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When we lived in the country we had redbacks everywhere outside and in all our outbuildings (sheds etc.). We had an old outside toilet and, yes, you needed to check the toilet seat before using it! Gardening tools, garden pots, the ride on mower etc. were also things you needed to be careful with. There was no way you could kill them all, you just had to be aware they were there and take care. Funnily enough they were never in the house, maybe the huntsmen kept them away :D
 
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Bumpswithagrin said:
When we lived in the country we had redbacks everywhere outside and in all our outbuildings (sheds etc.). We had an old outside toilet and, yes, you needed to check the toilet seat before using it! Gardening tools, garden pots, the ride on mower etc. were also things you needed to be careful with. There was no way you could kill them all, you just had to be aware they were there and take care. Funnily enough they were never in the house, maybe the huntsmen kept them away :D
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I'm not sure if huntsmen would keep red backs away. The red back that was in my shed (has since died of natural causes, rip) had a couple of pretty big huntsmen caught in its web.
 
volcboy said:
The interesting thing is that people are worried about necrotising fasciitis, although the best data I could find is that it kills less much less than 100 people a year, the vast majority of whom contract it via means that are not spider bites (predominantly in hospitals as a secondary infection, or in similar ways to tetanus). Yet 1,193 people died in car accidents in 2013 and people happily get in their cars and drive around all day.

And between 2000-3000 people commit suicide every year. Based on that statistic, the most dangerous organism in your house by a comfortable margin is you.
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Leave us alone with our illogical fears. The machinations of the spider are beyond mortal control!
 

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**** spiders, I just opened the front door to see what the dog was barking at, stood there for a while (barefooted), turned around, heard something, looked back and a very angry tiger snake was slithering through the hole in our screen door.

No match for the almighty shovel, but shit it gave me a fright.
 
Percel said:
Tupperware, and pop her out the back of the shed, pretty cool spider, can't kill em.
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F**K THAT!!

I remember as a kid my folks owned a service station, for some reason one day I was doing something next to the firehose reel and I happened to look behind it (was against a wall but due to a few pipes was an inch or 2 off the wall).... There was about 8000 red backs behind there and just a wall of webs...

So after initially shitting bricks I pulled the fire hose out and blasted them all straight to hell

And never went near the hose reel again
 
Shaneo48 said:
F**K THAT!!

I remember as a kid my folks owned a service station, for some reason one day I was doing something next to the firehose reel and I happened to look behind it (was against a wall but due to a few pipes was an inch or 2 off the wall.... There was about 8000 red backs behind there and just a wall of webs...

So after initially shitting bricks I pulled the fire hose out and blasted them all straight to hell

And never went near the house reel again
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I actually lol'd, great stuff!
 
Percel said:
I actually lol'd, great stuff!
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I can assure you i didn't laugh at the time. .. Never seen anything like it numbers wise before or since with spiders

It was against the side of a house attached to the servo we lived in and about 5 metres from my bedroom window as well so they had to go!
 

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Shaneo48 said:
I can assure you i didn't laugh at the time. .. Never seen anything like it numbers wise before or since with spiders

It was against the side of a house attached to the servo we lived in and about 5 metres from my bedroom window as well so they had to go!
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Wow, have to agree, that shit would be eerie. Ive relocated about 15 or so down the back of the garage, reckon they may build a small village similar to yours.
 
I think it's a type of huntsman HirdyLannister I get them in the trees around my place.

The pic you posted of the water droplet hat wearing jumping spider has made my day-love the cute little eyelashes on some of its eyes too-amazing :thumbsu: :)
 
^^^Pregnant female perhaps?

There are tree spiders that look similar to huntsmans as well. But unlike the huntsman they are slow like a tarantula. Let one crawl up my arm once.

When they are slow they aren't scary.
 
Percel said:
Wow, have to agree, that shit would be eerie. Ive relocated about 15 or so down the back of the garage, reckon they may build a small village similar to yours.
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That's what I have always found with redbacks, when they are around they are around in large numbers! Remember picking up a pump at the farm once and there was a whole colony of them underneath :eek:
 
Snakes can get ****ed too IMO. Was playing golf yesterday and my ball went into the rough. Went to kick a stick next to my ball when it suddenly raised its head and wanted to go. Completely shat myself. Went back for another look at it started sliding away and saw it was a red belly black snake. Only a small one but I reakon it would have been enough to really ruin my day had it actually bit me. It was the first time I'd seen a snake in the wild. Me and my mates were all pretty paranoid for the rest of the day lol
 

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