Some very unwelcome guests in my fishroom

My wife shoo's them out of the house with a piece of paper, then they just run around the house and find sanctuary in my fishroom where I "accidentally" step on them (when she's not around)...

An accidental electrical shock from my "homemade" wiring concoction generates less reaction from me than when one of these inadvertently runs over my foot or hand.

 

Geez what are those, baboon spiders?

 

They look like Wall spiders, also known as Flatties. You should be glad that you have them, they are harmless and really do a great job controlling insects.

 

Hell no .....kill those things before they multiply !

 

OMG... cringe.. i'd kill all of them... yuck..

 

+10 with that!!!

 

Don't be scared!! They are more afraid of you then you are of them.

 

:bigsmile:.... They better be!!! :bigsmile:

 

There is NO WAY they are more afraid of me

 

Hey those guys are cool! Had one set up home in the top corner of my bedroom. I was even able to convince the LOML to leave her be as she kept the room free from mozzies.

I even used to throw flies and sometimes even moths into her web. She actually became quite tame. She lived there happily for about 2 years, then I found her dead on the floor under her web. I don't know if it was old age or if someone sprayed Doom without thinking.

Over the time, she had hundreds of babies who, thankfully, moved on to greener pastures.

Okay, so this is not about fish, but I'm replying to an active thread, so please don't beat me up if I'm off topic, it's not intentional.

 

Hey!!... This all happened inside of my fishroom.... So, we're talking fish here.... :bigsmile:

 

Most of the big spiders in our country are actually harmless. It's them small ones that we need to get rid of.

If I didn't have a wife who has heart failure at a simple MOTH, I would be more than happy to have a spider or 2 living in my place. Before we got married, I had a rain spider that lived in my place, and a ghecko in another room. I NEVER have mosqito problems. Now that I'm married, these things "belong in the garden" and I contend with bugs and mosqito's regularily.