Not for the faint hearted!

I feel exactly the same! I held a tarantula at a Butterfly world in Edinburgh....I was so excited to hold her. But last night a spider ran across my carpet and I moved very fast out of the chair! :))

I think you are brave, Teds! The spider in Dr No was called Rosie, and also "starred" in a Bob Hope film. OH loves spiders. I am not so keen, but have learned to respect them and not hate or fear them. I agree that they do enormous good - just as well, as we have loads of them in the house, and their webs! Not too many flies, though!

I held some snakes, rat, stick insect, snail and a ferret not all at once through lol. ;-)

The stick insect would freak me, I have a phobia of green bugs Lol! Great photo Teds :o)

Agree Annie. I could never hold a stick insect!

I struggle to hold a butterfly!

Same here Karen Lol!!

I don't mind them we had a big spider we called Fred he lived under the TV and came out each evening about 9 pm that is until our dog Barney who we had at the time spotted him ,he gulped poor Fred down :o)

Funny thing is we haven't had any of the real big spiders in this year, we usually have at least 4 in the Autumn. Not that I mind but I do wonder why?

That is strange at least you don't have spiders webs hanging around Lol ...

Lovely. I love spiders too. We've had a lot of the large spiders in the house this year. I always say they've got to be doing some good to get that big anyway.

Unlike OH, I can't claim to love spiders. But I do appreciate them, and we sure don't have many flies!

It's my husband who tells me where the spiders are, he won't pick them up unless he has the bug catcher.

eek! not over fond of spiders; i'll leave them alone unless they take me by surprise, but I prefer to keep a respectful disances, even from our little ones