Spider in the bath for ID please

[Cordaline]

I was greeted by this sizeable Boris in the bath this morning!
Any ideas please?
Thanks.

[Hedera]

This is a House spider - Tegenaria domestica. Why do they get into baths???

[Cordaline]

Originally Posted by Hedera

This is a House spider - Tegenaria domestica. Why do they get into baths???

Thanks Hedera.
......or the sink??!!
......but thankgod, not the bed!!

[DivingDave1980]

Originally Posted by Cordaline

Thanks Hedera.
......or the sink??!!
......but thankgod, not the bed!!

They have difficulty getting out of the bath due to its smooth surface (and the sink) so once they are in they just wait there until they are found, or so I have heard!

Dave.

[Meta menardi]

Originally Posted by DivingDave1980

They have difficulty getting out of the bath due to its smooth surface (and the sink) so once they are in they just wait there until they are found, or so I have heard!

Dave.

I always hang a towel over the side of the bath (except when using it) and they all seem to get out. As for the bed, they will have stomped through that.

[Hedera]

Why don't they climb up the plug chain?

[Cordaline]

Originally Posted by Meta menardi

As for the bed, they will have stomped through that.

!!!!
Thanks for that, not, shan't sleep tonight now!!

[DivingDave1980]

Originally Posted by Hedera

Why don't they climb up the plug chain?

I imagine it is quite difficult (although entirely possible) for a Tegenaria to climb out using the plug chain. As the chain is quite thin, coupled with the fact the leg span of the spider is quite huge and what I would assume has little dexterity compared to other spiders it might not be possible at all. It seems an experiment needs to be performed!

Although in my bath the plug usually sits on the bath edge or hanging from a tap anyway so there wouldn't be a chance of the spider climbing up it.

I like the idea of a towel as Meta menardi suggests!

Dave.

[Jackaroo]

Originally Posted by DivingDave1980

I like the idea of a towel as Meta menardi suggests!

Dave.

Sod that for a game o' soldiers!!! I prefer the idea of leaving the beggars exactly where they are until I'm ready to deal with them.

My Mum used to make a point of making sure the bath-plug was firmly fitted before retiring to bed as she was convinced that they were coming up the drain-pipe. No matter how often we pointed out that the size of spider she was harbouring in her house were incapable of fitting the drain-pipe(I think they must've been mutants)she follows her bed-time plug check to this day.

[Cordaline]

Unfortunately, my eldest son decided to 'help' said spider from the bath & gave it an accidental, early death!
I think it's brother must've come in search, coz there was another one in there this morning!
I duly helped this one out the window so it didn't meet the same fate as the other one!