NTR: How to kill a spider

thomas&lynn

when you are incredibly, stupidly, immaturely terrifed that if you get too close to them in your attack (aka: using a shoe) that they will somehow crawl at Super Spidey Speed onto your shoe and onto your very hand, your arm and then, clearly, bite you right then and there?

 

IckyThump

lol...I don't kill spiders. I let them crawl onto a piece of paper and I set them loose outside.

NewlywednOhio

IckyThump:

lol...I don't kill spiders. I let them crawl onto a piece of paper and I set them loose outside.

Me too. 

ms_mellor

You could do it like the boys in my grade 7 class...during silent reading.  The slowly tried to squish it with the leg of a stool...all trying to stay silent.  They were too cute!

Josie22

You put something over it that will keep it contained & get help.

bunny731

NewlywednOhio:

IckyThump:

lol...I don't kill spiders. I let them crawl onto a piece of paper and I set them loose outside.

Me too. 

In good company...

We have a special cup (we invert on top of the creature) and piece of cardboard(to slide under) dedicated to the release of all spiders.

funchicken

NewlywednOhio:

IckyThump:

lol...I don't kill spiders. I let them crawl onto a piece of paper and I set them loose outside.

Me too. 

I do this, too. 

If it was a black widow, I'd kill it but not a regular old spider in my house.

MandC17

mrszee2b:

NewlywednOhio:

IckyThump:

lol...I don't kill spiders. I let them crawl onto a piece of paper and I set them loose outside.

Me too. 

I do this, too. 

If it was a black widow, I'd kill it but not a regular old spider in my house.

Lol. I'm glad I'm not the only weirdo who does this.  I don't kill anything though, I like to release all bugs.

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Wow! A lot of you ladies are incredibly brave. I grab anything I can find in a spray can - air freshner, hairspray, bathroom cleaner, bug spray if I have it and spray and spray and spray until I'm certain it's dead probably from drowning. When I'm certain it can't move anymore, I get a very thick paper towel and wipe up the spider and the pool around it. (I'm TERRIFIED of all bugs)

dpdw

IckyThump:

lol...I don't kill spiders. I let them crawl onto a piece of paper and I set them loose outside.

Doing this only let's the spider go back to his spider friends to tell them, "Hey, there's this nice lady who doesn't kill us, let's all go party at her house" and then you have a spider invasion.

No thanks.  I kill* them & hope that the rest of his spider buddies get the message.

*And by kill I mean put a cup over top of him & let DH do the dirty work.

Bride2bMO

I scream, I call DH (what's he going to do over the phone?!) and I spray stuff on it (sunscreen, vinegar, whatever is in reach) until I feel it's nearly drowned, then I go in for the kill with something heavy.

Spiders in my house are usually brown recluse. There is no catch and release with these @sshole poisonous spiders!

MsTammy

I kill ALL bugs except ladybugs and butterflies.

They will be squished immediately with a shoe, extra thick paper towel, or anything I can get my hands on. I don't bother waiting for DH because by then the little bugger could escape. And if he escaped, I wouldbe paranoid that they would come back for revenge and attack me while I sleep, which then leads to a very long sleepless night. LOL

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Ever since a friend of my mom's was bitten by a spider and is now legally blind, I kill all spiders in my house.  Although, I'm brave (or maybe crazy) and get two paper towels, squish it and flush down the toilet.  Same with thousand leggers.  Everything else gets caught and released. 

Which reminds me, there was a teeny, tiny baby Praying Mantis in my kitchen the other night.  It was probably about this big:  --------   It was sooooo stinking cute!  I was afraid if I went up to bed that the cats would find it and eat it, so I picked it up, took it outside and put it in one of my containers of flowers.  I hope he's ok.

thomas&lynn

Ha! I've done the spray technique before but the thing always seems to just wait until I'm done, probably just holding his breath and squeezing his spidey eyes shut just for the poison, and then he creeps/jumps away and I'm left with a Febreezed wall or picture frame

I.do.not.have.the.cajones to *place* a cup over a spider. I'm more likely to try to chuck it at it and then squeal like a little girl as I then poke the cup with a long stick to see if it hit it or not.

 

married4love

Fly swatter! Quick kill and you don't have to get near it, but you do have to be accurate.