Discouraging spiders

DD265

Grumpysally said:

Having been woken up the other night by my son to remove a spider from his room, I bought him a spider catcher. Last night the spider 'sat' on the spider catcher handle so he couldn't use it

I'm impressed that at least he was going to attempt to catch them - or was he not?

JIL said:

Reminds me of an incident at work a few years ago.
I was in the loo which were in cubicles when the girl in the next one to me started screaming and crying. I didnt know what to think.
However as she had pulled her jeans down, there was a huge flattened spider stuck to the top of her leg.  

I don't know if I would've recovered from that. I was on edge washing up this evening and it didn't 'get' me.

Spider_In_The_Bath said:

Hello everyone - lovely to meet you all 

I promise it's nothing personal!

I think I'm going to give hypnotherapy a go. Feeling fear (when there aren't even any visible spiders) in your own home is no fun, and my husband doesn't want to move to Antartica. I suspect there are spiders in Antartica though and they just haven't been found yet... I'll let you all know if the hypnotherapy is worth it!

Arthog

For the past 20 years or so we've had some different spiders in the house - their legs are only as thick as a hair and the tiny body is a pale fawn colour, so they are fairly invisible and not frightening at all. They are sometimes in the corners near the ceiling but usually not seen. They deal with the usual giant ones by tying them up, taking them out of sight and consuming them. My son watched that happening.  So those spiders are looked after and appreciated!

Does anyone know what these are called? I heard them mentioned on a radio programme ages ago. They are not Harvest spiders. It may be worth asking friends and neighbours if they have them and could spare one or two.

PipneyJane

Arthog said:

For the past 20 years or so we've had some different spiders in the house - their legs are only as thick as a hair and the tiny body is a pale fawn colour, so they are fairly invisible and not frightening at all. They are sometimes in the corners near the ceiling but usually not seen. They deal with the usual giant ones by tying them up, taking them out of sight and consuming them. My son watched that happening.  So those spiders are looked after and appreciated!

Does anyone know what these are called? I heard them mentioned on a radio programme ages ago. They are not Harvest spiders. It may be worth asking friends and neighbours if they have them and could spare one or two.

No, but I’d be curious to find out.

As far as I’m concerned, there are two kinds of spiders:  those that live outside, who get apologised to when I break their web, and those that are stupid enough to come inside near me and deserve a Darwin Award.  Generally speaking, I don’t kill the former and I’ve stopped killing the latter - I try to capture them and take them outside these days.  Having grown up with poisonous spiders in Australia, I’ll admit that I used to kill every spider that came near me, with the exception of the large Huntsman variety, who were deemed friendly not poisonous. 

- Pip

Rosa_Damascena

DD265 said:

Grumpysally said:

Having been woken up the other night by my son to remove a spider from his room, I bought him a spider catcher. Last night the spider 'sat' on the spider catcher handle so he couldn't use it

I'm impressed that at least he was going to attempt to catch them - or was he not?

JIL said:

Reminds me of an incident at work a few years ago.
I was in the loo which were in cubicles when the girl in the next one to me started screaming and crying. I didnt know what to think.
However as she had pulled her jeans down, there was a huge flattened spider stuck to the top of her leg.  

I don't know if I would've recovered from that. I was on edge washing up this evening and it didn't 'get' me.

Spider_In_The_Bath said:

Hello everyone - lovely to meet you all 

I promise it's nothing personal!

I think I'm going to give hypnotherapy a go. Feeling fear (when there aren't even any visible spiders) in your own home is no fun, and my husband doesn't want to move to Antartica. I suspect there are spiders in Antartica though and they just haven't been found yet... I'll let you all know if the hypnotherapy is worth it!

Because this is a moneysaving website let me try and save you money on hypnotherapy. Ask yourself the question: are you going to be beaten by a spider? No you are not.

greenbee

Rosa_Damascena said:

DD265 said:

Grumpysally said:

Having been woken up the other night by my son to remove a spider from his room, I bought him a spider catcher. Last night the spider 'sat' on the spider catcher handle so he couldn't use it

I'm impressed that at least he was going to attempt to catch them - or was he not?

JIL said:

Reminds me of an incident at work a few years ago.
I was in the loo which were in cubicles when the girl in the next one to me started screaming and crying. I didnt know what to think.
However as she had pulled her jeans down, there was a huge flattened spider stuck to the top of her leg.  

I don't know if I would've recovered from that. I was on edge washing up this evening and it didn't 'get' me.

Spider_In_The_Bath said:

Hello everyone - lovely to meet you all 

I promise it's nothing personal!

I think I'm going to give hypnotherapy a go. Feeling fear (when there aren't even any visible spiders) in your own home is no fun, and my husband doesn't want to move to Antartica. I suspect there are spiders in Antartica though and they just haven't been found yet... I'll let you all know if the hypnotherapy is worth it!

Because this is a moneysaving website let me try and save you money on hypnotherapy. Ask yourself the question: are you going to be beaten by a spider? No you are not.

That’s unfortunately not how phobias work.