My daughter wants to move out!!!
It all started with a little drama last night. My two boys refused to sleep in their room as there was a scary spider. With much irritation, I tore myself away from my book and went to take a look.
It was HUGE. I am used to big spiders as we get a lot of rain spiders who come into the house when a cold front is approaching (which it is). This one was bigger than I have ever seen. I allowed the boys to sleep in my room and the next morning it was still in the same place. I took a few photos to get it identified. It IS a rain spider, but a very pregnant female, hence the fat body. The body alone measured about 10cm long.
Rain spiders are totally harmless, but my daughter is still spending tonight at her boyfriend's place! I think she might stay living with us a while longer though. I dread going to work when I see such an awesome specimen of a creature as I am scared the staff will kill it. In my opinion mosquitoes are much worse than spiders!
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It looks scary. Cannot blame anybody not to sleep in his /her own bed if something like this is just somewhere àround.😩
Completely harmless :)
No no nononono just no and NO.
I've named the spider Sally. 😆
She needs a room of her own. Maybe a nice guest house out back...?
Hahahaha, it will still be full of spiders, because of where we live. :)
Ohhhhh that is so big, scary looking thing ewwww
I decided to call her Sally. :)
Sweet name for a angry looking spider lol
I would move out :(
I decided she was not so bad after I confirmed she was a rain spider. I don't mind her in my house, just not in the kids rooms. I named her Sally.
You amaze me!
what a massive spider, I too would want to sleep in your bed lol.
nice blog.
Hahaha, there would be no space!
That thing looks huge!!!
It is!!!
"In my opinion mosquitoes are much worse than spiders!" True. And in no time you'll have hundreds of baby spiders living in the house protecting you from the mosquitoes by eating them. Isn't life wonderful?!
I think so. I just need to persuade my family. The spider was removed, but I was concerned about it in the upcoming cold front, so I have moved it in such a way it has the option of coming back inside, in a room only I use!!!
Dang metric system. I'll have to google that to see how big it is in inches.
4 inches :)
The body is 10 cm?! Good golly...
(For Americans, that's just over 4 inches)
Centimetres or inches,it is ginormous!