineapple

tyllwyd wrote: »

And if it runs up the handle I drop the brush, scream and run out of the room!

Sounds perfectly sensible to me!

diable

pineapple wrote: »

I feel ill. What if the spider gets tangled, with all it's legs, in the brush? What if it runs up the handle towards you? :eek:

You should see some of the monsters that I have in the garden, I'll get some photos up

artbaron

SailorSam wrote: »

But spiders want hurt you.

Mostly they don't, but...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2453833/Decorator-nearly-loses-leg-bite-UKs-poisonous-spider.html

It's only that one type and they're pretty rare. The big house spiders are harmless, I put out a huge one last night, picked it up and it barely fit in my cupped hands. I did get bitten by a spider recently, for the first time, and although it itched for 10 days (I got stung by a wasp the week before and that only itched for 5 minutes) it wasn't painful or anything.

anotheruser

I got one of these:


That's not me by the way

Works well and you get a free spider to practice on!
Don't pay more than £10.

itisme

Where did you buy that from, looks good

anotheruser

http://www.spidercatcher.net/home.htm

Anywhere really:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brainstorm-Spider-Catcher/dp/B000G04RDK

http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/spider-catcher

But I got mine from the spider catcher website.
Comes with a little hook to stick to the wall so it can be hooked up.

marleyboy

OH uses a glass and a piece of card to safely take them outside. I use my foot to safely put them out of their misery.

pineapple

I have just been listening - on Sky News - to reports of the 'False Widow' spider which apparently is spreading North. It can give a very painful bite. It normally lives in outbuildings or places where it won't be disturbed but people have been bitten in their homes in their sleep! It is described as looking like a jelly bean on legs.
Be very afraid..... :eek::eek::eek:
http://www.itv.com/news/2013-10-11/false-widow-spiders-and-what-to-do-when-they-bite/
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/false-widow-spider-ten-facts-2362159