Pholcidae and other unpleasant Autumn house invaders

lloyd

jonnyburgo said:

Put a glass over them, slide a card under and flick em out the window, don't kill them FFS,  The big hairy ones that run across the darkened living room floor at night put the shits up me but they are perfectly harmless

Eek!

In winter you might as well kill them as throw them out the window as they can't cope with really cold weather.

CHRISB50

Some have 6 (Sicariidae) but most have 8! 

You live and learn

Skipped

I didn't see a spider while this very cheap device was plugged in. And the ants just vanished.

I should probably add that it does not deter Mice.

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octatonic

We had these living under our Sydney house- had to be professionally cleared.
They are Funnel Web's.



Spiders don't usually worry me but these fuckers are nasty and they chase you.
When they bite they grip onto you and bite you multiple times. 

dogload

octatonic said:

We had these living under our Sydney house- had to be professionally cleared.
They are Funnel Web's.



Spiders don't usually worry me but these fuckers are nasty and they chase you.
When they bite they grip onto you and bite you multiple times. 

Eurghh!

This is why we have phobias!

Nikko

dogload said:

octatonic said:

We had these living under our Sydney house- had to be professionally cleared.
They are Funnel Web's.



Spiders don't usually worry me but these fuckers are nasty and they chase you.
When they bite they grip onto you and bite you multiple times. 

Eurghh!

This is why we have phobias!

I actually just shuddered looking at that...

ESBlonde

Ceder wood! place some (fresh) ceder wood about the house, small blocks are fine. The scent seems to disuade spiders. I used this method last autumn and it worked very well compared to past years of huge amounts of spiders.

Bygone_Tones

Those daddy long legs spiders, pholcidae or whatever, are your friend and will eat the big ugly house spiders. Thats one of the reasons I dont mind them being around.

Nikko

If my dog finds a spider she eats it.

Natural order at work, right there. Shes a good dog.

axisus

Snap said:

I was watching a big garden cross spider (UK's biggest species I think) catch a fly the other day. Amazing. Had it totally wrapped and immobilised in 10 seconds.

Probably a Polish spider. The british ones take two days thinking about it first and still cock up the job

axisus

I don't mind those skinny ones in the OP. Slow and harmless. 

Hate the big buggers that speed around though. 

ewal

Big house spiders that appear in autumn are males looking for a mate. Most of them live indoors permanently and won't thank you if you capture them and release them out in the garden, where there likely to freeze their nuts off instead of getting a shag...

thermionic

ESBlonde said:

Ceder wood! place some (fresh) ceder wood about the house, small blocks are fine. The scent seems to disuade spiders. I used this method last autumn and it worked very well compared to past years of huge amounts of spiders.

That's all the excuse I need to buy a couple of cedar-topped acoustics then.

Bygone_Tones

I dont buy that they normally live indoors (meaning in your house) permanently. Its a myth in my opinion. You will see a noticable difference in the amount coming in your house if you keep all your windows, doors, extractor fans and other holes to the outside world blocked through late august and september when they are roaming for a mate.

They normally live in sheds and garages the rest of the year, or perhaps in the loft. Or other dark areas of the garden like under propped flags and things like that.

If you are the type of person that throws them out of the window, you might be surpirsed how quickly they can scuttle back inside your house. Under a minute easily. Best to chuck them over the neighbours fence or something a good distance away for the best chance of them not coming back.

Or get yourself a pet that likes to eat them ;o)

Grunfeld

RandallFlagg said:

FFS that is disgusting. Nothing should have 8 eyes and 8 legs...

Little Mix?

lloyd

I'll just leave this here....

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RandallFlagg

Oh no, falling right into the Brexit leave campaign lap 'bloody Polish spiders coming over here eating our flies' 

TheBlueWolf

Spiders are vile, disgusting 8 legged spawn of Donald Trump and must be destroyed to extinction

BigBearKris

Just found this fella on the wall at work.
Wanted to catch it and set him free but...

Nah...just stay there mate :-)

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