With the usual degree of uncertainty in identifying critters from internet photos, it is almost certainly, as people have said, a White Tailed Spider. The slender abdomen indicates it is most likely a male, although that is especially hard to tell.
Not nearly as nasty as people claim them to be. A myth circulated a while back about them having a necrotising bite, but that was a load of BS.
Ironically, if you don't like spiders, you should have kept it. They eat other spiders, and it would have been coming out at night in your house to hunt them.
Now you just have to watch out for for his disgruntled wife, who will undoubtedly seek revenge whilst you sleep...
i'm happy to let the huntsmen and cats complete the circle of life around at home but not white-tails, one bit in my sleep which left me in hospital so i've learnt my lesson with them..
necrotising bite - haha yeh that didn't happen, but how fun if it did :eek:
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Actually I like having a few spiders in my room. They kill the mosquitos and flies. It is a benign relationship.
I hate spiders... but I can't help but feel bad for hating them whenever I see a moth caught in a web I fucking DESPISE moths!
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I don't hate spiders, but there are rules. And the rules are, don't come in the house and don't crawl inside the car. Follow the rules and we'll get along just fine.
I don't hate spiders, but there are rules. And the rules are, don't come in the house and don't crawl inside the car. Follow the rules and we'll get along just fine.
actually yeh, I'll go along with that. I almost jumped out of a moving car once :eek: cos there was a spider crawling down towards me and I was in the back but there was stuff in the middle of the seat and I was holding a puppy. I ended up throwing the puppy at my sister in the front seat, jumping onto all the stuff in the middle and once the spider crawled down and under the seat, I was fine
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actually yeh, I'll go along with that. I almost jumped out of a moving car once : eek : cos there was a spider crawling down towards me and I was in the back but there was stuff in the middle of the seat and I was holding a puppy. I ended up throwing the puppy at my sister in the front seat, jumping onto all the stuff in the middle and once the spider crawled down and under the seat, I was fine : o
Yeah, and there are those that are condemned to death instantly, like white tails, and those that are given a fighting chance, like huntsmen.
I had a huntsmen land on my bare leg one sunny afternoon as I was rounding a bend a little too fast in the Sunbird. :eek: Hit the gravel shoulder at a fairly high speed as I took my hand off the wheel to wack it and squeal!!!! Monster hairy spider flew sideways across the car and disappeared. While my frantic punching of the brakes locked the whole thing up, lost control, managed to wrestle it back again and finally came to a grinding halt whereby I promptly leapt from the drivers seat, almost getting wiped out by a truck in the process. Searched furiously through the car but couldn't find it. Needless to say I'm always incredibly careful about my speed on bends now, I NEVER leave the house in my cozi with just a t-shirt over the top and I periodically spray my car with barrier spray to ensure it never happens again.
If I'd been you, I'd have been out of the car before I could think about it. No way I'd have stayed in it till I knew where it was. You puppy thrower, you!
what's this barrier spray you all speak of? Does it work?
There's something weird going on with flies at the moment too... I went into the kitchen Saturday morning and there were 20 (I counted) of them just sitting on the window :eek: It was creepy... cos it's not like the kitchen was filthy... I'd only cleaned it the day before... I've no idea where they came from... I opened the door and all the windows and they were all gone by the next day (I wouldn't like to spray fly spray in the kitchen) but it was really fucking weird... I'd never seen anything like it.
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actually yeh, I'll go along with that. I almost jumped out of a moving car once :eek: cos there was a spider crawling down towards me and I was in the back but there was stuff in the middle of the seat and I was holding a puppy. I ended up throwing the puppy at my sister in the front seat, jumping onto all the stuff in the middle and once the spider crawled down and under the seat, I was fine
ive known for a long time - if a spider ever drops onto me while im driving a car - that will probably be the end of me
i hope i have pj blasting out of the speakers at the time :(
what's this barrier spray you all speak of? Does it work?
There's something weird going on with flies at the moment too... I went into the kitchen Saturday morning and there were 20 (I counted) of them just sitting on the window :eek: It was creepy... cos it's not like the kitchen was filthy... I'd only cleaned it the day before... I've no idea where they came from... I opened the door and all the windows and they were all gone by the next day (I wouldn't like to spray fly spray in the kitchen) but it was really fucking weird... I'd never seen anything like it.
We had something similar happen up at the farm recently Hels. Came in for the weekend and the place was full of them and we're fastidious about cleaning up everything before we leave. They were everywhere. I have no idea how come. Took a day to vacuum up the bodies and shoo away the ones that were still alive. We never did find out why.
ive known for a long time - if a spider ever drops onto me while im driving a car - that will probably be the end of me
i hope i have pj blasting out of the speakers at the time :(
:( I wonder how many accidents are actually caused by this?
The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
Verona??? it's all surmountable
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Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
We had something similar happen up at the farm recently Hels. Came in for the weekend and the place was full of them and we're fastidious about cleaning up everything before we leave. They were everywhere. I have no idea how come. Took a day to vacuum up the bodies and shoo away the ones that were still alive. We never did find out why.
Ooohh... I must get some barrier spray.
That's fucking weird Jeanie... they were creepy... they weren't even flying around... just sorta hovering there and sometimes chasing eachother around the window I think they decided to use the window as a mating ground :eek:
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Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
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:( I wonder how many accidents are actually caused by this?
there was a guy in my hometown that was driving home with his family....a bee flew in the car and he lost control of the car....his family survived, but he didn't :( so weird, all because of a bee.
