Blackbriar 8,568 Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 When I was a boy, we lived in Australia. One day, there was a big birthday party, and all us pommie kids were invited, so off we went, larking about down the garden. After a while, one of the parents came down, to see what all the hullabaloo and squealing was about...... And there was me and all the other kids obliviously poking sticks at a funnel web spider ! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j j m 6,481 Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 cant stand the things my self Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomburras 2,721 Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 I like seeing spiders and have to rescue them daily from the bath tub. We get loads of them. My whippet eats them on sight and is often looking round for them lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,568 Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 Not to do with spiders, but still in Australia, I had a school pal (Welsh kid), who went running home with a cardboard box, shouting "Mummy, look what I've caught ! Can I keep it ?" His mum opened the box, to be greeted by a very pi55ed off Tiger snake ! To this day, it's still beyond me how he got it in the box without being killed.... So, phobias of snakes of spiders aren't necessarily irrational.......it just depends where you live ! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
walshie 2,804 Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 Spiders are fascinating get a tuning fork,give it a tap,place it gently on a web and watch them run out to investigate whats for supper when I was a kid I always used to catch wasps,pull their wings off (with difficulty) and drop them into decent webs They are fascinating but there is just something about them that freaks me out. Strangely enough scorpions don't trigger that fear instinct at all yet they're poisonous unlike our UK spiders. The monster camel spiders did help me get over my fear of house spiders since they're nowhere near as scary lol Don't want to trigger your fear further, but almost ALL spiders are venomous ! If it make you feel any better, most venom isn't strong enough to harm anything human-sized, or their fangs can't penetrate our skin.......most,that is ! A few years back, mrs w had felt poorly for a week or so. No energy, dizzy, bit of a rash etc. The doctor was stumped as to what it was so sent her to the hospital for tests. After umpteen blood tests for different things it was diagnosed as a spider bite. Can't remember what they prescribed, but once they'd worked out what it was, she was back to "normal." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kanny 19,384 Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 The false widow has been causing people a few problems in recent years my mate got bitten by one a couple of years ago and it put him in a bad way for a bit... Story from today http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-40504978 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,790 Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 They had problems with White tail spiders in Adelaide which caused necrosis of tissue like that, less likely to kill than some spiders but more likely cause horrible damage 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kanny 19,384 Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 They had problems with White tail spiders in Adelaide which caused necrosis of tissue like that, less likely to kill than some spiders but more likely cause horrible damage Same as the Brazilian wondering spider but at least you get a erection to take your mind of the bite 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stealthy1 3,964 Posted July 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 Spiders are fascinating get a tuning fork,give it a tap,place it gently on a web and watch them run out to investigate whats for supper when I was a kid I always used to catch wasps,pull their wings off (with difficulty) and drop them into decent webs I still drop bugs in spider webs if I want to see what kind of spider comes out muller it. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,190 Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 Love spiders I used to keep a few Chilean rose tarantulas....... My stepson got couple tarantula,years ago we had a chile rose, curly hair? and a salmon pink bird eater that thing was big. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ratmanwan 66 Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 Just watched my pet spider Boris catch a fly while I was doing a spray treatment for flys at a waste transfer yard, he lives on the passenger side dashboard of my van ! 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
beast 1,884 Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 https://youtu.be/Vgx7abJH6uI Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,790 Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 Chasing b*****ds lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
beast 1,884 Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 f***ing horrors them camel spiders lol. When I was in Australia I woke Obe morning and could hear this tapping noise. Looking towards the window I could see a huntsman spider as big as my hand standing on the outside window sill and had its two front legs up just tapping on the fly screen like he wanted to come in. Made me shudder. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rabbit Hunter 6,608 Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 f***ing hate spiders. Gives me a shiver just thinking about them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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