Could this be a pregnant female? She may not be feeding, but about to build
her egg sac. She could easily become dehydrated however, so it would be
kind to provide a source of water. If it's in your inclination to be this
kind, I suggest you put out a shallow dish (coffee jar lid or similar) with
wet kitchen tissue in it, so she can drink without drowning.
If you want to move her, be aware that frosty weather kills
spiders(euthanasia for spiders is the deep freeze!) so put her somewhere
sheltered.
She may not thank you, but she will be grateful. So will I.
Spider
David W.E. Roberts wrote in message
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"Zipadee Doodar" wrote in message
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I know they do no harm, and are almost mans' best friend but I hate
them.
And in this house where we have lived for 2 years, they are enormous and
scare the compost out of me. Is there anything available to persuade
them
to
go away, or at least not to appear in the bathroom etc? I was thinking
something on the lines of those sonic cat scarers etc.

BTW I can handle them ok in the garden, just not in the house.

Going off topic from the off topic......

The last couple of months have been 'spider time' where all this year's
crop
grow up and build webs everywhere.

We had one in the back bedroom (where I am now) and it never seemed to
move
during the day - just sat in the web.

However it kept growing.

So - what do the little darlings feed on? This one just seemed to be
drawing
in sustenance from the air.

No 'larder' of small insects in evidence at all.

I can see the ones outside (which look to be the same species) catching
insects in their webs but the ones inside just seem to grow!

Not a huge hairy one - just the common ones found on all the plants.
Brownish with yellow markings.

One of life's little mysteries.

Dave R