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venetia_sassy) wrote2011-01-08 10:09 pm
venetia_sassy) wrote2011-01-08 10:09 pm
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Aghh, I do not need spiders in my kitchen (or anywhere else)
I'm measuring out pasta for dinner when a spider appears from between the stove and the counter, right next to my hand. I jump (and apparently squawk, according to Mum) and as the little bugger seems inclined to keep moving, I call for Mum to "come and kill a spider please," as I don't want to take my eyes off it. Mum grabs the spider in a paper towel as it dangles from the oven door and I breathe a sigh of relief.
A few minutes later, another spider appears, crawling over the tea towel.
"MUM! THERE"S ANOTHER ONE! Is there a nest? Please don't let there be a nest, I don't spiders want in the kitchen."
Mum grabbed it, squashed in a paper towel then fished the previous paper towel out of the bin and checked for spider guts. None were seen.
Just one escape artist spider. That is now definitely dead. I'm not sure if it was a young huntsman or a wolf spider but either way, it was neither wanted or needed.
P.S. I would like to note that I am perfectly capable of killing spiders or capturing and releasing them (and other bugs) but when said spider is being active, I like to stay where I am and keep watching it so it doesn't disappear and, y'know, reappear in my bed or on my face or something. I had a moth drop on my pillow while I was half-asleep the other night. It was very disconcerting, I didn't like it.
P.P.S. Dinner turned out fine.
A few minutes later, another spider appears, crawling over the tea towel.
"MUM! THERE"S ANOTHER ONE! Is there a nest? Please don't let there be a nest, I don't spiders want in the kitchen."
Mum grabbed it, squashed in a paper towel then fished the previous paper towel out of the bin and checked for spider guts. None were seen.
Just one escape artist spider. That is now definitely dead. I'm not sure if it was a young huntsman or a wolf spider but either way, it was neither wanted or needed.
P.S. I would like to note that I am perfectly capable of killing spiders or capturing and releasing them (and other bugs) but when said spider is being active, I like to stay where I am and keep watching it so it doesn't disappear and, y'know, reappear in my bed or on my face or something. I had a moth drop on my pillow while I was half-asleep the other night. It was very disconcerting, I didn't like it.
P.P.S. Dinner turned out fine.