spider in the shower... Australia

[Demovictory9]

UGH

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9374257/Woman-encouraged-monster-female-huntsman-spider-lurking-shower.html





'I have what I believe to be a beautiful huntsman in my shower,' she wrote in the post.

'She is out of harms way but should I relocate her? FYI heart racing at the thought of the latter.'

Users agreed that she should move the huntsman because the steam from the shower could cause her to lose her footing and slip off the wall.

Why your bathroom is the worst place to see a huntsman: Woman is warned to move monster female spider before it falls on her HEAD when she has a shower
Cathy Cox found the female arachnid curled up near the ceiling in the bathroom
She asked Facebook users whether she should try to remove the huntsman
Users were horrified by close-up photos which made the spider look enormous

[Blue Dawn]

1. I removed my post.

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[hlthe2b]

2. Oh, geez, people. Get a grip. They aren't venomous nor aggressive.

I routinely capture and relocate wolf spiders--another nonvenomous and generally nonaggressive spider all the time--they kill the bad ones, after all.

How is mankind going to survive I ask constantly given the idiocy around wearing a mask to prevent COVID-19. Now, I'm not sure we will survive just basic idiocy.

[krispos42]

10. My lizard brain says "burn the house down"

My rational brain loses in this kind of contest, unfortunately.

This is why I'm glad I live in a state with a winter. Keeps the bugs and spiders from getting too big.

[2naSalit]

15. That's where I'm at...

But I have good reason to get skeeved out about spiders after having been bitten all over my face by (probably) Hobo Spider(s). Fifteen years later I still have nerve damage and other issues from that, and I had what looked like third degree burns all over my face for three f'ing painful months. If I find a spider in my home, it's dead, outside, I'll let them be.

Spider that big, I'd either move out or burn the place down, it's visceral.

[krispos42]

18. Nightmare fuel indeed

Gah!

I was talking about this with my teenager a few months back, and he goes "well, at least they can't fly".

I pause for a few seconds and go "great, now all I can think about are flying spiders!"

"Sorry, dad".

[2naSalit]

19. At least I have all day...

To work on filling my head with other, more pleasant images.
As it is, I have a sixth sense about spiders in my home. I can feel their presence and it's usually a matter of seconds until I see them which triggers the thought process surrounding plotting their demise and disposal.

[UTUSN]

43. Can't fly but (some?) sure can *jump*! -- had an encounter with a small, colorful one on low branch

That little jerk was AGGRESSIVE, like a chihuahua of spiders - was semi-charging at the sight of me (with hundred eyes?). At one time my old, frame garage got to be having a population explosion and I had it fumigated. As somebody said, if they're outside I leave them alone, but inside they're goners and I don't mean "relocated".

[drmeow]

55. One of my freakiest experiences

was having a cockroach fly across my family room! GROSS!

[uponit7771]

25. +1, same and its crazy cause I know about these spiders.

[multigraincracker]

3. I hear they

taste just like chicken if prepared right.

[2naSalit]

16. ...

[Irish_Dem]

21. I first read they taste just like children....

Just woke up and have not have full cup of coffee yet.

[keithbvadu2]

28. Edible

[multigraincracker]

29. Everyone loves my beer batter fish.

I've always said, you dip shoe leather in my batter, fry it up and it would taste great too.

[keithbvadu2]

32. Like beef jerky... old shoes with salt.

Like beef jerky... old shoes with salt.

[jcgoldie]

47. haha!

My dad used to say you could deep fry dogshit and Americans will eat it!

[milestogo]

31. They should be covered in chocolate and given to someone you love.

[albacore]

37. Breaded, seasoned, and deep fried...

...everything tastes like chicken.

Dog...cat...snake...horse manure...whatever....

[Layzeebeaver]

4. I use a couple of bug vac as well.

But I keep the big spider of the early season inside one and feed him the other bugs we catch.

Very entertaining.

We release him/her into the garden once he/she is big and fat.

[abqtommy]

5. That sure puts the song Itsy Bitsy Spider in perspective!

[speak easy]

6. Huntsman spiders have a similar temperament to the tarantulas people keep as pets.

Tarantulas are the largest arachnid species. Huntsmen are a little smaller.

[Irish_Dem]

22. This one needs a collar and leash.

[Aussie105]

7. I catch them frequently.

Large clear container over the top, slide a sheet of stiff paper under her feet, lift, take outside.

It's when they have 100s of babies with them it gets a bit more complicated.

[jaxexpat]

9. Have you considered caging the babies until the courts decide?

Probably inappropriate, again.

[True Dough]

11. The Geneva Convention forbids

your brand of humor, jaxexpat.

[uponit7771]

26. +1

[MissB]

30. Funny Christmas tree story

We always do a u-cut Christmas tree. Some places will shake it mechanically for you but most don’t have that option. We leave ours outside on the porch for a couple of days before bringing it in.

A few years ago, my niece and her husband got a Christmas tree the first Christmas after they got a house. They’d lived in a state where you wouldn’t normally find Christmas trees so she’d grown up with artificial trees. When she moved near me and married/bought a house, jr was a huge treat to have a very tall tree in her very tall living room.

