Monster Spider.

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Monster Spider.

Postby Doorstop » Sat Sep 08, 2007 8:18 am

Last night, after work, I came home (4am), got out of my monkey suit and settled down to watch some telly to wind myself down before going to bed.

Sitting on the carpet in shorts and a t-shirt I felt a tickling across my leg just above the knee and was in the process of reaching down to scratch what I thought was a wee itch when I spied THIS running across my bloody leg!!

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I've never seen a spider in real life so bloody big! I actually got a wee fright.

You know that kind of wee fright when you actually catch yourself letting out an audible 'yelp'?

One of those.

So I set about catching the blighter.

That was my first mistake.

This was no ordinary spider .. it stood up on it's back legs and made wee hopping movements towards me as if trying to attack me.

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The wee glass it's imprisoned inside isn't a wee glass at all. it's a bloody PINT TUMBLER!!

And it's not a twenty pence piece for comparison .. Oh No! IT'S A TEN BOB BIT!!!!

And when inside the pint tumbler its legs were touching all sides of the lip of the glass while still bent.

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Without exaggeration it's legs were as thick as pencil leads and it used them not to run away the way most British spiders would but to run straight toward me very, very aggressively.

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It even scared the utter, UTTER crap out of my cat who normally kills and eats any insects mercilessly.

My question is .. do any of the HGers who are wildlife knowledgable know if this is a native spider species or some dodgy imported rascal that I should have squishded instead of throwing it out of the bathroom window at arms length? ... like a big girl. :oops:
I like him ... He says "Okie Dokie!"
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Postby John » Sat Sep 08, 2007 8:29 am

Wow! Well done for resisting the urge to kill it as I like spiders. They normally stay still or run away from people so this one was very unusual.

No idea what it can be but thanks for giving me the first smile of my day.

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Postby invy » Sat Sep 08, 2007 8:30 am

That is seriously scary Doorstop! 8O

I thought I had it bad last night when this bugger came running in from the garden being all in your face but yours wins hands down - I'd have taken a boot to it!

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Postby Doorstop » Sat Sep 08, 2007 8:31 am

Not funny at the time though lads, I can assure you. ::):
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Postby tobester » Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:06 am

Spiders are getting bigger now, maybe theweather, i had this on my wall a month ago, check the weird bit out its butt

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Postby Grahame » Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:16 am

Doorstop, it looks to me like it's probably a Wolf Spider. I've also encountered one scuttling brazenly across the living room carpet late at night. All four of us in the room yelped!
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Postby Doorstop » Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:33 am

Grahame wrote:Doorstop, it looks to me like it's probably a Wolf Spider.


The Wiki photograph Image looks suspiciously like the beastie in question.

I don't like the whole 'necrotic bites' scenario though .. 8O
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Postby Fossil » Sat Sep 08, 2007 10:21 am

Doorstop FFS 8) - I had two a couple of weeks back. They are massive and a bit of a shock to the system. One passed away due to Mrs Fossil handy trick with an Argos catalogue. The other was on the wall - unfortunately I was unable to take a snap with a 50p beside it. [blame Mrs Fossil].

Hung on the wall for ages.

Thank God for Argos.

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Postby Schiehallion » Sat Sep 08, 2007 10:26 am

I had one in the house last week too. It ran across the floor, vaulting speaker cables as it glanced over at me on the couch. It made the fatal mistake of doing an emergency stop at a pair of headphones on the floor so I nailed it with a rolled up Private Eye.
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Postby Doorstop » Sat Sep 08, 2007 10:39 am

Fossil wrote:Mrs Fossils handy trick with an Argos catalogue.


Schiehallion wrote:vaulting speaker cables as it glanced over at me on the couch.


::): ::):

*looks nervously around himself*
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Postby MotoMad » Sat Sep 08, 2007 11:14 am

Seriously, if wan of them came at me, they could have the house. shit scared of spiders ::): ::): ::):
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Postby glasgowken » Sat Sep 08, 2007 12:01 pm

Oh God. I can deal with mice, rats, snakes & alligators (ok, there aren't many of those last two in Glasgow), but spiders..... Image
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Postby lynnski » Sat Sep 08, 2007 1:05 pm

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Was in our shower last week. Unfortunately, my boyfriend had got in the shower and was lathering up before he noticed it running towards him! He came running into the bedroom in a state, when he said 'big spider' I wasn't expecting it to be that big!! It could fair run! I couldn't face the pint glass and cardboard thing, as it moved too quick for my liking, so I boiled the kettle and poured scalding hot water on it. Twice. I'm not proud of myself, believe me. But I was scared!! :(
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Postby McShad » Sat Sep 08, 2007 1:31 pm

Thats not a spider!

THIS is a spider

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Postby glasgowken » Sat Sep 08, 2007 1:51 pm

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