Comments on: eeeee!

By: Alie

Alie — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:25:07 +0000

Agh! The picture! Creepy crawly doesn't even come close.

By: megan

megan — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 01:01:00 +0000

Abby - This one was just about three inches long with the legs, though we found one that was larger a few years back. We didn't know what it was at the time and it was shocking - luckily it had come up a drain into the deep sink in the basement and it couldn't get out.

By: also abby

also abby — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:46:03 +0000

i tried the hairspray thing once when i was a kid. i way overdid it and ended up with a dead spider shellacked to my wall for a couple of days before i gave up and chipped it off.

anyways...when you say 'giant', how 'giant' are we talking?

By: Jane-Ellen

Jane-Ellen — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 03:15:10 +0000

I spray them with hairspray. They curl up and when my courage returns, I dispose of them. A women's bathroom is a wonderfully toxic place.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:53:39 +0000

Ack!! Please read this!!!....

Living in oregon, I get a huge variety of spiders. I can think of at least 10 different types I've seen in or around my house, so I've done a great deal of reading up on these things, and actually, I let one live in my window for about six months (knowing it must have been surviving off something I didn't want in there, and that it never left unless to go in a crack near it's web) But, one thing I have to say is...kill them. Considering the amount of babies spiders can have, and that the spiders you do see walking around your house, especially around this time of year, are probably males looking for a female to mate with (female spiders are a lot more likely to build a web in a secluded place and stay there, as was the case with my window spider) Putting a spider outside means it will either die without ever finding a mate, or if it should find one, then that means a higher spider population for you and your neighbors, and chances are good you will have even more of those dreaded spider encounters next year. So, if you really, really don't like spiders, then killing them is really the only way to guarantee that one spider won't be making 100 more spiders just like it.

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:36:06 +0000

Do you have these where you live?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_centipede

I do and I'd bet on it winning in a bug duel against your spider any day. The Giant House Spider would climb up on a chair to get away from this thing. The way it moves is just so freakin' weird.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:20:00 +0000

My friend's mom bought her a Spider & Insect Trap. It's a clear plastic pyramid with a foot long handle at its apex and a sliding plastic base. Open it up, jam it around the spider and slide the door shut. Then, empty into a toilet -- or if you have some silly type of remorse for the vermin -- release it outside far far from your house. I like the fact that you can trap the spider and then leave it there if you wish. It doesn't require you to fret that it'll escape or breed inside it.

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:48:44 +0000

We've got them on the other side of the country too--I just had the pleasure of sending one to creepy critter heaven over here on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Eeww. Heebie Jeebie City.

By: jessica

jessica — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:10:07 +0000

i used to live in columbia city and every single year at the end of july we would start to see these guys running around the house. you see them out of the corner of your eye darting around. yikes. they do go away though, that's the good news. toward the middle of september we stopped seeing them. this might put your mind at ease, i never once saw one in my bedroom or my kiddo's room. it seemed like they just liked to hang out in the tv room. good luck!

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:05:03 +0000

You need a bug vac! They suck the bug/spider right off the wall into a little containment unit. Then you can decide if it needs to be smooshed or released outside. I have this model: http://koolatrononline.stores.yahoo.net/mini-bug-vacuum.html and I use it for all my catch and release indoor spider hunting.

By: Mat

Mat — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:21:15 +0000

Martha,

If you have anymore problems you should check out Alpha exterminators! They're a Seattle based green pest control company that really helped me get rid of an ant problem, but without harming my dogs!

(for a few bucks extra I also had them spray for spiders ;) )

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:04:04 +0000

Seattle has the biggest spiders I've ever seen, in fact they are so big the ones around here wear diapers. I can see the muscels moving under all that hair (fur?)as they run across the floor. I accidentily stepped on one in my bare feet and heard a big crunch. It was so gross.
Hey love, love, love your blog! thank you.

By: Sharly

Sharly — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:23:57 +0000

Oh, I so feel your pain! I can barely stand to see the word! Thanks so much for posting the picture separately and giving a warning! That's one link on your site I won't be clicking!!

Ok, my feet are in my chair, now. Happy?

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 23:35:33 +0000

Giant European House Spiders are our friends! Normally they only come out of the basement if it's "nooky" season. And in the basement? Well, that's where they happily keep the REALLY scary creatures - the Hobo Spider, among other things - at bay. The Europeans are one of the few predators of the Hobo, so it was good of you to let him out so that he can defend us against scary poisonous things for months to come. :-)

By: Red Zinnia

Red Zinnia — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 22:12:54 +0000

Oh my, what a way to spend an evening! We had two big wolf spiders in our bedroom this spring (at two different times), so now I have to shake every article of clothing or blanket that lands on the floor before handling it. If I wake up in the night with the comforter kicked to the floor I leave it there till morning no matter how cold I get!