Ugh.. can't believe what I saw tonight.. - Page 3

Sara · 07-26-2008, 10:46 AM

Well, good old Europe without it's gigantic spiders and bugs and centipede's and all that. At least speaking for Northern England and Wales, I ant sin none.

We're relatively safe I think here. Though I hate those well horrible new house spiders. They have such long front legs that go really far in front of them.

http://www.hertsheritage.org.uk/natu...es/spider2.jpg

Them! They can actually be quite big. Nasty things. I wunt kill em but I won't go near them.

Darbla · 07-26-2008, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Suhad

We have very large spiders in our house, I let them stay

Same here! Visitors to my house have been freaked out by the spiders here. But they're just bugs, no more harmful to me than the others that I know are around.

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Originally Posted by Suhad

2. We have black widows, brown recluses (arizona browns), scorpions, and other nasties here, and the spiders like to eat at least some of them. And they love to eat the few mosquitos, and many gnats that make their way into our house!

And that's the biggest reason I leave them. They eat the other nasties that I absolutely can NOT STAND (roaches, flies, silverfish, etc.). I'd rather nurture the spiders than support that bunch.

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Originally Posted by Suhad

I do wipe away part of their webs when it gets out of control, when I feel like our house starts to look like a Halloween funhouse out comes the duster

I really hate when I have to do this.

It pains me, but I can't exactly let them take over the place.

Darbla

Reen.Blom · 07-26-2008, 06:26 PM

Guess what? I woke up today cos a spider was running up my arm....eeeeeeeek...LOL

Phoebedances · 07-27-2008, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Reen.Blom

Guess what? I woke up today cos a spider was running up my arm....eeeeeeeek...LOL

EEEEEE!

And I bet you were out of bed quick! heehee

Reen.Blom · 07-27-2008, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Phoebedances

EEEEEE!

And I bet you were out of bed quick! heehee

Hey I surely jumped out lol, I just dunno where it went, might be crawling around somewhere.....

khanjar · 07-27-2008, 11:51 AM

A few years ago whilst in the UAE, I was told by my then partner, that she didn't want to wake me, because she was unsure about a spider she was awake and watching as it walked up my arm and across my face before disappearing over the side of the bed, she said it was about two inches across and sand coloured. Gee thanks says I, nice to know that, but I told her, I bet it walked across her face first.

She knew about the Camel spider, and stories about spider laying eggs in their living hosts, too many holiday maker stories about having scabs come open to reveal loads of baby spiders which had been hatching in the persons skin. Searching the camel spider on the net just now, if mine was a camel spider, it was a small one, check out these pics;

Camel Spider THE Picture everyone is talking about.

She did not like the little white lizards in the bedroom, whereas I did, because they took care of the insect population, if we had the 'chit chats', we might not have had the spider.

When we are asleep, who knows what crawls over us?

Anyway, rule No.1, which applies in any tropical area and even where I live now, as old habits die hard, before putting shoes or socks on, give them a good shake out.

Shanazel · 07-27-2008, 06:07 PM

I always shake out my gardening gloves then toss them on the ground and step on them to make sure nothing crept in there that might bite or sting me. (Cue image of dignified woman of a certain age leaping up and down on a pair of yellow garden gloves

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Reen.Blom · 07-27-2008, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Shanazel

I always shake out my gardening gloves then toss them on the ground and step on them to make sure nothing crept in there that might bite or sting me. (Cue image of dignified woman of a certain age leaping up and down on a pair of yellow garden gloves

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Sara V.I.P. Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Wales/Yorkshire Posts: 1,160	Well, good old Europe without it's gigantic spiders and bugs and centipede's and all that. At least speaking for Northern England and Wales, I ant sin none. We're relatively safe I think here. Though I hate those well horrible new house spiders. They have such long front legs that go really far in front of them. http://www.hertsheritage.org.uk/natu...es/spider2.jpg Them! They can actually be quite big. Nasty things. I wunt kill em but I won't go near them. __________________ With a little bit of this and a little bit of that, now shake your bum.... :P

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khanjar Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: England Posts: 442	A few years ago whilst in the UAE, I was told by my then partner, that she didn't want to wake me, because she was unsure about a spider she was awake and watching as it walked up my arm and across my face before disappearing over the side of the bed, she said it was about two inches across and sand coloured. Gee thanks says I, nice to know that, but I told her, I bet it walked across her face first. She knew about the Camel spider, and stories about spider laying eggs in their living hosts, too many holiday maker stories about having scabs come open to reveal loads of baby spiders which had been hatching in the persons skin. Searching the camel spider on the net just now, if mine was a camel spider, it was a small one, check out these pics; Camel Spider THE Picture everyone is talking about. She did not like the little white lizards in the bedroom, whereas I did, because they took care of the insect population, if we had the 'chit chats', we might not have had the spider. When we are asleep, who knows what crawls over us? Anyway, rule No.1, which applies in any tropical area and even where I live now, as old habits die hard, before putting shoes or socks on, give them a good shake out. __________________ I am a dream to some...and a nightmare to others. Last edited by khanjar; 07-27-2008 at 12:03 PM.

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Shanazel Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Rocky Mountains USA Posts: 4,573	I always shake out my gardening gloves then toss them on the ground and step on them to make sure nothing crept in there that might bite or sting me. (Cue image of dignified woman of a certain age leaping up and down on a pair of yellow garden gloves)