To afraid to go to bed!!

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They're noisy and annoying, and I like spiders anyway. There's millions of flies knocking around outside with other places to live, so if there's a few spiders in my room to keep it clear of them then I'm happy.

I'm so glad we've both had the opportunity to air our respective positions on flies and spiders in the home.

Reply 41

Manitude

Original post by Amplify

It's a British spider; it will do you no harm at all. It's hundreds of thousands of times smaller than you; what is it going to do?

Some of the bigger ones can penetrate human skin, but it's apparently not especially painful.

Reply 42

OWN4G3

Original post by pandabird

Last night I witnessed a huge, black spider scuttle under my bed. Of course I could never have slept in my bed after seeing that, so I slept in my sisters bed which was luckily vacant for the night. However, today she has returned and I do not know what to do.
The thought of a spider under my bed petrifies me, help. :frown:

Btw it's

Too afraid to go to bed!!

Reply 43

jarasta

Original post by Birkenhead

I'm so glad we've both had the opportunity to air our respective positions on flies and spiders in the home.

I agree with you, I actually kinda like flies, they listen to you commands to leave when you open the door, they general seem to want to leave my room when they come in anyway.

Reply 44

Leon Trotsky

I wish there was a spider in my room to eat all the moths and flies and **** that have invaded. I was playing a game on my phone last night and this massive moth buzzed over the screen and farted its stupid silvery dust everywhere.

Reply 45

Truflais

I'm sure it's gone by now? Hopefully you get some sleep soon! :redface:

Reply 46

Birkenhead

Original post by jarasta

I agree with you, I actually kinda like flies, they listen to you commands to leave when you open the door, they general seem to want to leave my room when they come in anyway.

Excellent sarcasm skills. Really, bravo. Are you at Oxbridge? You must be at Oxbridge. What college was it? LSE at the very least. To summon the brainpower to superficially say one thing while subtly communicating the complete reverse. Quite remarkable. I've actually saved the link to this post on my desktop such is my esteem of it. I do hope so much that you continue to frequent this website and share with us all more linguistic gems like this.

If you have developed some semblance of physical co-ordination and cognition since exiting your mother's womb you should be capable of getting a fly out of your house with relative ease.

Reply 47

marcus2001

Original post by pandabird

OP if you're referring to the giant house spider

then you are infact playing host to the fastest arachnid on the planet, this ****er also bites though it's bites are harmless, sleep tight

Reply 48

shah101

Keep your room very clean and tidy. Spray insect repellent onto bed sheets and yourself to prevent bites. I usually use a vacuum to remove any crawling insects which kills them instantly (so keep a vacuum nearby).

Don't worry...the spiders are harmless!

Reply 49

dreadpiraterach

I had the same problem last night... I was lying on my bed, just about to go to sleep and a big spider crawled right past me and then out of sight :frown:

I was too scared to go to sleep at first (I know they aren't poisonous or anything but I just hate the feeling of insects crawling on me) but I just distracted myself with other things until I was so tired that I didn't really have much choice. The spider didn't bother me all night and I haven't seen it since. Like a lot of people have said, it's probably gone now.

Also even if it's still in your room (it probably isn't), chances are it's not going to crawl on you in the night, because compared to the spider you are a giant. It's probably more scared of you than you are of it. Hope you don't lose too much sleep over it :smile:

Reply 50

username1132180

Spiders will NEVER climb on your face/mouth/skin or anywhere near that! Trust me I'm an ex-arachnophobe turned arachnophile. :biggrin:

Reply 51

username1132180

Original post by Ho Chi Minh

It's a common misconception that we don't have venomous spiders in the UK actually, but if you don't live in the South you're probably fine - just putting it out there :tongue:

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/9541211.Dad_collapses_after_bite_by_UK_s_most_venomous_spider/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2130975/Woman-loses-hand-bitten-false-widow-spider.html

Every spider is venomous :P it's just that the ones in the UK don't have enough to do you any harm! Also, people can be allergic to spider venom/web/hairs and so can collapse due to them!

Reply 52

study beats

just kill the spider?

Reply 53

Hippysnake

Original post by pandabird

It is rational in that sense. I guess what I was referring to is that you can't rationalise it. Knowing they can't harm you makes no difference. It's not about safety, it's such a deep rooted fear that really has no place in our country, it's illogical. And I'd say that it is more debilitating than advantageous in this day and age.

If only I could replace house spiders with house snakes, that I would much prefer!

I agree that it can't be rationalised in this country, but as humans we're intrinsically conditioned on a genetic level to be weary of objects that look dangerous. Spiders look sinister, even though they are harmless.

So stupid

Original post by marcus2001

OP if you're referring to the giant house spider

then you are infact playing host to the fastest arachnid on the planet, this ****er also bites though it's bites are harmless, sleep tight

I have them in my room. I can actually hear them scuttle across the room. Thank god I have a cricket bat!

Reply 56

Ho Chi Minh

Original post by Sphodromantis

Every spider is venomous :P it's just that the ones in the UK don't have enough to do you any harm! Also, people can be allergic to spider venom/web/hairs and so can collapse due to them!

Well all but two species are technically venomous, yes. Most spiders don't possess fangs which are capable of piercing human skin or produce venom which is medically significant as far as bitten humans are concerned, true. And yes, you can't rule out extreme reactions. My point was simply that in the UK there do exist spiders that have the potential to deliver medically significant amounts of venom to humans, contrary to popular belief, and I was using this criterion as the implied casual definition of "venomous", as the poster I quoted did. :smile:

Reply 57

pandabird