Home & Garden Spiders can get ****ed

[mdizzle]

I don't mind the old catch and release with huntsman spiders, they eat roaches, other spiders and all sorts of insects so they're alright by me. Daddy long leg spiders are ok too they can chill in the corner and eat all the mozzies not gonna bother me anytime soon, likewise with orb weavers in the garden. White tail spiders are pretty terrifying though they move fast and hide well, I've made more than a few diving lunges to smash rogue white tails sprinting for cover, a well timed strike with a nearby shoe usually does the trick though

 

[Hellbourne]

I get heaps of white tails here, worst was having 5 in one weekend. Set the cat onto em

 

[edgie]

I don't mind the old catch and release with huntsman spiders, they eat roaches, other spiders and all sorts of insects so they're alright by me. Daddy long leg spiders are ok too they can chill in the corner and eat all the mozzies not gonna bother me anytime soon, likewise with orb weavers in the garden. White tail spiders are pretty terrifying though they move fast and hide well, I've made more than a few diving lunges to smash rogue white tails sprinting for cover, a well timed strike with a nearby shoe usually does the trick though

Nah, orb weavers in the bush are terrifying, their webs are almost invisible, and they can grow to be nearly as big as a tarantula, but in a huge web. Cannot even go to a local park without the kind of sights that keep us safe from alien invasion. Them an red backs share the strongest and stickiest webs, though I can't remember which one goes with which.



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[HBF]

Does anyone else's dog catch spiders?
My terrior at home is great for killing spiders who venture too close to the ground. Especially daddy long legs and the occasional huntsman.

 

[Doss]

I don't know about others, but I'm in the camp of hating to kill spiders.

Although I do waver somewhat with red backs, just because of their poisonous potential.

I regularly pick up daddy long legs with my bare hands and chuck them outside when I find them. Once or twice that has, unfortunately, led to a leg coming off. I sincerely hope those seven-legged spiders survived.

Is it true that if daddy long legs actually had fangs strong enough to penetrate human skin, they'd be every bit as deadly as the acknowledged shockers like funnel webs?

 

[Shupe]

I regularly pick up daddy long legs with my bare hands

Badass.

Is it true that if daddy long legs actually had fangs strong enough to penetrate human skin, they'd be every bit as deadly as the acknowledged shockers like funnel webs?

Yes.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Is it true that if daddy long legs actually had fangs strong enough to penetrate human skin, they'd be every bit as deadly as the acknowledged shockers like funnel webs?

Yes.

I thought that myth was busted a few years ago?

 

[Shupe]

I thought that myth was busted a few years ago?

Wouldn't have a clue. I just hate spiders and believe all to be deadly motherfockers.

 

[Doss]

I do have to say I'm glad I don't have to worry about funnel webs. I saw many when I was in the Blue Mountains a few years ago and made sure I gave all of them a very, very wide berth.

 

[TooUglyForFugly]

My mother doesn't give no shits about spiders. She deliberately picked up a redback and showed it to me once. She didn't know what type of spider it was, just that she'd never seen it before.

She kept it in a plastic container like a prize for about an hour. BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH!

 

[Papa Juggs]

I once heard a fly buzzing. Went to investigate and inside my window behind the blinds a spider had built a web and was slowly putting this fly to sleep. That spider earnt his keep and was left alone. I think the cold must have got to him as when I checked a couple of days later he had vanished.

Spiders, less annoying than flies just way more creepy.

 

[TooUglyForFugly]

I once heard a fly buzzing. Went to investigate and inside my window behind the blinds a spider had built a web and was slowly putting this fly to sleep. That spider earnt his keep and was left alone. I think the cold must have got to him as when I checked a couple of days later he had vanished.

Spiders, less annoying than flies just way more creepy.

They'd be fine if they didn't drop down from the effing ceiling onto my face.

 

[edgie]

So some might remember my post about the tarantula...

Follow up on my post yesterday, sorry about large pictures. It was a large arachnid.

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Well today, my missus sends me this whilst I was at work. She found it behind the clothes dryer



I'm moving out.

 

[Cruyff14]

I remember your tarantula story. I spoke to a friend who works in wildlife, said that tarantula is worth around $300-$400 dollars.

 

[edgie]

I remember your tarantula story. I spoke to a friend who works in wildlife, said that tarantula is worth around $300-$400 dollars.

Yeah I remember you telling me, I was spewing, and am still spewing that my partner also killed this one (well called her dad to who lives in the same street). For that kind of money even I can man up in front of a spider and throw a bucket over it, or call a mate who is an expert creep crawly handler.

 

[rippersnipper]

Chilling on my bed reading BF last night and i look down for a second to notice that a fairly decent sized white tail had made its way onto my stomach. Safe to say i was surprised before murdering the f*cker with my shoe. Fairly sure i had a baby one on my hand the other day too, safe to say that my mother was not happy at all.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

So some might remember my post about the tarantula...



Well today, my missus sends me this whilst I was at work. She found it behind the clothes dryer


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I'm moving out.

Oh my, I have a spare room for you until the monster is dealt with

 

[Willo_]

The worst big footy notifications are the ones about people having attached a file to this thread

 

[Twist_of_Lemon]

So some might remember my post about the tarantula...



Well today, my missus sends me this whilst I was at work. She found it behind the clothes dryer


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I'm moving out.

 

[Shupe]

The worst big footy notifications are the ones about people having attached a file to this thread

I was just about to post this.

 

[rippersnipper]

So some might remember my post about the tarantula...



Well today, my missus sends me this whilst I was at work. She found it behind the clothes dryer


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I'm moving out.

Absolutely gorgeous specimen

 

[TheKanga]

Am I weird that rodents freak me out more than Spiders?

 

[edgie]

Am I weird that rodents freak me out more than Spiders?

Only if you have a penis.

If you have a vagina, then it is fairly common.

 

[edgie]

Oh my, I have a spare room for you until the monster is dealt with

Cheers mate, I might some clothes as well, since the nest thing was in the laundry...

 

[Paranoid]

Just released a monster huntsman into backyard. Was in the toilet in the morning and outside my bedroom door when I got home. I wouldn't mind them as much if they'd just stay up on the ceiling. I coerced it into one of those plastic cereal containers and plonked it outside about 10 metres from the backdoor. To my horror it immediately chased me back to the door, though luckily I closed it in time. It crawled up the back door and was just peering in at me through the glass