Will you walk into my parlour?" said the Spider to the Fly, 'Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy; The way into my parlour is up a winding stair, And I've a many curious things to shew when you are there." Oh no, no," said the little Fly, "to ask me is in vain, For who goes up your winding stair can ne'er come down again." The Spider and the Fly Mary Howitt Now, I'm not scared of spiders, but my boyfriend is, especially since my home has recently become home to a colony of wolf spiders, due to some maternal female spider coming in with her young. You can guarantee ...  Read the complete review

Firstly, I must point out that this is NOT a review of the LAKELAND Spider Catcher - but Dooyoo, in their wisdom, have given me this category rather than a new one as requested! If you want to live and thrive – let a spider run alive. This was what I was told as a child and was probably one of the reasons that I grew up not killing spiders. In fact, I don’t kill anything if I have the choice – with the possible exception of fleas and aphids! That isn’t to say that I actually LIKE them of course, and I choose NOT to handle them above a certain size because for one thing they bite and for another my niece is actually allergic to them so I’m not ...  Read the complete review

My parents bought Mark and myself this little gadget soon after we moved into our house. I have a real fear of moths and flies, just about any creepy crawly type thing especially those that fly. It started as a child when I felt I was "attacked" by a fly when it flew at me. Daft I know but it left me frightened. Mark on the other hand has a deep fear of spiders, once again daft I know, but I have seen his face go deathly white at the sight of a large spider in the bath. When we got our own home I knew this was going to be a bit of a challenge for us. Of course with creepy crawly type things a lot of people just say swat it or stamp on it but neither of us can ..  Read the complete review

== Lakeland Spider Catcher == Sometimes, I really don't mind spiders. I'm quite happy to let them roam around whatever room they might be in as long as they don't come anywhere near me. I won't get freaked out if a spider is at the other end of the room but as soon as it gets without a foot or so, I get a bit scared. I always feel bad if I kill a spider because really, they aren't doing anything wrong and it is very rare to find a truly venomous spider here in the UK. Still, some of them are really gross looking and at the minute, every one I see is massive. I don't know what bugs have been eating this year but as well as the massive spiders, bees seem to ...  Read the complete review

Like some other reviewers, I was influenced at an early age by screaming female relatives, whenever an eight legged delight legged it across the room. Finding the terror they cause me inconvenient I have experimented with different spider catchers. Unfortunately this one didn't work for me. *** What is it? *** It consists of a blue plastic unit where the batteries go and the power button is. Attached is a translucent tube (the blue bit in the middle of the picture attaches an extension tube so you can hoover the spiders/bugs up from further away). You assemble it, find a spider, place the end of the tube over the spider and press ...  Read the complete review