Anji, my niece, has had to deal with huntsman spider(s), and I hadn't thought about it before, but I now wonder what the proven technique is for getting rid of those. One could not suck them up as THEY WOULDN'T FIT INTO THE HOSE. *gasp*

I admit that coming from the kind of background I am the product of, my first thought would be to find a lovely shotgun with damascus barrels or other sublime beauty and have target practice. I fear it would not be considered civilised, though (my pater occasionally shot things like mice in the house, however, just for fun, and he was at least three quarters civilised, perhaps even seven eighths).

Frank suggested a fly swatter, which garned him a jaw-drop from me. I suppose setting fire to the house then running away would be self-defeating. When the loopers (not their real name) moved into their house maybe ten years ago, I gave them a fab and quite large, radio controlled blimp as a house-warming present - they never opened the box, but never mind :( If I had an R/C blimp and a target huntsman spider I could build small bombs or missles, hang them from the blimp, guide it to within the proper range, then let fly. Something tells me that isn't recommended practise, though.

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