# The fight in my shower **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 12, 2026, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fight-in-my-shower/1029231 "2026-04-12T23:12:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fight-in-my-shower/1029231/41 "2026-04-13T12:06:43Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > The Gold Dust Day geckos make that cute little chirping/kissing noise, right? Apparently the GEICO gecko is one of those, so we have that going for us. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fight-in-my-shower/1029231/42 "2026-04-13T12:17:15Z")
Reminds me of an epic bug battle I once witnessed. I was sitting out on my back deck one Summer day when a cicada killer wasp, with a cicada in its clutches, fell out of a big maple tree, right at my feet. If you’ve never seen a cicada killer, it’s a ridiculously big, colorful wasp. Quite a sight. Pic below. With fascination I watched the wasp, with the cicada as large as it was, slowly drag the cicada back up the tree with the cicada struggling the entire way. It wasn’t until they were back up the tree out of sight when I thought damn, why didn’t I get my phone out and video that?!? [![](https://longpointlandtrust.ca/wp-content/uploads2/2023/08/cicada-killer-hand.jpeg) ](https://longpointlandtrust.ca/wp-content/uploads2/2023/08/cicada-killer-hand.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fight-in-my-shower/1029231/43 "2026-04-13T12:29:11Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > I’ll deal with the winner Which won? We get daddy longlegs (the spider, not the harvestman), wolf spiders about the size of my thumbnail, sometimes [giant house spiders](https://www.kuow.org/stories/giant-house-spiders-they-re-big-they-re-fast-and-they-re-on-the-move-but-uh-don-t-worry), and teeny spiders. I relocate them outside, because spiders are our friends; but I wonder how they fare when I assume they’re adapted to life in house-like environments. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fight-in-my-shower/1029231/44 "2026-04-13T12:45:16Z")
[Not well](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/putting-hpuse-spiders-outsode-kills-them_uk_65fabd6fe4b0947e4200ca11). You can find many sources saying that indoor spiders transplanted outdoors tend to die as being inside a man-made structure basically IS their natural habitat. Still, if a domicile partner is insisting on spider murder, I suppose it beats being squished with a paper towel. Just drop it close to the doorway, wink and whisper to wait a couple of minutes. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fight-in-my-shower/1029231/45 "2026-04-13T12:46:30Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > We get daddy longlegs (the spider, not the harvestman), wolf spiders about the size of my thumbnail, sometimes [giant house spiders](https://www.kuow.org/stories/giant-house-spiders-they-re-big-they-re-fast-and-they-re-on-the-move-but-uh-don-t-worry), and teeny spiders. The wife and I once vacationed in a newly built resort in the Dominican Republic. It was actually a pretty nice place though with a few things still unfinished (if you’ve ever seen the movie from the “Carry On” series, _Carry On Abroad_, you may get the idea!). What I remember most was the spider I found in the bathroom. The bathroom had been finished in ceramic floor tiles that were at least 8" square. The spider was bigger than the tile it was sitting on. In this case “the fight in my shower” was the tale of “the fight in my bathroom with the giant mutant spider”. I won. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fight-in-my-shower/1029231/46 "2026-04-13T13:16:15Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Just today. Kids. Couple hours ago. Something tickled my neck. As my lover boy ain’t around I reached for my neck. Centipede! Aaaaccckkk. I nearly had heart failure. Then I had to walk with it squirming in my hand as I go to throw it over the deck rail After all that time he took to remove his shoes & crawl into bed with cuddle with you you tossed him out nekkid? Do you realize the replacement costs for a full set of centipede shoes? > [@wolfpup](#): > > Thus, a spider is an “insect” despite the so-called “scientific” claims of entomologists, and deserves to be stepped on and flushed down the toilet along with all its other many-legged brethren… > My motto is “Raid™ is your friend”, although I much prefer the more ecological fly swatter as the weapon of choice ::Rolls up newspaper::…here, puppy, puppy, puppy. 😡 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fight-in-my-shower/1029231/47 "2026-04-14T01:07:19Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > My view is well exemplified by Dave Barry, who shuns entomologists and defines “insect” simply as any creature “with way more legs than necessary”, to which I might add, “and with an alien, disgusting appearance, especially under magnification”. > > Thus, a spider is an “insect” despite the so-called “scientific” claims of entomologists, Spiders have exactly as many legs as is necessary for them. > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > @Chronos my encounter today didn’t relieve my many leggedy creature phobia. No, in fact it may have increased it. Close encounters like that can abruptly end phobias. They don’t always. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fight-in-my-shower/1029231/48 "2026-04-14T02:00:45Z")
