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I've caught loads of these over the years, but I've recently seen a YouTube video saying they might be slightly poisonous - even in the UK.! This might have been clickbait. It's often hard to tell.

But the next one I put outside, I was much more cautious.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@CrazyChick21 The woodlouse spider is small but quite distinctive, beige and red in colour. I don't thing we see them very often because they probably prefer the same sort of damp, shady hidden corners that attract woodlice.

The one that bit me was in my closed hand. I saw it at work and was taking it back outside, but evidently it didn't understand my noble intentions!

I've unwillingly fed many mosquitoes and midges over the years but only been stung twice, by wasps. Both incidents were years apart, and both my fault. They had landed on me and I instinctively went to brush them away but trapped them under my hand. If I had left them alone they would soon have flown away, but it is a bit alarming when they are on your head or face.
CrazyChick21 · 46-50, F
@ArishMell one of my friends nearly died because of wasp stings. She was stung seven times and she was severely allergic. She had an epi pen but her heart stopped twice. To my knowledge I have never been stung but I don't like them all the same.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@CrazyChick21 Oh, I know some people can be very allergic to bee and wasp venom. It is quite rare but still very serious.

I'm glad your friend recovered.

SethGreene531 · M Best Comment
Is that a Huntsman on your ceiling?
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Because it resembles this one below:

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x23g9cp (Dad in Australia tries to catch ceiling Huntsman in a tupperware bowl)

You can add him to the lease if he stays beyond 2 weeks.
CrazyChick21 · 46-50, F
@SethGreene531 That's... I don't know what that is. Time to leave the country I think 🤯
I'm sure he'll survive without interference. Just keep loving him.
CrazyChick21 · 46-50, F
@Sojournersoul that's just his hobnailed boots
@CrazyChick21 look sharp too
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
Hes Cute!!😷
Virgo79 · 61-69, M
Keep him as YOUR friend😬
That looks like a big Halloween spider from Dollar General to me. Haha
Shawnspencer · 51-55, M
Great name. Also, a good Who song lol
CloudDweller · 22-25, M
I used to have a big colorful spider in my garden but she was gone after a big storm.
MarkPaul · 26-30, M
When you take him for a walk, use a harness leash instead of around the neck. It's more humane.
Ontheroad · M
Hmmm, judging by the size of Boris, he is finding food somewhere.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
What a splendid animal!

A clean, well-kept home can stil host assorted tiny creatures that spiders find tasty.
CrazyChick21 · 46-50, F
@ArishMell hopefully he can find food from somewhere.
RedBaron · M
“You have a spider in your bathroom the size of a Buick!”

- Woody Allen, Annie Hall
Lostpoet · M
That's a huge spider
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@Lostpoet You should see his Mum...😷
Birdbox1986 · 31-35, F
I knew a Boris he was Yugoslavian or something like that, he was my eldest brother’s friend, I don’t know what, happened to him after that
Giant house spider
DogMan · 61-69, M

We get these in the Desert Southwest in the U.S. We call them Vinegaroos. Apparently if you
get bit you get sick and everything tastes like Vinegar.

They are super aggressive. They dig holes in hard desert soil.
CrazyChick21 · 46-50, F
@froggtongue I'm so glad I'm British. I don't like the look of that!
Thinkerbell · 46-50, F
@DogMan

That looks like a wind scorpion. The have nasty double fangs.
DogMan · 61-69, M
@Thinkerbell Yes! Wind Scorpion, also Sun Scorpion. I hate those things, they give me the
eebie jeebies.
Birdbox1986 · 31-35, F
Does Boris need help
moonlightlullaby · 46-50, F
Oh my heavens, it looks scary 😨
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@moonlightlullaby You think thats scary?? Wait until you try and get a saddle on him!!!
Simplyme33 · 31-35, F
Honestly? That scares the shit out of me
Thinkerbell · 46-50, F
Do you live in Australia...? 🤔

[media=https://youtu.be/mOphw5NxUW0]
CrazyChick21 · 46-50, F
@Thinkerbell England. Nothing fights back here. I don't mind my spider friend.
They wait until night time then lower themselves on top of you. That is where all the bugs will be be.
Shallowaters · 36-40, M
Omg that's scary
Nope nope and nope
DogMan · 61-69, M
That would freak me out. Hopefully it doesn't bite.
DogMan · 61-69, M
@CrazyChick21 OMG You are like my wife, another crazy chick. 🫨 She relocates every bug and critter. We had mice in our horse stables. She captured them and relocated to some orchards down the street
CrazyChick21 · 46-50, F
@DogMan much better than killing them. I don't like to do that
DogMan · 61-69, M
@CrazyChick21 I completely understand. 🙂
xp47rb · M
Looking like a brown recluse
CrazyChick21 · 46-50, F
@xp47rb no, I'm in the UK we don't have those here. It's just a regular house spider.
xp47rb · M
@CrazyChick21 good. Very nasty creatures.
WanderingHelplessly · 51-55, M
What in the world is wrong with you?! You do not stand and take a picture of that! Grab a lighter and a can of hairspray. Then you pray it returns to the evil place it was born in. As you burn it!
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@WanderingHelplessly HEY!!! Some of us feel that way about kittens, you know!!😷
CrazyChick21 · 46-50, F
@WanderingHelplessly had a goat once. The spider is far less trouble.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@WanderingHelplessly Along with your house. :)
WormMan · 56-60, M
[media=https://youtu.be/bvFuUaCe8eY]
CrazyChick21 · 46-50, F
@WormMan awesome! He actually has a song. 🙂
WormMan · 56-60, M
@CrazyChick21 as soon as I read Boris the song popped into my mind 🤣🕷🕸
Lilnonames · F

 
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