so i caught this spider...

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  • illegal pants
    illegal pants Posts: 13,471
    ClimberInOz wrote:
    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:
    wah
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    you are wrote:
    that's good to know, 'cause i seriously want to move there one day :o

    Well I'm sure you'll be just fine. :) Trust me, I'm not one to sit about calmly when there's creepy crawlies about. :D :eek:
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  • JaneNY
    JaneNY Posts: 4,438
    Actually I like having a few spiders in my room. They kill the mosquitos and flies. It is a benign relationship.
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  • rival.
    rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    that thing doesn't look friendly at all.

    put it in a box, drive at least 20 miles from your house, let it out, and then BOOK it back home!
  • WindyCityFlyer
    WindyCityFlyer Posts: 244
    So has this been posted yet?

    I'm sure it'll give you a few ideas:

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  • suns rival
    suns rival Posts: 15,926
    hey illegal pants, did you caught another spider? did you call your neighbors to bet on them? did you make a porn video of them? :D
    scratching my butt...
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  • illegal pants
    illegal pants Posts: 13,471
    suns rival wrote:
    hey illegal pants, did you caught another spider? did you call your neighbors to bet on them? did you make a porn video of them? :D

    hehehe

    i'm getting an illegal immigrant spider to come in and spice things up

    i shall call him Dirty Frank :eek:
    wah
  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    I would keep it for a pet and name him Norman!!!!!
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  • EquallyWorthless
    EquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    that is a mean looking spider!!!
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  • EquallyWorthless
    EquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    JaneNY wrote:
    Actually I like having a few spiders in my room. They kill the mosquitos and flies. It is a benign relationship.


    Yeah not when you live in Australia :p
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  • EquallyWorthless
    EquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    i think this is also a perfect thread to bust this one out

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHzdsFiBbFc

    hail hail the lucky ones who take the time to watch this video.
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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    EquallyWorthless wrote:
    i think this is also a perfect thread to bust this one out

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHzdsFiBbFc

    hail hail the lucky ones who take the time to watch this video.

    I had that sent to me a while back. It's a classic. :)
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    AmentsChick wrote:
    I would keep it for a pet and name him Norman!!!!!

    i did that.....'cept it is a dog and not a spider ;):p:D
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    JaneNY wrote:
    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 :D I fucking DESPISE moths! :D
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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    I hate spiders...

    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. :)
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  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Jeanie wrote:
    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. :)
    :D 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
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    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
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    :D 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 :o 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! ;)
    NOPE!!!

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  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    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 :o (I wouldn't like to spray fly spray in the kitchen) but it was really fucking weird... I'd never seen anything like it.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    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
  • zenith
    zenith Posts: 3,191
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    :D 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

    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 :(
    impatience is a gift ........
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    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 :o (I wouldn't like to spray fly spray in the kitchen) but it was really fucking weird... I'd never seen anything like it.


    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.
    NOPE!!!

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