LOOOOOOOK!!!!!

[Fiona]

Lucky you Janice! There was one on my front door and Star went up and sniffed it, when it started jumping around he ran away!!! Big brave Star..............yeah right!
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[shirley c]

I think im going to

and I hate jumping spiders, the go like racing cars only scarier, I hate spiders, I just hate them, devils spawn

[shirley c]

Yeah right !!!! who is going to look close enough ......

Zebra spider
Salticus scenicus
Zebra spiders belong to the family Salticidae (also known as jumping spiders) who are believed to have the best eyesight of any arthropod. If you take a close look at one of these spiders it will often turn its head to look straight back at you.

and we are talking UK here not Australia

[marcella]

oh no ..................!!!!!! Shirley stop now! The thought of a beady eyed monster making eye contact with me is enough to make me feel faint!!!!!!!!!!

[Fiona]

I'm quiet good with spiders but we were in Grand Canaria a few years back and I went to pick one up to take it outside and the oh I swore jumped at me!!!!! I screamed and ran a mile honestly I'm sure it chased me for a few steps!!!
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[Enid]

http://www.nicksspiders.com/nicksspiders/salticusscenicus.htm

It might be looking at you Marcella, but I doubt if you will be looking at it- not for long, anyway!!!

I particularly like the bit about it jumping on your finger!!!
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[Emily]

Now, I'm not scared of spiders and I came down stairs last night and said, "Oh look, it's a big massive spider" and walked past, at that point, Diesel who was lying next to it had a sniff then Mum screamed and it was caught and taken out

[marcella]

I'm just glad that when it started to sprint Diesel didn't decide to catch and eat it. He thought about it but I think even he thought stuff that, it's too scary!!!!!!

[Jim & Geraldine]

I hate creepy crawlies and I persuaded Jim to buy plug ins that stop them coming in to the house and so far, touch wood, they appear to be working. Any that do make it in don't last long.

[Elizabeth]

OMG!! What is it? Is it a spider or a big ugly bug?
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[John Thomson]

I have a workshop in the garage loft area.........and this spider has a brother who lives in his web in my loft.....same sort of size at around 6 cm across.........a serious spider
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[kendal]

i just found one tonight when making the girls dinners, mu hand was right next to it
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[marcella]

not nice are they Kendal.

Elizabeth, it was a GIANT spider. Ask Emily............. she found it!!!!!

[Suzanne H]

I don't mind spiders as they are quite useful for catching flies as long as they keep their distance.

The usually get to live in my house unhindered if I can't reach them, and if I can they get turfed back outside using a glass.

I don't like daddy long legs though - they are too floaty and spindly and lay their eggs in the grass and ruin it. They die.

[kirsty]

I love spiders and would love to keep a couple of big hairy ones, that ones a big beaut.