Killing Spiders

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Just_A_Girl13 said:
Salaam,



I once went swimming and then afterwards, I was stung by a poisonous spider as I was putting on my shirt. Apparently, it was waiting inside the sleeve for its next victim to come along :p All kidding aside, though, I don't think that spiders (or any animal, really) have the wits to be that diabolical. If they did that, they were probably just trying to escape.

Peace
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:hmm: :heated: I'm so glad we don't have poisenous ones here that try to sting you, your story brings back memories of when I was a child and there was a spider in my jumper, when I put the jumper on the spider crawled out onto my shoulder from inside the jumper and I didn't realize untill it was going up my neck then when I saw it I freaked out and flicked it onto my mum who was driving the car then she started screaming and nearly crashed the car, she did emergency stop and quickly opened the door and got out and then started jumping up and down trying to get it off her the spider was going crazy and crawling all over the place she eventually flung it away, it was a very traumatic day, we just sat there taking deep breaths after and checking our clothes every few seconds.

Whilst it was in my jumper I could feel something itching me and I didn't know what it was so I would scratch thinking it was just a itch but it was the spider causing it +o( I never wore that jumper again I gave it to charity. Now whenever I get an itch under my jumper I check thoroughly to make sure the spider hasn't come back to haunt me.


zakahmed said:
Yeah I think the best thing to do is just to try and let them out the house , although it can be difficult especially in the middle of the night when you dont want to wake everyone else up :)
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The trouble is catching them cos they crawl so darn fast :raging: and if you miss them then they take cover under some furniture where you can't see them then you're left sitting there waiting for them to come back out. They shock you because when you look at them, you don't expect them to crawl as fast as they do.
 
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Salahudeen said:
The trouble is catching them cos they crawl so darn fast and if you miss them then they take cover under some furniture where you can't see them then you're left sitting there waiting for them to come back out. They shock you because when you look at them, you don't expect them to crawl as fast as they do.
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Thats happened to my on several occasions and its really a nightmare to deal with, it then just becomes a waiting game between you and the spider to see who will make the next move :)
 
zakahmed said:
Thats happened to my on several occasions and its really a nightmare to deal with, it then just becomes a waiting game between you and the spider to see who will make the next move :)
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Once that happened and I was waiting for 1 hour for it to come back out then I decided to move the furniture, so I lifted it up and there was nothing there :heated: it had somehow escaped without me realizing, then I was looking around the room all night, didn't really sleep properly till 2 days later when I saw it again. Then I was able to sleep :hmm:
 
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There are two poisonous spiders that live in my area, and several non-venomous ones that resemble the poisonous ones. I usually don't get close enough to find out which is which.
 
Hmm. I generally put them outside. I found a spider hanging out on the wall above my bed one night. So I grabbed a cupcake box, asked the spider to jump into the box. It jumped in and I closed it. Took the box outside and let it go. :)
 
Perseveranze said:
I don't think you can just kill a spider... You know that spider could testify against you on the day of judgement, no joke.

If I see a spider, I just pick it up and put it outside, simple solution :)
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While I think this is the best and most merciful solution, I don't think I can personally do this. I love spiders and all animals and wish them all the best, wouldn't really want to harm them, but I am afraid of them, even though I know they won't do anything to me, insha'Allah.

I usually call me mommy or brother to come and get rid of it for me.

There is however one less-scary way to do that. Sometimes I take a big paper and put the spider on the end of it (this way the spider won't have time to get near my hand) , then quickly take the paper (with the spider on it) outside.
 
Asiyah3 said:
There is however one less-scary way to do that. Sometimes I take a big paper and put the spider on the end of it (this way the spider won't have time to get near my hand) , then quickly take the paper (with the spider on it) outside.
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I seem to be afraid of them too , I tend to try and trap it in a jar then let it outside , if I used a piece of paper I would worry about it somehow escaping from my grip and attacking me :)
 
zakahmed said:
Wow , poisonous +o( Where do you live?
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Alabama. Southern USA.

We have the brown recluse and the black widow here, both of which are poisonous. Their bites rarely kill healthy adult humans, but still cause a lot of pain and discomfort. You don't want to take a hit from either one. Fortunately they prefer to hide rather than attack and only bite when threatened.
 
King of Nines said:
We have the brown recluse and the black widow here, both of which are poisonous.
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For the arachnides-lovers or aspiring to become spiderman:

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Brown Recluse

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Black widow



King of Nines said:
Their bites rarely kill healthy adult humans, but still cause a lot of pain and discomfort.
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Hmm... I've seen pictures and images of brown recluse bite victims: they left a big hole in the flesh after several days if left untreated. Too disgusting to post here.
 
We don't have the Brown Recluse here in South Carolina, our only dangerous spider is the Black Widow. I used to live in Texas and the Recluse is found there, you are correct, their bite causes a nasty wound.

I figure if I have a spider in my house, there must be insects or similar to feed it, so it is doing me a favor by keeping the bugs down. If I see many spiders then I must have too many bugs and I should make sure I do a better job to keep my home clean.
 
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Brown recluse venom is necrotic. It eats away at the skin tissue around the bite which causes those nasty wounds if left untreated.

I once saw a TV program about it and it showed pictures of people with necrotic wounds from brown recluse bites. In most cases, the people in question were unaware that they had even been bitten until they discovered the necrotic wounds. In almost all cases, they were bitten in their sleep and woke up with bloody sheets and then discovered their wounds.
 

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