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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
oh my god STOP IT !! you're killing me !! i know there are no spiders like that here but i'm still getting jumpy, i keep looking over my shoulder to be sure nothing is creeping up on me !!  |
Luckily, we hardly ever see spiders of that size... Don't know where this one came from. I don't know what I would have done if the cat hadn't been handy, probably yell something horribly... (like I did a few days later when there was a (much, much) smaller spider in the kitchen sink... Thankfully, that's where husbands come in hand
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If I would see two of those big ones, within one week, I'd probably fumigate the entire house...
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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible
My house's basement is about one meter and a half high and I often store machinery there. When my kids were small, I didn't want them to play there because it was dangerous. And because it was off limits, as all kids in that situation, they were drawn to it anyway. That basement being hard packed earth is paradise for insects. Say insects, say spiders. In the entrance there was a HUGE spider(for this climate) an inch across. I typically am respectful of life of any form, so I kept it there unharmed.
One day as I was getting in the basement to fetch part of a machine, my son, then 6, who was shadowing me came face to the spider. He froze in terror and said in a weak voice:
"Papa!"
I turned to see him locked in his footstep, facing THE spider.
*Flash*(Gotcha)
I quickly yelled:"Careful...That is the boss of my guardian spiders!"
The first named that popped up was:
"She's Victoria and she's mean. Be careful!"
It took years before he got in there again.  |
One reason I never go to our basement... You never know what comes out of those nooks and crannies (and it's a very beautifully done basement at that!) Again, a husband is handy when you need something from the basement...
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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
oh, i know, they're very helpful, that's why i never kill them. i just prefer to let them live in peace far, far away from me !!
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Same here. Though, I am getting over my fright of the smaller (as in 3-5mm small) spiders. Living outside does have a drawback... But as soon as they grow over 5mm, I'll scream, the husband will come to the rescue (or, the cat, if either of them is in the neighbourhood). Depending who comes, the spider gets caught and released (outside) or it gets caught and is eaten... But that's nature too, right?