Except no one apparently told her to keep it outside for a few days. They put it in the stand and it pretty much reached the ceiling. A few days later she had hundreds of baby spiders all over her ceiling.

She switched back to artificial trees.

[alittlelark]

8. She is beautiful !!!

I have a few in my home, I rarely see them. They get rid of the bugs I really do not want in my home.

[Solly Mack]

12. The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the shower wall

Someone took a close-up and scared us one and all

Out came the facts and it wasn't such a dilly

And the itsy bitsy spider thought humans all were silly

[gratuitous]

44. The fookin' giant spider climbed up the shower wall

Someone took a close-up and scared us one and all

Some suggested flame throwers, others said try mace

But the only way to be sure is nuke that thing from space.

[Solly Mack]

46. Heh!

lol

[EndlessWire]

14. Oh, hell NOOO!!

You know what to do...

[Raine]

17. I love spiders! 🕷️ I rescue them whenever I can, they're so interesting. 🙂. nt

[Treefrog]

23. I do too. I always rescue them. My parents always rescued bugs and took them out of the house.

My siblings and I all do the same.

[Irish_Dem]

20. I would pack my bags and move.

Yikes.

[MineralMan]

24. One word: Tupperware.

Those are pretty harmless spiders, actually. She should get a largish plastic food container, and put it over the spider. She should also have a piece of stiff cardboard or other material in the other hand. Cover the spider, slide the piece of cardboard under the container, then carry the critter outside and release it.

If she can't do it, she should get a 12-year-old boy from her neighborhood to do it for her.

Simple.

When I was 12, I rescued a neighbor lady from a rather large gopher snake that somehow got into her house. She was outside and was obviously distraught. I asked her what was wrong. "Snake! Snake!" I asked her where the snake was, and then went inside, picked up and carried it out of the house. It bit me a couple of times, but it was just a gopher snake, so who cared? Then, I carried down the street to my own backyard and released it there. Problem solved.

[Hekate]

34. My husband is in charge of rescuing any spiders in the house, which he does the same way as you...

Except black widows. I convinced him that I am within my rights to eliminate those.

Aside from that, my attitude toward spiders is that the house is mine, and they have all of the outdoors to live in.

[MineralMan]

45. Many people have visceral, negative reactions to spider, snakes,

and other critters. I understand that. I lived for 35 years on the Central Coast of California. Black widow heaven. If asked, I could find a black widow in my house in less than 30 seconds.

Fortunately, those spiders are experts at staying out of sight. As long as I didn't see them, I left them alone. But, I knew where they were likely to be, and took careful precautions when moving furniture and reaching into places. If I saw them, I killed them. But, if I didn't see them, I didn't go hunting for them.

I never got a black widow bite in my entire time in California. I was aware that they were there, but didn't hunt them down. It took a while, but my wife, who grew up in a different place, even got used to that strategy for them. Eradicating them is impossible in that area, so a guy has to learn about them and avoid them. They hide very well, so it's not too difficult.

[JI7]

27. NO

[pecosbob]

33. Had a brown recluse take a nap with me one night

It left me with two dozen bites all over my stomach and back. Must have rolled over on it in my sleep. It was not a pleasant experience.

[Hekate]

35. Those are bad. I had a friend who had a severe reaction...

My sis had a friend who ended up having to have a skin graft on her forehead.

[SoonerPride]

41. JEEEEE SUS

fuck no!

[Xavier Breath]

36. Yeah, probably best to leave that pic out of the Zillow profile. n/t

[albacore]

38. I ain't askaird...

Now, if I found a Republican in my shower.... those things creep me out!

"Call the exterminator, Ma!"

[MoonRiver]

40. Hahaha!

[MoonRiver]

39. We always relocate our shower spiders to the garage.

But that one we might move into the yard, lol.

[edhopper]

42. They are big

but not monsters

[Demovictory9]

48. That is a monster!!!! 😳

[PlanetBev]

49. Jesus, Demo, what the hell are you trying to do?

Set off my defibrillator? Somebody please, get my Xanax.

[Demovictory9]

54. lol... sorry.

[cally]

50. Had a spider almost this big in shower when in Amazon

Near floor. I think I just took a quick shower with it there. The tour guide laughed at me that I was even concerned!

[canetoad]

51. Interesting thing about huntsman spiders

They are big, juicy targets for birds, humans and others and they have practically no defenses.

Instead, the joints on their legs have evolved to pivot 360 deg. in all directions so that they can flatten themselves out to the height of a 10c piece and thus be able to hide under bark, wallpaper, car visors etc.

I have a girl in the shed that is almost as big as this one - her name is Ivanka.

[Demovictory9]

53. that's a terrifying thought... lifting the car visor to find a gigantic spider.

[Vinca]

52. Years ago at a flea market I found a giant bird-eating spider specimen which I bought

for resale. It was so creepy and neat someone stole it out of the shop. I always regretted not keeping it.

[MrsCheaplaugh]

56. I love spiders. They're so graceful and usually, mellow.

But Madame here is almost too much of a good thing.