How thoughtful of you @jemimarose. Could you not involve the children in seeing what happens to the spiderlings? And if they show no signs of clearing off as you move the pool about and open it up, would it be possible to scoop them up into a bit of newspaper or something and place them elsewhere? I like spiders too but those ones with long skinny legs who make horrible cobwebs get hoovered up occasionally.
Yes! We've been watching them and the way they move. We looked up the life cycle etc, and my children don't want them to get hurt, either, so we're leaving them for this morning, and then as you say, I may be able to encourage them onto some newspaper or something and move them off. The mother looks like she is still sitting on the sac, so I think they've only just hatched and will still be feeding from the sac contents, perhaps? I'm not really sure!
@didyw. How could you hoover them up! . I'm mad enough to talk to those in my shed and there are enough of them. Until I took up gardening on a larger scale I would never have thought I would like spiders plus many other insects.
I have been known to talk to spiders! There was one beautiful orb spider last year and I used to talk to her a lot. The children and I named her Charlotte. Once I was trying to catapult a stunned fly into her web when the tea-towel I was using to fling it flung into her web and knocked her out. I was mortified! I was also already in a dilemma about the fly I had stunned and was feeding her because I felt bad about the fly! I discovered that she wasn't supposed to be a house spider and relocated her outside in a sheltered part of our garden. What a relief for my conscience!
I'm so impressed by people who loves/likes spiders. Afraid I live in fear of them, although I think I'm much better than I were. We had a big package delivered into our lounge today, when clearing up the packaging I noticed one HUGE spider running for cover under our settee. I'll try and ignore him, but the thought is at the back of my mind that he/she might break cover and I'll do something stupid like screaming . I wouldn't kill it though, if the spider would let me I'll use a glass and cardboard to remove it, after that I'll need a stiff drink
I’m afraid of them like you JennyAster .But we do have one ( calledCharlie) that lives in the air brick in our kitchen. He only comes out at night and when we put the light on soon goes back inside the air brick. He is helping me overcome my fear and I talk to him on a regular basis ……but then I talk to my plants and the birds so maybe I’m just a daft old lady !
I've just fallen out with a spider. I have a load of birdsfoot trefoil in the garden for the bees and I noticed at lunchtime a big spider in it so I moved it as I thought it would catch a bee. I went out to find another spider has instead caught a bee in it 😭
@didyw How do you differentiate between cellar, house and outdoor spiders? I think they have all moved to my shed so I will still converse with them regardless. @jemimarose You sound as mad as me! I have heard that if you put an indoor spider outside it is certain death for them! @Jenny_Aster By the time you have found a glass and some cardboard they have usually disappeared! @bcpathome@philippasmith2 That makes two daft old ladies then. If I happen to disturb woodlice and they end up on their backs I turn them over as I don't know whether they can actually do it themselves. Don't think I have spoken to them...yet.
@jemimarose, thanks for this great thread and that really interesting information. I'm one of the lucky people who has no problem with spiders, apart from the ones that can jump, they just freak me out! I'm bookmarking this thread for updates on your spider family. 🕸️😊
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@jemimarose You sound as mad as me! I have heard that if you put an indoor spider outside it is certain death for them!
@Jenny_Aster By the time you have found a glass and some cardboard they have usually disappeared!
@bcpathome @philippasmith2 That makes two daft old ladies then. If I happen to disturb woodlice and they end up on their backs I turn them over as I don't know whether they can actually do it themselves. Don't think I have spoken to them...yet.