Home & Garden Spiders can get ****ed

[carltonblue]

Here I am, surfing bigfooty and the interwebz whilst tucked up in bed in my beloved Carlton boxers , when nature calls. I unsuspectingly make my way up the hallway and enter the toilet, pushing the door half shut behind me. Midstream I lose attention, something which normally results in mild spillage, however this time it was MAJOR spillage. I turned my head and here is some black beast the size of my hand right at my eye level. He catches my eye and scurries halfway towards the door. By now the stream has thankfully stopped, although there was metaphorically shit coming outta my pants. I was trapped in the toilet with this thing, hairy, fast, agile, venomous, deadly critter. I bravely fully open the door with my toe however my true courage was seen when I was face to face, my head was a mere 10cm from certain death, my chest and stomach were like a landing pad for this gigantic monster. I could see the headlines, Man eaten alive by deadly spider.

However the big bastard took mercy, a favour I didnt return. Fly spray ftw .

For the record he was probably about 4cm wide and 8cm long

 

[Marklar_33]

Here I am, surfing bigfooty and the interwebz whilst tucked up in bed in my beloved Carlton boxers , when nature calls. I unsuspectingly make my way up the hallway and enter the toilet, pushing the door half shut behind me. Midstream I lose attention, something which normally results in mild spillage, however this time it was MAJOR spillage. I turned my head and here is some black beast the size of my hand right at my eye level. He catches my eye and scurries halfway towards the door. By now the stream has thankfully stopped, although there was metaphorically shit coming outta my pants. I was trapped in the toilet with this thing, hairy, fast, agile, venomous, deadly critter. I bravely fully open the door with my toe however my true courage was seen when I was face to face, my head was a mere 10cm from certain death, my chest and stomach were like a landing pad for this gigantic monster. I could see the headlines, Man eaten alive by deadly spider.

However the big bastard took mercy, a favour I didnt return. Fly spray ftw .

For the record he was probably about 4cm wide and 8cm long

No need for that smiley...he's a big ****er! I woulda went with the sole of the shoe...not a fan of the flyspray, my spiders seem immune to it. Only spiders I wont kill are Huntsman, they mean no harm...doesn't stop me shitting them when I try to catch and release!

 

[Truckosaurus]

Woke up at 4:30am the other morning, switch the light on and see something black and about the size of a 10c coin slowly crawl into one of my shoes. Realise that it's a ****ing spider that's made a web throughout the whole shoe while I've been asleep.

It was about 5 minutes before I could move to get the vacuum.

 

[Jesse Custer]

Im made friends with one i think. No, i've got an orb weaver outside on a column where he sleeps during the day in a curled up position and comes out at dusk to weave his web. I love sitting on my couch and just watching him do his stuff. He has been there now for about 2 months. I noticed that he hadn't come out for a week. I went out there a few days ago and noticed a few other spiders as well. These looked like daddy long legs but with a bit of redness. Scary stuff. I got rid of em, and bingo that night he came out again.

See what happens.

EDIT: If i find spiders or any bug in the house, their life is void.

 

[Doctor Feel]

There are always spiders present.

 

[Fire Storm]

Scared of spider widers are we boys?


I thought aussie's were made of tougher stuff....

 

[Fire Storm]

Could probably do without these baby's though:

http://www.vincelewis.net/deadlyspider.html



http://scienceray.com/biology/five-deadly-spiders-of-the-world/

The Brazilian Wandering Spider..... An interesting side effect of this spiders bite is that it is known to cause priapism, an erection that can last longer than four hours. Now this is one hardcore spider.

I'd rather take viagra....

 

[Wallaby]

It's an interesting question why there is such a strong phobia about spiders which are basically harmless. I know, I've got it too. When there's none around I can rationalise it, and convince myself they are 'one of our friends in nature', but put me in the same vicinity as a huntsman, and I'm a great screaming queen. I can't even get close enough to kill them - that's the wife's job. (I do moths, wasps, bees and all other bugs).

You know those Indiana Jones movies where the rock is going to fall on them unless they can push the lever - but it's covered in horrible bugs? Well, if that was me, and the horrible bugs were huntsmen - I'm dead.

Interestingly, my fear is based purely on size - huntsmen give me the heebie-jeebies, but redbacks - I dont care. Have killed many in the past, and observed them up close in the bush. Little spiders can crawl on me, and I don't mind. Not worried or scared by camel spiders because they are not spiders. They're just big bugs. But big spiders...........aaaargh.

I'm pretty sure my fear came from when I was about 6 and over in Perth. Stayed at Grandpa's house for christmas - lots of us - kids slept on stretchers in the garage. Woke up in the morning - 2 huntsmen on the ceiling above me. Much screaming. Grandpa says 'Don't be such a baby' and grabs broom and sweeps them off the ceiling - STRAIGHT ONTO MY BED WHERE THEY RUN ABOUT A BIT AND THEN DISAPPEAR UNDER THE SLEEPING BAG!!!! I can't remember, but I bet I slept in mum and dad's bed the rest of that holiday.

