QUOTE (MUM24/7 @ Jun 11 2008, 11:14 PM) 
There's a huge tree in front of my house, which seems to breed those Huntsman spiders......In summer I always find two or three in my car hiding where the doors slide (I've got a people-mover).......Once I used a whole can of fly spray on it and it was still moving..... 
During our last summer, I discovered one on the side of the fridge at 2:30am, I had actually logged off from UM
and was getting ready for bed when it caught my eye.....I was petrified, because I have small kids I knew I had to kill it, I couldn't risk any of the kids running into it the next morning.....
And so the battle till death begins......First I had to spray it to get it away from the back of the fridge, which it conveniently crawled to once it spotted me, then I was trying to bash it with my soft slipper
once I got it on the floor.....All this while I'm screaming on the phone to my husband (he's a musician, works late)......It was a sight to behold......Finally, when I thought I killed it, it flipped over from his back on to his feet and tries to make a run for it......I gave it a final and deadly blow and that was it, VICTORY.......
The worst part is trying to pick it up with tissue paper and walk all the way to the bathroom and flush it down the toilet, if it had wriggled at all, I know I would have dropped it and then what???????
During our last summer, I discovered one on the side of the fridge at 2:30am, I had actually logged off from UM
and was getting ready for bed when it caught my eye.....I was petrified, because I have small kids I knew I had to kill it, I couldn't risk any of the kids running into it the next morning.....And so the battle till death begins......First I had to spray it to get it away from the back of the fridge, which it conveniently crawled to once it spotted me, then I was trying to bash it with my soft slipper
once I got it on the floor.....All this while I'm screaming on the phone to my husband (he's a musician, works late)......It was a sight to behold......Finally, when I thought I killed it, it flipped over from his back on to his feet and tries to make a run for it......I gave it a final and deadly blow and that was it, VICTORY.......The worst part is trying to pick it up with tissue paper and walk all the way to the bathroom and flush it down the toilet, if it had wriggled at all, I know I would have dropped it and then what???????
Hi (((MUM))) omg, you sounded like you were on a swat team....I've seen spiders in my house, but nothing like what you have...Mostly daddy long legs, and some other little critters, but I hate them, and they scurry so fast. I'm now sending you a t-shirt with the letter "V" on it...
I'm tempted to travel to Australia just to see the spiders there. I'd die if I saw a huntsman. They are so huge and beautiful. Do any of you know anyone who has tries to keep one as a pet?
