False widow spiders
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My mum is lethal with them, used to drive my dad up the wall scraping bits of spider out of the carpet or freshly painted wall. Me and him were kinder to them, my wife is petrified of them and demands they be executed. The way she reacted to one in her old flat made me think someone had broken in!ShootersHillGuru said:
Please Don’t kill them. I don’t like them either but better to pop a glass over them and move them outside.soapy_jones said:
RWR - It's a spider!SE7toSG3 said:Anyone know what this was, lurking in a WWI bunker in Macedonia the other week, my local guide ran off which is never a good sign?
I hate the things, but it is unnerving how the human eye is tuned into their movement. Caught one make a dash across the living room carpet the other night. Fastest I have moved in centuries, out of armchair, slipper off, wham! "Sayonara sucker"
I pick them up and put them outside, my old job meant lots of working underground and believe me you get some monster ones there. Don't get me wrong I don't like things crawling on me uninvited but I have no willingness to kill them. They eat flies, wasps and mosquitoes which is fine by me6 -
That's exactly what Mrs Blackpool does while I'm standing on the sofa screaming encouragement.ShootersHillGuru said:
Please Don’t kill them. I don’t like them either but better to pop a glass over them and move them outside.soapy_jones said:
RWR - It's a spider!SE7toSG3 said:Anyone know what this was, lurking in a WWI bunker in Macedonia the other week, my local guide ran off which is never a good sign?
I hate the things, but it is unnerving how the human eye is tuned into their movement. Caught one make a dash across the living room carpet the other night. Fastest I have moved in centuries, out of armchair, slipper off, wham! "Sayonara sucker"3 -
I do the same with dogs in my car. Fairwell fluffy....soapy_jones said:
RWR - It's a spider!SE7toSG3 said:Anyone know what this was, lurking in a WWI bunker in Macedonia the other week, my local guide ran off which is never a good sign?
I hate the things, but it is unnerving how the human eye is tuned into their movement. Caught one make a dash across the living room carpet the other night. Fastest I have moved in centuries, out of armchair, slipper off, wham! "Sayonara sucker"0 -
Newham schools closing because of False widow spiders. No wonder we lost the Empire.
http://www.itv.com/news/london/2018-10-03/schools-in-newham-closed-after-spider-infestation/0 -
What's the difference between the brown ones and the identically shaped black ones with white markings?
I know real black widows have red markings... But been finding these black and white ones in my garage a lot lately.0 -
Spray your garage with Raid, takes false widows out as their body are soft shell unlike the normal house spider so it doesn't affect thoseDazzler21 said:What's the difference between the brown ones and the identically shaped black ones with white markings?
I know real black widows have red markings... But been finding these black and white ones in my garage a lot lately.0 -
Found this one the other week on my saw -
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Hard to say without very close inspection, and often just different colourings within the same species. All false widows are from the genus Steatoda, but there are six species found in the UK. S. nobilis are the ones usually referred to as false widows but S. Grossa are remarkably similar and the others aren't greatly different. If you'd like to post a picture I'll have a go, but it's tricky so I can't make any promises.Dazzler21 said:What's the difference between the brown ones and the identically shaped black ones with white markings?
I know real black widows have red markings... But been finding these black and white ones in my garage a lot lately.0 -
That spider has Donald Trump's face on its back, "Let's make spider webs great again!"i_b_b_o_r_g said:Found this one the other week on my saw -
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Just another excuse for teachers to take yet more time off.Raith_C_Chattonell said:Newham schools closing because of False widow spiders. No wonder we lost the Empire.
http://www.itv.com/news/london/2018-10-03/schools-in-newham-closed-after-spider-infestation/
Turn the discovery into a nature lesson first, then maths (counting the amount of them then multiplying that number by their leg count etc.), then geography (discussing which spiders are indigenous to which continent) and then a first aid course when someone gets bitten.2 - Sponsored links:
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Then law studies when the parents sue.Macronate said:
Just another excuse for teachers to take yet more time off.Raith_C_Chattonell said:Newham schools closing because of False widow spiders. No wonder we lost the Empire.
http://www.itv.com/news/london/2018-10-03/schools-in-newham-closed-after-spider-infestation/
Turn the discovery into a nature lesson first, then maths (counting the amount of them then multiplying that number by their leg count etc.), then geography (discussing which spiders are indigenous to which continent) and then a first aid course when someone gets bitten.1 -
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Looks very much like it to me.moutuakilla said:Is this a false widow? Got loads settling in around outside our house
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Arse. Better translocate them to workShootersHillGuru said:
Looks very much like it to me.moutuakilla said:Is this a false widow? Got loads settling in around outside our house
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moutuakilla said:
Is this a false widow? Got loads settling in around outside our house
Definitely a false widow, as I have said before normal Raid that you use on house flies kills them, good luckmoutuakilla said:Is this a false widow? Got loads settling in around outside our house
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Ffs it's only a spider.
Just do what I do.
Ask the Mrs to get rid of the hideous looking 8 legged monster.
Obviously I would do it myself but I don't want to hurt it.1 -
A clue is in the name 'false widow' they are absolutely no harm to you. Leave them be.2
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Why are they called false widows are their husbands still alive.Stig said:A clue is in the name 'false widow' they are absolutely no harm to you. Leave them be.
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Never married.blackpool72 said:
Why are they called false widows are their husbands still alive.Stig said:A clue is in the name 'false widow' they are absolutely no harm to you. Leave them be.
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You can often see them around the same area. The males are smaller and more weedy looking.blackpool72 said:
Why are they called false widows are their husbands still alive.Stig said:A clue is in the name 'false widow' they are absolutely no harm to you. Leave them be.
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So they are palarse spiders.Stig said:
You can often see them around the same area. The males are smaller and more weedy looking.blackpool72 said:
Why are they called false widows are their husbands still alive.Stig said:A clue is in the name 'false widow' they are absolutely no harm to you. Leave them be.
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My ten favourite spider encounters this year:
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I've got at least six different steatoda all living within a couple of metres of each other in my garden. My guess is that they are all siblings, but I don't know that.
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Probably. They’ve all got their daddies legs4
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Be careful, I was heading back home as @kellycafc was opening the door I touched the wall and felt something, turns out it was a false widow spider, I believe I moved before it bite me, but be careful as they are clearly around again
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Why do you believe it was going to bite you?2
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It had a knife and fork in its hand and a napkin round it’s neck.Stig said:Why do you believe it was going to bite you?
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I saw one on my shed this week.0
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We have three in the roof-lantern in our lounge. Pretty much keep themselves to themselves.1
