Yep. I knew it. Hear me now and believe me later, but I’ve seen photos of the GHS that are much more horrifying than the one linked.
They are of course harmless to human people, and possibly beneficial as they’re one of the main predators of Hobo spiders. Or so I think I read somewhere.
Makes no difference to me. I’m a 60 year old male guy with muscles and hormones in my body, but if I ever see a GHS in real life I will immediately run in place, screaming like a chicken, until my wife rescues me.
Tell her to be grateful she doesn’t live in Florida. We get these awful Banana Spiders here. (Warning! Spider-phobes should not click on this link.) Every now and then, they find their way inside. That makes you want to move. I chuck my steel-toed boots at 'em until they either move out or start chucking my boots back at me. Then I move out for a while and just let the spiders pay rent.
I was out yesterday evening, and when I got home there was a GHS in the penalty jar. It was on the wall near where she saw it (or another one) the other day. It only looked a couple of inches in the jar with its knees pulled up, but she said that when the legs were spread on the wall they were wider than the jar. I let it out near the house this morning.
If roomie thanks me for evicting Miss Spidey (I assume it was female, as it didn’t have the large palps I associate with males) I’ll tell her, ‘Huh? I thought you let it out!’ Heh heh heh.
Pah, look at the map - we get them in England, too, and everyone knows England has the wimpiest wildlife in the world.
As the sun has come out, my wife got the hammock out of storage in the corner of the living room and disturbed one of those beasties while I was at work. She informed me that I had to track it down and deal with it.
