what is the life span of a spider and its potential to give birth?

[bubbles4920]

what is the life span of a spider and its potential to give birth? just wondered as a few around in house at mo. got a humane spider catcher, scared stiff of em but learning to live with them. please dont post websites as i will have nightmares if investigate too closely i'm sure!!!

[lindapinda]

Bubbles..I'm a total arachnaphobe!...Would be relieved if they all died as quick as poss!....But..if we have to live with them,hope they have a very short life span!..My husband is my catcher and disposer of!!

[pompomfairy]

ah i no how u feel i hate them as well im scared 2 death of them i use a rolled up newspaper if i can bring myself 2 get close enough to them, i was sat on my bed the other day talking to my boyfriend on the phone as u do and this huge black fat 1 was on my wall i nearly scared the place down and shattered my bf eardrum at the same time i cudnt even bring myself 2 put a cup over it and its still running free in my room ahh i hate them :(

[heathfield]

Spiders can live for a few months or a few years, depending on the species. They lay eggs. They'll lay between 2 and 2000, (eek!) depending on the size, the health, and the species of the individual spider.

[bubbles4920]

i must admit that i am learning to live with them. i am getting used to the size of them, now seeing a small one as quite harmless. weird how the heart starts thumping though isnt it. one humungous one went running across our lounge the other night. i could barely catch it with my spider catch it was so big and quick, when i finally did, dont want to give u nightmares, it was so big that you could hear its legs tapping against the perspex. at least i feel good once i have dropped them outside the window. my hubby cleaned out our garage and there were four really enormous chunky ones in each corner, he reckoned that they must each have a territory, any ideas without referring me to websites as i said, wouldnt sleep im sure! i do feel sorry for them in a way as we are conditioned by others fears when we are small i am sure. if only they didnt have those long legs, thats what does it for me. i also try to think that they eat flies etc which i hate and they do make a mess if they are squashed. what i hate though is the fact that where there is one, there is more! yikes!!!!!!!

[heathfield]

Bubbles - Please don't drop them out of the window! Place them on the ground. Spiders are soft-bodied, and a fall can split the body and they'll die.