vicky-27 Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 A VENOMOUS spider is spreading across Britain due to climate change, experts warned yesterday. The False Widow cousin of the Black Widow carries enough poison to kill a human. It first arrived in Devon from the Canary Islands 140 years ago. But it has now set up colonies in Gloucestershire and Wiltshire after a series of mild winters. Gran Lyn Mitchell, 52, fell into a coma after being bitten as she slept at home in Egremont, Cumbria, in January. Joanne West, 32, was temporarily paralysed by a False Widow on her bed three months later in Fareham, Hants. The purple and black creature looks similar to a Black Widow, but has a smaller body the size of a 1p piece. Matt Shardlow, director of charity Buglife, said: They may also have evolved to cope with the colder weather. NO I hate normal spiders never mind these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Get the bunk bed back out, I'm having top bunk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perky1106 Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 No no no no no! I seriously can't be doing with spiders at all. I detest them, especially those big black ones. This one won't be suspected as it's only small. Spiders are evil. They come out at night, they are great at hiding, fast like Ninjas and they watch you sleep. They lay their eggs in your hair, nose, mouth. Foul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicky-27 Posted May 19, 2009 Author Share Posted May 19, 2009 Right that's it im standing on the table and i shall be here all day now ! i'm scared :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Dunna sleep with thee mouth op'n. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicky-27 Posted May 19, 2009 Author Share Posted May 19, 2009 :eek: I shall have nightmares now ! The possibility of you swallowing spiders or other bugs in your sleep completely depends on whether or not you open your mouth when you sleep. The people who do manage to keep their mouths closed when they sleep, have a less chance for any bug to enter their mouths. For the people who do gape their mouth open when they sleep, I’m sorry to tell you this but, the chances are, you have already swallowed a couple of spiders. You swallow an average of 2 spiders per year. This is because spiders tend to find dark and damp places to hide, and your mouth is one of these places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyndsey Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 im gonna duck tape me mouth when i get into bed now, that picture makes me shiver. bloody hate spiders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbydan Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Originally posted by gazlyndsey;15453 im gonna duck tape me mouth when i get into bed now, that picture makes me shiver. Bloody hate spiders haha like you don't already one of them are you lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 My missus was freaked when she read this the other day until she realised her mouth never opens whilst in bed and she certainly does not swallow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrOrdinary Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Originally posted by David;15528 My missus was freaked when she read this the other day until she realised her mouth never opens whilst in bed and she certainly does not swallow. haha thats brilliant, to be fair i am at work right now and its crap, had to kick one person out and clean up sick! woo i have the best job ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Originally posted by gazlyndsey;15453 im gonna duck tape me mouth when i get into bed now, that picture makes me shiver. bloody hate spiders Duck tape over yer mouth? I've seen them sort of films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Have you got any I can borrow? just for research of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 nah, used a full roll trying to shut her up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brammie Steve Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 OK Here's on for all the wimpish arachnophobes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramexpat Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bK31NP7A2Q8/SQZyqW7UTCI/AAAAAAAAWx4/uujN65RzUQo/s400/arachnaphobia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 A 2009 thread bump really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramexpat Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 pre seasons slow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 I wasn't on the site 2009 so it is all new to me. Carry on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SillyBilly Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Where do people get their statistics from? Whose job is it to sit in a room watching someone sleep for a year recording Tegenaria mortality rates via human ingestion? Swallowing spiders is up there with the tallest of tall old wives' tales. I remember this making a top 100 bulls**t list in some journal a few years ago. Just have to google it and you see why things like this become "fact". Pretty much all spiders are venemous, only a few aren't. You can get a nasty bite of a house or cellar spider. Bites are quite rare anyway as most spiders run a mile or curl up when a large mammal, be it sleeping or not, is in their vicinity... Had a beast of a giant house spider in my spare room the other day, beasty fangs on it, right beauty. Haven't seen it knocking about since... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyram Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Not kidding, I woke up after feeling something on me cheek a few years ago now, after I'd brushed it off, my head went to the side and there was a humongous brown spider running up past the side of me head. I nearly passed out and I'm as certain as I could be that it was that what was on me cheek. Would it have gone in me mouth? I bloody well hope not, cos if I'd have woke up and choked on it, I think I'd have died with shock. I made Dav wake up and get rid of it. I was terrified of the things before, that just made me worse. If I see one (and Dav's not about) I drop the biggest hardback book I can find on it and squash it properly. If they are more scared of me, why don't they keep out of my way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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