Spiders in General

I often find it very difficult to understand that typically fanatical arachnophobia that is so commonly seen, not just in domesticated teenage girls, but in grown men and women. It is often plain to see why the younger members of the family have developed their fear (as a result of parental influence). Spiders are extremely remarkable animals, simple, but well designed and it always saddens me when someone resorts to killing one just because it is a spider. Spiders seem particularly prone to attracting a response of fear in their observers. Perhaps this is because of the way they look, having a tiny little body and massive legs - they have an ...  Read the complete review

At the moment there seems to be a lot of spider about and everywhere I look I see one which encouraged me to write this review. I don`t actually mind spider s that much but I do find them a little annoying and hate cobwebs everywhere! One thing I don`t understand is why people are so scared of them - I don`t think I have ever seen or heard of anyone being harmed by a normal spider in the UK! I think this might be because they look so ugly and horrible which makes you think they are horrible and the way they hide in dark corners and then come out when you least expect it! I personally do not really mind spiders as long as they are not ...  Read the complete review

Why oh why are most of us absolutly petrified of these little things..... Im not a fan myself and I think it's got a lot to do with their 8 long legs which seem to scuttle them around...... They also think we are silly I think... If you happen to be unlucky enough (in my opinion) to see a big spider running across your living room floor one night the first thing you will probably do is lift up your feet!! Ha, but then Mr spidy (my name for them as less scary than SPIDER lol) will suddenly stop dead.... he knows you have spotted him, he thinks that maybe if he can stay still for long enough you will just forget about him ......as if!!!!! Then he will ...  Read the complete review

My love-hate relationship with spiders really began in my early youth, when I was a paper girl, delivering newspapers at 6.00 oclock on dark, wintery mornings. Very often I would be one of the first through the gates, getting there before the milkman or postie. In those days, each of us walked the same rounds at approximately the same time. Oh those halcyon days - we shall never see them again - a postman before midday! Youngsters delivering the dailies, or hear the soft, muted hum of the electric milk floats and the chink of bottles against their crates. Ooops, I was off on one of my trips down memory lane then. As much as I enjoyed the early ...  Read the complete review

Our garden is full of spiders. Worse than the spiders is a face full of early morning cobweb as you spit and splutter your way around: yuck! Spiders get a bad wrap. To this day, I have never seen once cause any harm or damage to a human, but I am totally afraid of them - why is that? In my garage there are these massive dark ones surrounded by dead ones that they have eaten. I am pretty sure that to another spider they are scary, but the truth is they can't do anything to me! The answer to our fear seems to revolve around a couple of things: 1) They always hang around in dark areas. Darkness is associated with fear, because in ...  Read the complete review