Terrified woman finds a family of spiders after mistaking them for dust

Of all the creepy crawlies in the world, the creepiest (and maybe also the crawliest) has to be spiders. With their weird clusters of eyes, unnecessary amount of legs, and apparent supernatural ability to always find a way into our bedrooms, spiders have a special talent for freaking people out. Apparently, they're also pretty skilled at camouflage, too - as one woman found out when she mistook a huge family of spiders for some dust. Lydia, a 19-year-old make-up and special effects student, tweeted about the incident last week. "I have not just found this in the corner of my room at this time thinking it was dust," she wrote at 10.46pm. The accompanying two images show that - from a distance - the cluster in Lydia's bedroom corner does indeed look like dust. However, the close-up reveals the true horror. [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/lydiiauty/status/902663777069518848]] In the second picture, one large spider can clearly be seen guarding what appears to be a small army of baby spiders. This might not seem too horrifying for readers in more exotic locations where this type of thing is fairly common, but for England-based Lydia, it must have seemed like something straight out of a nightmare. At this time of year, spiders retreat from wet weather and take refuge inside houses in order to have their tiny, demonic babies. And, while they may not be as big or as dangerous as the eight-legged critters from other continents, they're still undeniably creepy - as Twitter soon confirmed. The tweet quickly went viral, with other users commenting with their reactions to the terrifying scene. One person responded to the images saying, "not to b dramatic but I'd rather die" - which, given the circumstances, doesn't seem all that irrational to be honest. [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/eleanortorrx/status/903019221319389189]] Once the horror-fest had gained a fair bit of traction, Lydia herself was quick to point out that the spot was only dusty because it was too high for her to reach. [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/lydiiauty/status/902959439224942595]] Other users saw the funny side of the situation, with one person tweeting, "She better be paying rent with all them kids". [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/dianajanzy/status/903003401201606656]] Mostly, though, people just wanted to know what had become of the many-legged creatures of doom - to which Lydia responded, "Dad the lad swooped in at 1 the morning after I brayed on his door and killed them all in 1 go." Now, you'd think this would be the end of it. The spiders are gone, the house is clear, and "Dad the lad" is cemented as the hero that Lydia (and Twitter) needed. But then this conversation happened: Again, none of these responses seem irrational to me, and the correct way to deal with a small family of arachnids is indeed to throw away your toilet, if not your entire house. As far as we know, however, Lydia survived the ordeal, and her home was not overrun by vengeance-seeking spiders. Hopefully, in future, she'll be more vigilant when it comes to cleaning the house.