Eight-legged lodgers on the move

[Marcos]

My cat use to just sit on them, got bless poor ol' flump

as for spiders, I don't mind them, I happily pick them up and put them outside or somewhere safe

But they bite

I hate spiders. I have normal sized spiders in my house (about 30mm) that look very similar to the ones in the original article. The thing is, about once every two weeks, I wake up with a welt on one of my arms or legs. Those damn things bite me from time to time. There is nothing more annoying than that. The next time I see one of them, it is going to be spidey paste.

exactly

[oralpain]

The vast majority of spiders don't bite people, and the vast majority of those that do can't do much harm.

[uchiha_itachi]

I hate spiders. I have normal sized spiders in my house (about 30mm) that look very similar to the ones in the original article. The thing is, about once every two weeks, I wake up with a welt on one of my arms or legs. Those damn things bite me from time to time. There is nothing more annoying than that. The next time I see one of them, it is going to be spidey paste.

Recently I have been experiencing this, and thought it was spiders too. But just heard on the radio the other day the wide increase of reports of bites from people in their own homes, when waking up in the morning. The report showed it was due to an increasing rise of bed bugs. Yep they are real, couldnt believe it. They live in your mattress and can be very random in their bitings, i.e. frequentness.

Just a little bit of info so you don't blame the spiders for everything. Although don't get me wrong, still hate the buggers.

[Speed]

The vast majority of spiders don't bite people, and the vast majority of those that do can't do much harm.

Indeed, as far as I'm aware there are no spiders native to the UK that are poisonous / dangerous to humans. They'd also only bite something as big as a human in self defence, or when are frightened. I've not really heard of anyone being bitten by small spiders, my dad did get bit by a huge one a few years back. But that was the biggest he's ever seen, so pretty big.

I used to get lots of medium to large sized spiders in my bed room, worked out that there was a large gap around the air vent cover. So they were coming up from inside the wall cavity. We've since had that filled with pump in insulation (you know the stuff).

[Ferral]

Have to admit I really dont like spiders. Had a fear of them from childhood.

My stepdad bought a Tarantula as a pet and kept it in a large glass box aquarium with hood etc (Usual setup). One night he came in drunk and was handling it and forgot to put the lid back on.

We didnt know the spider had actually escaped as it had shed its skin so there was virtually a perfect replica of it still in the tank by passing glance, a few days later we thought it was actually dead as it hadnt moved. So upon closer inspection we found out what it was.

At this point the whole house was panic stricken, couldnt find it anywhere. I remember going in the cupboard to get some toys out and it was inside my Action mans tank. Since then I cant have anything to do with spiders !

Last week we were moving the flagstones in the garden as our garden is now getting new patio put down and landscaped, seen a big garden spider zip out and run under some foilage from under the stone. It was HUGE, approx 2 inch in length. Didnt dare go near again for about 5 mins to make sure it was actually gone.

However, most of us at home are complete wimps when it comes to this and any of my 3 kids so much as see a money spider they are screaming so I have to do the brave and macho thing and rescue the spider before it gets splatted by whoever and whatever. I get a glass and piece of paper and catch them, then just put them out on top of our yard wall.

[Konan555]

The vast majority of spiders don't bite people, and the vast majority of those that do can't do much harm.

Quite a lot of them do attempt to bite, you'd just not notice.

[Konan555]

http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=BY9Cc-13Ubk

Although it's not a spider

[Speed]

Indeed, related to both the spider and scorpion families. Its in a group of animals of it's own.

[Nick]

Ahh yes the 'oh my god look at that thing its eating a LIZARD!' family... very famous... yes.

[Speed]

Ahh yes the 'oh my god look at that thing its eating a LIZARD!' family... very famous... yes.

[Nick]

lol, you mean there isn't one? Damn... well there should be... much easier than all this latin stuff...

Lions could be "Lion - 'Sharp claws and great big fangy teeth, penchant for Zebras'"

[Konan555]

Ah - Making Crocodiles the 'Don't go near that stupid, it's pretty much a dinosaur and you've SEEN Jurassic Park havn't you' family?

[Nick]

Ayup.

And sorry, I made a mistake in my last post, using the new system, it should have read:

Lions could be "Lion - 'Sharp claws and great big fangy teeth, penchant for Zebras - Stripey horse things, likes being eaten by Lions'"

[Nox]

I was under the impression, the daddy longlegs (and other uk spiders) are actually pretty poisonous (not death, but certainly feel really rough) but their 'fangs' can't pierce our skin.

Nox

[Konan555]

If you're on about the harvestman as the daddy long legs, it's apparently a myth. They're not venemous (nor are they really spiders).

[Speed]

I handle daddy long logs all the time, catch them and put them outside (we get a lot in the house this time of year). I've never been bitten nore have I ever heard of anyone being bitten.

As for Uk spiders being poisonous but can't pierce our skin, that's a myth. I've heard and belived it myself, those spiders with the really thin legs are supposed to be one of the worlds most poisonous spiders. But it was disproven by testing their venom. Really big native Uk spiders can pierce the skin, my dad was bitten on the thumb by a really big spider he found. You could see the two fang marks, but again, none of them are poisonous to us humans.