Bugs in general don’t bother me much. I don’t like roaches. We seem to have inherited those from the house next door. We are working on fixing that issue. I don’t like bedbugs as we’ve had those disgusting little blood suckers in the past. Seem to be getting them again. I don’t know where they came from and I’m not happy about either. Little spiders, June bugs, bees and wasps, don’t bother me much. I used to play with spiders June bugs etc. as a kid. Those centipede images, though creep me out big time. And large and/or venomous spiders are a no go. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fight-in-my-shower/1029231/49 "2026-04-14T18:59:26Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > you’ll have to settle for photographic evidence. Sadly, your Celts are all outies. I’m an innie. > [@solost](#): > > Reminds me of an epic bug battle I once witnessed. I was sitting out on my back deck one Summer day when a cicada killer wasp I had one of those in my house once, and absolutely no idea what it was. Pretty sure I put a photo on here for help. Terrified, as it was just about the time we were all hearing that evil African bees were coming for our children and Grandparents. . . > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Which won? See post 12. The Battleground has been quiet since. No sign of any bugs recently. It’s been a quiet year overall, because the carpet beetles got out of hand last year, and we had to put an IGR down. Can’t recommend them highly enough. We used NyGuard from a DIY pest control site. I try to stay away from chemicals, but when I do use them, that’s my go-to. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fight-in-my-shower/1029231/50 "2026-04-14T19:39:35Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > Insects taking liberties … sheesh. The Insect Anti-Defamation League would like to point out that neither centipedes nor wolf spiders are insects. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fight-in-my-shower/1029231/51 "2026-04-14T19:54:09Z")
The members of the IADL had better stay off of my floor (when I’m wearing shoes) 🫪 ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fight-in-my-shower/1029231/52 "2026-04-14T20:37:08Z")
Spiders can be creepy, but I’ve always found wolf spiders, which are muscular and furry, to be kinda cute. (So long as i don’t look too carefully at their face they have too many eyes.) If i found one in my bathroom, i would consider it a temporary pet. I don’t care for centipedes, but my husband won’t let me remove them, because they eat less desirable insect pests. I would remove one of those from the bathroom, though. Maybe it would find good hunting in the laundry room, instead. When i was a kid i loved silverfish. We had a colony that lived in the bathtub, and i used to play with them. I rarely see them any more, but I’d probably remove them today as a nuisance. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fight-in-my-shower/1029231/53 "2026-04-14T22:06:50Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Spiders can be creepy, but I’ve always found wolf spiders, which are muscular and furry, to be kinda cute. My soft spot is for jumping spiders, especially the tiny ones. They communicate by waving their legs, and their vision is good enough to understand your fingers. I would catch them in the garden and carry them about. Not my picture, but representative. [![](https://i.postimg.cc/8zcGZBtJ/IMG-9125.jpg) ](https://i.postimg.cc/8zcGZBtJ/IMG-9125.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fight-in-my-shower/1029231/54 "2026-04-14T22:19:38Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > The Insect Anti-Defamation League would like to point out that neither centipedes nor wolf spiders are insects. The various members of the Formicidae, Arachnida, Curculionidae, Blattidae and Armadillidae families (collectively and colloquially known as the BUGS Union) who share Chez de PT and conduct their busy integrated lives under the shelter which I provide and from the crumbs and assorted detritus that fall from my table are fully cognisant of the prevailing and largely satisfactory “live and let live” arrangements applying and further that blatant transgressions off the MOU are liable to induce a visit to the bathroom closet where various forms of aging canisters of MAD are stored. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fight-in-my-shower/1029231/55 "2026-04-14T22:45:24Z")
Spiders in the shower don’t bother me. The bathroom is clean and bare: there is no where to hide. These things you find next to you in your car, after you’ve sat down and strapped in: [leishmans-huntsman-spider-1024x421.png (1024×421)](https://birdwatchinghq.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/leishmans-huntsman-spider-1024x421.png) Picture from [22 Common Spiders in Victoria! (2026) - Bird Watching HQ](https://birdwatchinghq.com/spiders-of-victoria/) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fight-in-my-shower/1029231/56 "2026-04-14T23:26:26Z")
Am I smart enough not to click that link? So far. 😬 ---
**Author:** ![Apodder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apodder/32/17727_2.png) [@Apodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apodder)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fight-in-my-shower/1029231/57 "2026-04-14T23:30:11Z")
Only 3 things to do here: 1: grab your family and pets 2: set fire to the house 3: flee! ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fight-in-my-shower/1029231/58 "2026-04-14T23:33:00Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > These things you find next to you in your car, after you’ve sat down and strapped in: Ah, Australia – a beautiful country but where I understand most wildlife is deadly and which features carnivorous man-eating spiders about the size of goats, only with twice as many legs! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fight-in-my-shower/1029231/59 "2026-04-15T00:06:00Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Am I smart enough not to click that link? It’s just an identification picture – no scary context or size. In practice “Huntsman” is a group of different spiders that don’t all look exactly the same. The ones you notice on your windscreen or window (because that’s where they are most visible, which is a scary thought) are typically about an inch or 1.5". Which is plenty big enough for something about a foot away from your eyeballs. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fight-in-my-shower/1029231/60 "2026-04-15T00:36:55Z")
Them ain’t muscles or nice furriness @puzzlegal . One touch and she gets immediately skinny. Possibly in your hair when you brush by her web. 1000s of teeny tiny babies. Time for that barber appt. for a Full crew cut!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fight-in-my-shower/1029231.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fight-in-my-shower/1029231.md?page=4)