Spiders in the UK

[notrevE5]

its amazing that an evolutionary trail passed on by our ancestors though millennia has still such an effect on us even today, of the approximate 650 different species of spider on this side of the world only 3 are of the biting kind and that's minimal

on the other hand ticks are all around us [even if its outdoors] are far more insidious and cause untold anguish to people [the infected ones]

 

[goldfinchmule]

Buggers get into the bath every morning,I leave relocation to the wife.
I do the Toads,wife’s petrified of them.

Christ, toads in the bath.

 

[gonetomorrow]

I love spiders. They are my friends.

 

[Ray Purchase]

Us old Mods are on board.

 

[BullensRoad]

Sounds like a Huntsman Spider.
The smaller greenish ones are uk natives.
Darker brownish ones have hitch hiked in cargo, or been deliberately Introduced
We have them in Australia, not venomous, the clue is in the name.
As long as they eat they'll keep growing and they're 'kin fast.
The biggest I've seen was 4in across including legs.
I leave Mrs degsy Mk 2, being an Aussie to deal with such things...it's like Ripley Vs an alien - no contest

Possibly. I always thought spiders were scared but it was genuinely going for me when I grabbed my phone. Had a set of fangs on it and made a good crunch when I whacked it.

 

[summerisle]

 

[Bristol Blue]

Any spiders that enter our house get eaten by a shark…. vacuum!

 

[Kurt.]

Spiders legs are more prevalent in summer months when it’s bikini weather


*heads to misogyny thread

 

[BullensRoad]

Thanks for the reply lads. The house has been burnt down.

 

[Tramps_mate]

Started knocking down our old brick outhouse today.. Some beasts in there!!

Luckily they dont bother me as we need them!!

 

[Rita_Poon]

Started knocking down our old brick outhouse today.. Some beasts in there!!

Luckily they dont bother me as we need them!!

Do you need more fibre in your diet as well? @Hinchcliffe's Corner

 

[Cecil]

Never mind spiders.
My cat has just bought in a record breaking 10th mouse .
Dead of course....

We’ve got quite a few cats and they’re generous little things, so we get a lot of dead furry gifts off them, one of them however has decided that they only want to bring me the head. I have no idea where the rest of the body is.