That's not a spider...

[mr migwire]

garden spider.??

 

[Climber]

Weren't you supposed to pass one to her?

That was the plan. It was nowhere near the size of the one she passed me though.

 

[truckdoctor]

Honestly I am absolutely petrified of spiders.
I know a total pussy...but cant help it.

If you place a conker in two opposite corners of a room you will not see any spider in that room. Don't ask me how, but it works.

 

[Farside]

The butler sink I fitted in the garden a couple of months ago catches those all the time, not sure why but it's always that species and about that size that gets stuck, maybe the smaller ones can out.

I just move them to the other end of the garden, I'll only kill wasps and flies.

I often leave the bath plug sitting on the bottom of the bath on its chain to give them a ladder up and out. Whenever I remember to do that, I never see any in there, so it must work. A piece of string works just as well.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Photos are from a video I took, I think it is a Tube Web Spider and they do bite apparently.

Looks like one in the link, and it looks happy to stand up for itself.

 

[mcostello]

We have a cat that hunts them down and eats them. He might look a second time at some of them posted here.

 

[postie jon]

got one in the bathroom sink last wk, had to wait until it was finished with the wifes electric toothbrush.

 

[Climber]

If you place a conker in two opposite corners of a room you will not see any spider in that room. Don't ask me how, but it works.

That's on old wives tail. The thinking was, that mice like conkers, and they also eat spiders. So basically, you are just trying to encourage mice into the house.

 

[ajlelectronics]

If you place a conker in two opposite corners of a room you will not see any spider in that room. Don't ask me how, but it works.

Makes your eyes water?

 

[Turbo]

What’s wrong with you, fascinating creatures, spiders. They do more good for people than they realise, but yet people are generally so eager squash them.

Very nice example you had there in the bath, hopefully it enjoys it’s new home in the car port.

I don't squash them, they do a great job eating all the bugs.

 

[Turbo]

The very first time I found myself in a new girlfriends bedroom (actually, now Mrs Climber) she said I bet you haven't seen one of these before. Full of intrigue and the enthusiasm of a young man on a promise, I was rather disappointed when she passed me a bloody snake.

Was the snake attached to her groin? Did 'she' have a husky voice & large hands?

 

[Eric the chicken]

No great logic to it, I just don't like them.

They speak very well of you!