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there was a guy in my hometown that was driving home with his family....a bee flew in the car and he lost control of the car....his family survived, but he didn't :( so weird, all because of a bee.
:( wow! We really are a strange... eh... species! I mean obviously everybody would KNOW that it's more important to keep control of the car... but in that moment you just lose it
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Verona??? it's all surmountable
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Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
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Pants, did someone tell you that it was a White Tipped spider??
The actually DONT cause the ulcers and blistering that alot of people associate with White Tips....
All spiders have a bacteria on their fangs, and some people have a reaction to it, and others dont.
Thats just what ive heard, cause B got bitten by a Huntsman last year, and E was bitten by a spider this year but didnt know what it was.....:eek:
no i could actually see the tip on it's body.. guessed it, Jeanie thought so too
i did know that about white-tails but unfortunately i do react to them.. and to the antibiotics my 'great' doctor put me on :rolleyes: not in a blistering gross way, so phew on that front huh
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i'm happy to let the huntsmen and cats complete the circle of life around at home but not white-tails, one bit in my sleep which left me in hospital so i've learnt my lesson with them..
necrotising bite - haha yeh that didn't happen, but how fun if it did :eek:
Well I'm sure you'll be just fine.
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put it in a box, drive at least 20 miles from your house, let it out, and then BOOK it back home!
I'm sure it'll give you a few ideas:
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i'm getting an illegal immigrant spider to come in and spice things up
i shall call him Dirty Frank :eek:
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Yeah not when you live in Australia
work = work + 1;
sleep = sleep - work * 10;}
else if (work >= 0) {
reality.equals(false);
work = work +1;
}system("pause");
return 0;}
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work = work + 1;
sleep = sleep - work * 10;}
else if (work >= 0) {
reality.equals(false);
work = work +1;
}system("pause");
return 0;}
I had that sent to me a while back. It's a classic.
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i did that.....'cept it is a dog and not a spider
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Chicago 07? And love
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I don't hate spiders, but there are rules. And the rules are, don't come in the house and don't crawl inside the car. Follow the rules and we'll get along just fine.
*~You're IT Bert!~*
Hold on to the thread
The currents will shift
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
Yeah, and there are those that are condemned to death instantly, like white tails, and those that are given a fighting chance, like huntsmen.
I had a huntsmen land on my bare leg one sunny afternoon as I was rounding a bend a little too fast in the Sunbird. :eek: Hit the gravel shoulder at a fairly high speed as I took my hand off the wheel to wack it and squeal!!!! Monster hairy spider flew sideways across the car and disappeared. While my frantic punching of the brakes locked the whole thing up, lost control, managed to wrestle it back again and finally came to a grinding halt whereby I promptly leapt from the drivers seat, almost getting wiped out by a truck in the process. Searched furiously through the car but couldn't find it. Needless to say I'm always incredibly careful about my speed on bends now, I NEVER leave the house in my cozi with just a t-shirt over the top
If I'd been you, I'd have been out of the car before I could think about it. No way I'd have stayed in it till I knew where it was. You puppy thrower, you!
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Hold on to the thread
The currents will shift
There's something weird going on with flies at the moment too... I went into the kitchen Saturday morning and there were 20 (I counted) of them just sitting on the window :eek: It was creepy... cos it's not like the kitchen was filthy... I'd only cleaned it the day before... I've no idea where they came from... I opened the door and all the windows and they were all gone by the next day
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
ive known for a long time - if a spider ever drops onto me while im driving a car - that will probably be the end of me
i hope i have pj blasting out of the speakers at the time :(
Yep! Barrier spray RULES!!!
http://www.scottsaustralia.com.au/Defender/Defender_HomeDefense
We had something similar happen up at the farm recently Hels. Came in for the weekend and the place was full of them and we're fastidious about cleaning up everything before we leave. They were everywhere. I have no idea how come. Took a day to vacuum up the bodies and shoo away the ones that were still alive. We never did find out why.
*~You're IT Bert!~*
Hold on to the thread
The currents will shift
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
That's fucking weird Jeanie... they were creepy... they weren't even flying around... just sorta hovering there and sometimes chasing eachother around the window
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
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there was a guy in my hometown that was driving home with his family....a bee flew in the car and he lost control of the car....his family survived, but he didn't :( so weird, all because of a bee.
You got to spend it all
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
the itty bitty ones are cute
you need to meet a larger one :eek:
all hell breaks loose...
this thread is still alive? :eek:
spiders. YEAH!!!!
kinakamot ang aking puwit...
me rascando pompis...
krap mijn reet...
boku no ketsuoana o kizu...
bahrosh teezy...
The actually DONT cause the ulcers and blistering that alot of people associate with White Tips....
All spiders have a bacteria on their fangs, and some people have a reaction to it, and others dont.
Thats just what ive heard, cause B got bitten by a Huntsman last year, and E was bitten by a spider this year but didnt know what it was.....:eek:
as long as the spiders haunt me it shall be :eek:
no i could actually see the tip on it's body.. guessed it, Jeanie thought so too
i did know that about white-tails but unfortunately i do react to them.. and to the antibiotics my 'great' doctor put me on :rolleyes: not in a blistering gross way, so phew on that front huh
was E ok? :eek: