Serket Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Currently I have a small huntsman living in the bathroom. It is welcome to stay as long as it follows the house rules:1. Stay up high 2. Dont feel tempted to go near my puter 3. Stay away from my ensuite. After seeing that living pinecone I have added two more rules: 4. Female spiders are no longer welcome 5. All spiders who live in my house must be celibate. All those who dont obey the house rules get a free ride in my dyson. I don't know if it's true, but someone told me that huntsmen drop down off the roof so being up high doesn't mean you're safe I can't stand having a spider up above my head after being told that (I vacuum them up too!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlizng Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Eek! And i thought i wasn't afraid of spiders. If i saw the living pinecone, i would make myself scarce. IN A HURRY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannibalgoldfish Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 I dont think I have ever seen so many babies with one wolf spider! Wow. I get to feed and water the spiders at work when we have them on display. I can put "spider wrangler" on my resume Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 I would love to have a spidee with all those babies on board I am so envious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Angel Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Currently I have a small huntsman living in the bathroom. It is welcome to stay as long as it follows the house rules:1. Stay up high 2. Dont feel tempted to go near my puter 3. Stay away from my ensuite. After seeing that living pinecone I have added two more rules: 4. Female spiders are no longer welcome 5. All spiders who live in my house must be celibate. All those who dont obey the house rules get a free ride in my dyson. We have exactly the same rules and after this thread i was mentally adding rule 4 and 5 to the list as well. We do give them the chance of being escorted out though and warned not to come back. White tails and redbacks are killed on appearance. We also have rule 6. Stay the hell away from the dogs and my bedroom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashanali Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Currently I have a small huntsman living in the bathroom. It is welcome to stay as long as it follows the house rules:1. Stay up high 2. Dont feel tempted to go near my puter 3. Stay away from my ensuite. After seeing that living pinecone I have added two more rules: 4. Female spiders are no longer welcome 5. All spiders who live in my house must be celibate. All those who dont obey the house rules get a free ride in my dyson. I don't know if it's true, but someone told me that huntsmen drop down off the roof so being up high doesn't mean you're safe I can't stand having a spider up above my head after being told that (I vacuum them up too!) yes. Yes they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ams Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Rules are very simple in my house: You stay outside you live You come inside you die!!! mmwaaahahahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mish13 Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Rules are very simple in my house:You stay outside you live You come inside you die!!! mmwaaahahahahaha I will second this and to all those that let spiders live in the house, I hope you sleep with your mouth shut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serket Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 My policy is pretty hard line - if I see you, you die (as long as I can kill you relatively easily and safely from a distance). I'd do the inside/outside rule, except that Gypsy goes hunting in the grass and along the fence line at night, and the idea of her eating spiders horrifies me (beetles and bugs are fine though) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leithy Posted November 28, 2009 Author Share Posted November 28, 2009 Those are my house rules too... but now that you told me huntsmen drop from the roof they are all dead, coz i cant stand to get near the ugly things... luckily my girls stay away from spiders!! If they are little they generally get a bit of a lifespan unless they are black. To make matters worse, during the night I felt something crawl across my chest, and I flicked it away thinking I was "feeling things" Getting ready for work the next day I saw an effing scorpion crawling across the floor, about 7cm long <including the tail>. YUCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tivins Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 OMFG !!!! after seeing the pics, now i have 'crawly feelings'all over my body...! That 1st one is MASSIVE....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifi Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 WOW !! very nice spidey :-) I hope mumma & babies are still breathing ? I love hunstmen, they are always welcome at our place, not whitetips though, they get scooped up and put outside. fifi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monah Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Great pics. We had an encounter with a beast years ago in my daughter's bedroom. It was a gigantic bird eating tarantula MASSIVE, Now they sell baby ones for $100 No thanks. Daughter slept with son for 3 months she would not go back to her room, can't blame her. She was about 17 at the time. We are all still scarred by the night of the beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickojoy Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 My legs are now curled up on the computer chair after seeing those redbacks... My house was sprayed a few weeks ago for spiders and they were dying all over my decking, but the dogs had to chase them first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leithy Posted November 28, 2009 Author Share Posted November 28, 2009 stuff a gigantic bird eating tarantula, i wouldn't even be living in the house i need to get the house sprayed, spidies everywhere!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripley Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 WOW !! very nice spidey :-) I hope mumma & babies are still breathing ?I love hunstmen, they are always welcome at our place, not whitetips though, they get scooped up and put outside. fifi Huntsmen are very welcome here too, although one gave me a fright the other night as it was on the opposite side of the garage door and I nearly put my hand on him. Mum has one who lives behind a painting in her living room and is the chief mosquito killer in her house. I have an orb spider out near the gardenias, I love to watch her build her web ever so delicately of an evening and then take it down the next day. Fascinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all that glitters Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 What the hell, I'm never coming to S.A then!!! Wolf spiders!! SCORPIONS!!! .. I'm sticking to normal Victoria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlenheimBoy Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 (edited) Rules are very simple in my house:You stay outside you live You come inside you die!!! mmwaaahahahahaha +1 Here's one we had on a window at work a few months back: Over a 12 hour period, she hoisted this poor lil guy up over 1 metre - from on a window sill (where she must have caught him), to up under the (outside) blind hood. ..... I'm sticking to normal Victoria Normal Victoria... lol, that's funny. Edited November 28, 2009 by BlenheimBoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashanali Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Rules are very simple in my house:You stay outside you live You come inside you die!!! mmwaaahahahahaha same here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helen Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 OK, I have read and seen way too much on this thread, this is just scarey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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