For those of you interested, Tassie university have been doing some research into ways of conquering phobias and have developed a web-based program. Have a look at http://feardrop.com/.

 

[Ron The Bear]

f*** me I wish I didn't look at this thread

Here's another you should avoid.

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=514564

 

[Power King]

Woke up at 4:30am the other morning, switch the light on and see something black and about the size of a 10c coin slowly crawl into one of my shoes. Realise that it's a ****ing spider that's made a web throughout the whole shoe while I've been asleep.

It was about 5 minutes before I could move to get the vacuum.

**** that shit.

I never check inside my shoes for spiders before I put them on. Nor do I check my clothes when putting them on after taking them out of the closet.

I remember opening the closet the other week and seeing some insect quickly scatter across one of my tops. ****.

Sometimes ignorance is bliss. Or is it?

Everytime I re-visit this thread I really question why I did so in the first place...

 

[Doctor Feel]

**** that shit.

I never check inside my shoes for spiders before I put them on. Nor do I check my clothes when putting them on after taking them out of the closet.

I remember opening the closet the other week and seeing some insect quickly scatter across one of my tops. ****.

Sometimes ignorance is bliss. Or is it?

Everytime I re-visit this thread I really question why I did so in the first place...

 

[Changaneen]

Got a heap of these buggers under my pergola. This is a baby one, the adults grow to about the size of a 50 cent piece.

No matter how much i spray or sweep their webs, they keep on keeping on.

 

[HSSB]

Got a heap of these buggers under my pergola. This is a baby one, the adults grow to about the size of a 50 cent piece.

No matter how much i spray or sweep their webs, they keep on keeping on.

Fly Spray can + Lighter is your friend

 

[blues4flag]

Just found 2 20c sized black spiders in the house.

 

[BarneyBent]

Had some people over for dinner tonight, we ate dinner outside, which I hate because our backyard is dark, damp and full of spiders and mosquitos.o I ended up playing and singing a few songs on guitar after dinner because my mad aunts always insist I do, and as I was playing one, this big ****er, don't know what it was but it wasn't a huntsman, decided to bungee jump off the balcony above. It was a metre or so away from me, I stopped playing immediately and pretty much bolted inside. That was the end of the night for me. I'm still a little shaky.

Even when you're playing guitar in front of your family, spiders are always present.

 

[LiZ4RD]

Received these pics on email today with the following story...

An office receptionist got the shock of her life earlier this week when she found a 70cm long snake entangled in the web of a deadly red back spider. Tania Robertson, a receptionist at an electrical firm, came in to work on Tuesday and spotted the sight next to a desk in her office. The snake, which had obviously died from the spider's poisonous bite, was off the ground and caught up in the web.

Leon Lotz of the Arachnology Department at the National Museum said it was only the second time that he had heard of a snake getting caught in a spider's web. It is believed the snake got caught in the web on Monday night. But it did not take the red back spider long to bite it. A red mark on the snake's stomach was evidence of where the spider had started eating it.

Throughout Tuesday, the spider checked on her prey, but on Wednesday she rolled it up and started spinning a web around it. She also kept lifting it higher off the ground, while continually snacking on it.

 

[BarneyBent]

Man, **** you!

 

[Jesse Custer]

That's unreal.

 

[Kaan]

****ing hell why did I open this thread

Worst decision of my life

 

[Smoooothy]

don't think i've seen this posted yet

 

[pezz]

**** you all and **** this thread.

 

[Hawk88]

I cant believe i read this whole thread, glad i wore my brown jocks to work.

 

[L_W_P]

don't think i've seen this posted yet

What
The
****
Is
THAT !?!?!

 

[Donstuie]

Hate spiders with a passion, but I agree with people that as long as they stay out of my bedroom, bathroom and toilet, I'm happy for them to stay.

This doesn't go for white-tails & red backsthough. Kill on sight.

Also, my side view mirror always has cobwebs appearing around it. Even after I spray the area inside and out with my hose, the next day it's back again. I have no idea what's building it, and really don't want to ever find out. I just want it ****ing gone

BTW (I dare you to click)

 

[breeno]

Received these pics on email today with the following story...

An office receptionist got the shock of her life earlier this week when she found a 70cm long snake entangled in the web of a deadly red back spider. Tania Robertson, a receptionist at an electrical firm, came in to work on Tuesday and spotted the sight next to a desk in her office. The snake, which had obviously died from the spider's poisonous bite, was off the ground and caught up in the web.

Leon Lotz of the Arachnology Department at the National Museum said it was only the second time that he had heard of a snake getting caught in a spider's web. It is believed the snake got caught in the web on Monday night. But it did not take the red back spider long to bite it. A red mark on the snake's stomach was evidence of where the spider had started eating it.

Throughout Tuesday, the spider checked on her prey, but on Wednesday she rolled it up and started spinning a web around it. She also kept lifting it higher off the ground, while continually snacking on it.

Got a feeling it's a Black Widow spider and not a Redback due to the 'hourglass' shape of red rather than a 'stripe'. Still, ****ing hate spiders.

That, and the mark is on the bottom of it's big ass/sac thing.