Are Enormous Spiders Appearing Indoors At The Moment?

[Stargazer]

I have had to capture two within the last two days. Why am I so frightened of them? I feel as if they might run towards me and then run up my body and go for the throat.

[Ken4155]

What and tickle you to death?

[Toorak]

If you are in Oz - the huntsmen are on the roam because they are mating at the moment :-(

If you are in the uk - you need to worry more in September onwards

This is from an anachraphobe

[Toorak]

Arachnophobes should not look at this link (nor should anyone else who is freaked out by big spiders)

WARNING

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scot-spider-nearly-crashes-car-24195084

[Ken4155]

Nowt to be frightened of;

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/spiders-really-bad-7-reasons-4317983

[Toorak]

I know it’s irrational (and i like to consider myself pretty rational) but I still react irrationally when I encounter one - especially the huge house spiders we get in autumn

I’m not sure how I cope when I’m in Australia :-(

[Barmaid]

We've had big so and sos every night for about a week. It's like September.

And before anyone tells me they are more scared of me than I am of them, I have yet to see a spider phone her husband from the kitchen and stammer "there's a f***** monster in the fridge" (it was in the hinge).

[Ken4155]

I don't mind the odd hairy-legged house guest. Keeps the numbers of pesky flies down on hot days and the bigger the spider, the more flies they can eat. I only remove their webs when they begin to gather dust as i take that as a sign the webs have been vacated :-)

[Ken4155]

Barmaid, British spiders don't curse, just the Aussie ones :-))

[Toorak]

It’s worrying because usually the big ones are in September onwards

[Toorak]

The Aussie spiders are big f*****


Not all fatal but some are

[jno]

ah, they're almost human

[roopower]

I love spiders, some of them are so pretty and most of our spiders are completely harmless to us. I think the moral of the tale is, if you don't like spiders don't move to Australia ( where the smaller ones are deadly), or anywhere else where spiders lurk in corners.

[emmie]

i get panic attacks when i see spiders, not the teeny one, but those on here, not my thing at all.

[AuntPollyGrey]

I am not frightened of spiders but now very wary of the bigger ones. A few years ago I had two small holes on my lower leg that looked very much like a snake bite. It was red and very itchy and I went to the GP who nonchantly informed me it was probably a spider bite, especially as I sleep with my lower limbs out of the duvet. This was in the UK. OH and Son are manic about them and won't go in a room if one is there.

[barry1010]

I'm not frightened of them but the thought of inadvertently standing on one in my bare feet turns my stomach.

[AuntPollyGrey]

barry -not as much as standing on a slug in your bare feet....Yeuck!

[burlyshirley]

I would never kill a spider, but I'll admit those big beggars crawling around near the ceiling give me the shivers ! Once there were two crawling along coming towards each other and I wondered what they would do when they reached each other, but they just crawled over the other one and went merrily on their way ! As long as they stay up near the ceiling, I can just about live with that ..

[Ken4155]

I can think of worse things to stand on in bare feet. Anyone owned a pup?

[burlyshirley]

APG - I've done that ! I remember lifting my foot up and it hung there, squelched ! Still gives me the shivers ..

[emmie]

no, not owned a puppy, have trodden on lego and toy cars trying to navigate my way across the room when my nephews were little.