spiders and stuff

Heineken Helen

redrock wrote:

Deadlee seems to know his stuff though... spiders by name... **shivers again**

Maybe he can tell me what mine was.

I dunno, there just didn't seem to be any other thread to put a picture of a spider in... and I really like the picture so I wanted to put it somewhere

Sorry

enharmonic

Heineken Helen wrote:

:eek: It looks pretty similar to mine... same colour and all. What did you do with it?

Ahhh...the lovely Golden Garden Spider. Very beneficial for your garden. Bite can hurt about as bad as a bee sting.

Deadlee74

Heineken Helen wrote:

Maybe he can tell me what mine was.

I dunno, there just didn't seem to be any other thread to put a picture of a spider in... and I really like the picture so I wanted to put it somewhere

Sorry

Can't tell you what your spider is, since I live on a completely different continent, and my field guide is for north america. I live in Texas, you wouldn't want to come here anyways...lol...j/k
There are a few other spiders here that are creepy as well, that I haven't yet been able to take pictures of.
And some realy nasty looking bees and wasps. One of which is the velvet ant, it's actually a bee, that scurries across the ground like an ant. And every color of dragonfly there is, the whole rainbow. I could talk about insects and animals for hours...lol... as you can see...
And i'm a female, sorry the name can be decieving.

Heineken Helen

enharmonic wrote:

Ahhh...the lovely Golden Garden Spider. Very beneficial for your garden. Bite can hurt about as bad as a bee sting.

Oh really, so it's not actually poisonous then? That's good, cos I ran when I saw it. I asked one of the guides if she knew what it was and she wasn't sure.

Deadlee, sorry about the mix up I was planning on going to Texas for a while next year as part of my trip of the US... I'm not so sure now

redrock

Deadlee74 wrote:

. And every color of dragonfly there is, the whole rainbow.

Dragonflies... now we're talking. I love those!

seanironmaiden

Deadlee74 wrote:

AGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Jeanie

Deadlee74 wrote:

And yes I have the national audubon societies field guide to insects and spiders...lol
I figure I might as well know what they are if they're going to creep me out.

OMG that black thing is disgusting! Deadlee can you help me out with your book? I'm trying to find out about these tiny, tiny, little red spiders that we have here in Oz. So far all my Googling has come to nothing. Is there anything about them in your book? They are bright red all over and smaller than a pin head. They're really quite cute and don't seem to be poisonous.

Deadlee74

Jeanie wrote:

OMG that black thing is disgusting! Deadlee can you help me out with your book? I'm trying to find out about these tiny, tiny, little red spiders that we have here in Oz. So far all my Googling has come to nothing. Is there anything about them in your book? They are bright red all over and smaller than a pin head. They're really quite cute and don't seem to be poisonous.

Sorry I wish I could help you to figure out what those tiny red spiders are, but I only have the field guide for north america. I know there's book and guides for every continent.
The black spider I took a picture of is only about an inch or so big, I zoomed in on him.

Heineken Helen

Jeanie wrote:

OMG that black thing is disgusting! Deadlee can you help me out with your book? I'm trying to find out about these tiny, tiny, little red spiders that we have here in Oz. So far all my Googling has come to nothing. Is there anything about them in your book? They are bright red all over and smaller than a pin head. They're really quite cute and don't seem to be poisonous.

are they what we call bloodsuckers??? There's usually a lot of them together... like ants???

Jeanie

Heineken Helen wrote:

are they what we call bloodsuckers??? There's usually a lot of them together... like ants???

Hey! How did you know? They are constantly running about like ants and they never sit still. So bloodsuckers, you say. And you have them in Cavan? WOW! Do you know anything else about them?

Deadlee74 wrote:

Sorry I wish I could help you to figure out what those tiny red spiders are, but I only have the field guide for north america. I know there's book and guides for every continent.
The black spider I took a picture of is only about an inch or so big, I zoomed in on him.

Thanks anyway Deadlee, looks like Heineken Helen might be onto something. As for your 1 inch friend, I don't think knowing that he is actually smaller than he appears is calming in anyway. That is one ugly, scary mo fo!!

Jeanie

Deadlee74 wrote:

Sorry I wish I could help you to figure out what those tiny red spiders are, but I only have the field guide for north america. I know there's book and guides for every continent.
The black spider I took a picture of is only about an inch or so big, I zoomed in on him.

Thanks anyway Deadlee, looks like Heineken Helen might be onto something. As for your 1 inch friend, I don't think knowing that he is actually smaller than he appears is calming in anyway! That is one ugly, scary mo fo!!

Heineken Helen

Jeanie wrote:

Hey! How did you know? They are constantly running about like ants and they never sit still. So bloodsuckers, you say. And you have them in Cavan? WOW! Do you know anything else about them?

well if it IS what I'm thinking of... yep, there were several of them. Obviously I don't think that's their official name and I've no idea what they're called. You never really see them indoors but often on walls or concrete.

Heineken Helen

eww... i googled the image, I think they're red spider mites, something like this?

Heineken Helen

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhh, whilst googling MY spider, I found this picture: :eek:

redrock

Helen..... stop it!!!!!!!!! :eek:

Heineken Helen

redrock wrote:

Helen..... stop it!!!!!!!!! :eek:

Ok I'm done now I was scaring meself that one has fucking CLAWS :eek:

Jeanie

Heineken Helen wrote:

well if it IS what I'm thinking of... yep, there were several of them. Obviously I don't think that's their official name and I've no idea what they're called. You never really see them indoors but often on walls or concrete.

Yep that's exactly how they are here. My Pa used to have them in his garden when I was little and they used to run all over the lime green walls of his concrete fishpond. (Very pretty to watch) Then I never saw them again for years and suddenly they've popped up in my own garden on the concrete for the outdoor setting. I thought it was because we have a really red bottlebrush (calistemon) in the garden and I thought Pa did too. But I doubt you'll have bottlebrush in Cavan. As for the pix, EEEWWWW Yuk!! I can't really tell, they look so much cuter and less mite like in real life. If that's how they really are, I would never have been so unconcerned about them running up my arms!! I've tried to photograph the ones here to show you but my camera can't pick them up they're so tiny. That other yellow and black thing is disgusting!

Heineken Helen

Jeanie wrote:

Yep that's exactly how they are here. My Pa used to have them in his garden when I was little and they used to run all over the lime green walls of his concrete fishpond. (Very pretty to watch) Then I never saw them again for years and suddenly they've popped up in my own garden on the concrete for the outdoor setting. I thought it was because we have a really red bottlebrush (calistemon) in the garden and I thought Pa did too. But I doubt you'll have bottlebrush in Cavan. As for the pix, EEEWWWW Yuk!! I can't really tell, they look so much cuter and less mite like in real life. If that's how they really are, I would never have been so unconcerned about them running up my arms!! I've tried to photograph the ones here to show you but my camera can't pick them up they're so tiny. That other yellow and black thing is disgusting!

Well funny enough, I haven't seen them in years either but they used to be everywhere when I was a kid... actually I can mainly remember them at school. I think we called them bloodsuckers cos they were red... but because of the name I'd never let any of them crawl up my arm :eek:

Jeanie

Heineken Helen wrote:

Well funny enough, I haven't seen them in years either but they used to be everywhere when I was a kid... actually I can mainly remember them at school. I think we called them bloodsuckers cos they were red... but because of the name I'd never let any of them crawl up my arm :eek:

Yes, well now I've seen your close up shot they won't be running up my arms anymore either! [;)]

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