i have a severe phobia of spiders and there is a huntsman in my bathroom right now and im home alone and its 6:43am and no one is awake i have closed the door so it cant get out but idk what to do help
how tf do i kill a spider when im terrified of them
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Personally, I just want the situation handled enough that it overpowers my fear. Also, I put on gloves and use something that keeps me well away from the spider like a fly swatter.
If that’s not enough for you, I’m sorry. It is really too early to ask anyone to come kill it for you unless you have friends or family who are nearby and you aren’t waking them up to help.
Fear strikes harder than any spider so trap it fast with a jar and paper and throw it out before it owns your space
Hi! I think I may be able to help, if you have a container you can place it over the spider and slide something solid underneath, then release it outside. If that’s too difficult to do, because huntsman are large spiders I’d suggest grabbing something like a broom and smacking it from afar lol. To prevent them from returning put peppermint or citrus oils throughout the house (they hate that smell).
They won’t hurt you mate, they’re just as scared of you, they come inside usually because of wet weather coming. If you must, use a broom, try and get it on the end, put it out a window.
Or just leave it alone.
Be a man
Get a huge tub /bucket or something u can throw over it and then place heavy objects on top and let someone else deal with it 🥲
Grab a hoover, attach all the extension tubes you can, suck the poor guy up or something.
Not keen on them myself but never kill them they eat everything else. Piece of paper and a glass is your friend here .
It’s his bathroom now, start looking for alternatives.
Spider will kill u
Flip flops
Im against killing it but are you able to use a vacuum cleaner? Use the hose extension and suck it up?
Bug gun.
My sister used to put cups over bugs. If you saw an upside down cup in some random location, there was going to be a bug under it.
Do like they teach in the military for killing. SPEED , VIOLENCE AND AGGRESSION! Shout that out while you squish him to death. It helps. You’ll see lol
Killing spiders you see just makes the spiders you don’t see really mad. Maybe you shouldn’t kill it.
For next time: https://www.bugasalt.com
The Bug-a-Salt is great for getting spiders in the crack between the wall and ceiling. Bigger guys will take a double tap. Those electric rackets are also good but their use is limited based on spider position.
Sincerely,
A fellow archanophobe
It’s kill or be killed.
Take a shoe and smack it and then immediately run away screaming down your hallway.
Bb gun
Don’t kill the damm spider they are not dangerous try to relocate.
This is funny
Huntsman spider are big but harmless. They can be removed with a bucket and a sheet of paper or disabled with hot water and dish soap, it is not the most humane method to get rid of a spider. Either you capture and release or kill it, you’ll be scared doing both, but you’ll get it done. If you leave it there it can escape to other parts of the house. Be strong, be scared and do it anyways ❤️
You’ll be even more frightened of them when you have the deaths of their loved ones in your consciousness. Watch some spider documentaries on Yay, look at jumping spiders, they’re cute, spiders are usually pretty chill and don’t want to hurt you, most of the medically significant ones only bite when squished