To put him back outside, put a piece of paper on the wall/surface he's crawling on, wait for spider to crawl onto it, clap a jar over spider, put spider-in-jar (paper holding jar's top closed) outside, tip jar on its side or turn right side up, remove paper. job done.
Perhaps you might want to start a fly nest (let some fruit rot and you'll have 'em there faster than blinking ), you might be able to lure him back with this prospect of tons of food.
Nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.
Husbands are kept at home for the exact purpose of nuking spiders when needed.
Once, i had a huge spider up the wall like yours.
I picked the cat up and showed her it. No go.
I sat there on the couch, with the sleeping cat, and watched that thing make it's way all the way around the room. I missed almost three episodes of CSI Miami over this. This is when CSI Miami first came on TV, not the 300th repeat they seem to show nowadays!!
It finally got round to where we were sitting, scurried down the wall, and across the floor - that is when Mademoiselle decided to dispose of it.
Cats?!! Love em.
Cath, it seems likely you have a male spider and he is looking for love,
I'll lend you Lizzie (the Dog)
She quite likes them as crunchy snacks, more often than not in the morning I find the remainders of a half munched octopode on one of her various beds. Since we have her, we rarely have sighted a 'Wolfer' as we call them in Bernese Dialect
My dogs are actually scared of them
Tom
This is the one I grew up with:
My kids got:
You could speed the process up by just putting the glass over him first and then sliding the paper between glass and wall.
(Unless you like standing there holding a piece of paper on the wall and hoping the spider understands 'Go on, now. Get on that paper, you!')
I guess it must be something in my paper then, he always crawls on without too much fuss.
S he is probably attracted to the male spider you have drawn on the paper, and sees a ready meal.
I think the male spider drawn on the paper is flattering himself a bit
It must be the lasagna as well lol
while he should be legging it...
Not mine, he would move out rather than deal with a spider. He once had to suck one up in the vacuum cleaner when home alone and left it running all night so that the spider couldn't come back out again.
He's petrified of even the tiniest little spider so I deal with them all here. They don't bother me at all and I just pick them up and throw them out.
The cat is a pretty good spider catcher too but I try to get to them first as I prefer to release them alive outside.
Nothing. I appreciate the occasional spider in my house as it helps getting rid of other, much more annoying insects.
Edited to point out that I don't give them names.
Awww, you beat me to it.
But I suppose you could pay your next Billag with it.
The Internet is to blame - where do you find a rolled-up newspaper when you need one these days?
Odd. That's why I married my wife. Though nowadays I'm not phobic. Just don't like them much.
Whatever moves, has long legs, makes no noise and stays less than a week is welcome