Woken Red Admiral advice please

[scarymonster]

Something you guys will find interesting.

Was telling my carpenter this morning about the butterfly I found and today we had BBC Radio 4 on while he was working away fitting my skirting boards and 'Home Planet' came on and they started to talk about Butterfly's hiding away for winter.

We were both quite shocked that such an obscure subject would come up after talking about it only a couple of hours before.

However this is not the first time R4 has done this to me !

It's the first article if anyone wants to listen.

BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - Home Planet, 11/01/2011

[Bellfamily]

I kind of guessed that I shouldn't be doing too much, shame though as the garden looks a mess at the mo. We have two big trees behind our garden boundary which have just dumped their leaves in the garden. I put the butterfly into our shed, it's new so not many spiders taken up residence yet.

[Red Robin]

Originally Posted by Bellfamily

I kind of guessed that I shouldn't be doing too much, shame though as the garden looks a mess at the mo. We have two big trees behind our garden boundary which have just dumped their leaves in the garden. I put the butterfly into our shed, it's new so not many spiders taken up residence yet.

....You'd be surprised how quickly spiders will appear. Like many creatures, just because you don't see them doesn't mean they're not around.

[Bellfamily]

.....spiders......urgh As long as I can't see them I can pretend there aren't any waiting to scuttle out and make me jump! Ignorance is sometimes bliss!

[Red Robin]

Originally Posted by Bellfamily

.....spiders......urgh As long as I can't see them I can pretend there aren't any waiting to scuttle out and make me jump! Ignorance is sometimes bliss!

....You'd love my bathroom then!

In fact, any of the rooms in my home. Loads of spiders. Big hairy ones too.

[Dogghound]

Originally Posted by Red Robin

In fact, any of the rooms in my home. Loads of spiders. Big hairy ones too.

Ive got one in my bedroom about 4 ft from the bed at the moment. Must remember to keep my mouth shut when I sleep.

[Bellfamily]

You are all mean! Its the way they run so fast and jump out at you when you least expect it!

[Red Robin]

Originally Posted by Bellfamily

You are all mean! Its the way they run so fast and jump out at you when you least expect it!

....It's a good job we're not in the same room with you, we could really make you jump! Why is it mostly women who have this fear of spiders?

No, but joking apart, it's pretty scarey for someone who has a real involuntary horror-style fear of spiders. I don't like snakes - I just put distance between us if we meet. Had to help kill a woodland rattlesnake once (long story) - Not easy!

[Bellfamily]

I have held a Tarantula before and this was fine as it was quite docile. I would be scared of anything that suddenly ran out of nowhere and this is what spiders like to do best! Anyway, I fear I have digressed from changing topic from butterflies to spiders...opps!

[Jim Ford]

Originally Posted by Red Robin

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In fact, any of the rooms in my home. Loads of spiders. Big hairy ones too.

La, la , la - can't hear you!

8^/

Jim