My husband scared of them in the house he has to kill them before they go away. I don't mind them, but when I see a big one I do jump back and then just move away. Years ago we had a grass hopper up stairs in the bathroom, he did catch it and put it outside.
Youngest daughter saw a big one recently outside her bedroom door and had to come and ask me to take it away. When I explained that it was just the male looking for a 'friend' () and what happens after 'the deed', she still wasn't sympathetic
Got a pic recently of one in the garden which had wrapped up his lunch and was having a nibble
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I'm fine with spiders / worms / ants etc ..... but there is one creepy crawly I'm not a big fan of.
On a holiday in Tenerife I woke in the night to the sound of tinkling .... must be a wind chime somewhere I thought and went back to sleep. But it got louder and louder ... and then it dawned on me ... something was in my glass of water on the bedside table. I switched on the light and sure enough there was the biggest cockroach ever in my glass helping his/herself. My husband (my hero!) woken by the light, tipped it out and gave it a good leathering with his walking boot .... size 11 ... did the job.
We moved out to another apartment the next day. I still wonder if this was the only time I'd unknowingly shared my water with a night visitor!
Gardener and beekeeper in beautiful Scottish Borders
A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
I made the mistake of walking through the woods with the dog early this morning and If I walked through one spiders web I walked through hundreds. First thing I did on returning home was to give my hair a thorough brushing. Didn't want to take any wildlife to the SM. Hope it didn't take the spiders long to repair the damage.
It's the big hairy legged ones that give me a fright in the house and I do shout for OH if he's around to release it. If not, I bite the bullet and do it myself.
Can't tolerate spiders indoors, my heart races and I get all sweaty until it is dispatched. they have to be killed as someone once told me they are like homing pigeons, so if I put them outside, they would only return Weirdly, I don't mind them outside, but accidentally walking through a web is not on my list of favourite things
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Youngest daughter saw a big one recently outside her bedroom door and had to come and ask me to take it away. When I explained that it was just the male looking for a 'friend' (
) and what happens after 'the deed', she still wasn't sympathetic 
Got a pic recently of one in the garden which had wrapped up his lunch and was having a nibble
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
pansyface that's terrible!! Still made me chuckle though
I'm fine with spiders / worms / ants etc ..... but there is one creepy crawly I'm not a big fan of.
On a holiday in Tenerife I woke in the night to the sound of tinkling .... must be a wind chime somewhere I thought and went back to sleep. But it got louder and louder ... and then it dawned on me ... something was in my glass of water on the bedside table. I switched on the light and sure enough there was the biggest cockroach ever in my glass helping his/herself. My husband (my hero!) woken by the light, tipped it out and gave it a good leathering with his walking boot .... size 11 ... did the job.
We moved out to another apartment the next day. I still wonder if this was the only time I'd unknowingly shared my water with a night visitor!
A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
I made the mistake of walking through the woods with the dog early this morning and If I walked through one spiders web I walked through hundreds. First thing I did on returning home was to give my hair a thorough brushing. Didn't want to take any wildlife to the SM. Hope it didn't take the spiders long to repair the damage
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It's the big hairy legged ones that give me a fright in the house and I do shout for OH if he's around to release it. If not, I bite the bullet and do it myself
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I'm life-ruiningly phobic about house spiders. This time of year is a nightmare. I live in constant dread of running into one - or vice-versa.
But I love garden spiders and will happily handle them if I have to. I just don't see them as the same animal.
Can't tolerate spiders indoors, my heart races and I get all sweaty until it is dispatched. they have to be killed as someone once told me they are like homing pigeons, so if I put them outside, they would only return
Weirdly, I don't mind them outside, but accidentally walking through a web is not on my list of favourite things
Plus, Pink Lily, a dead house spider can't breed.
I ain't proud of it, but I too have to kill them.