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[bookworm_020]

All that for a wimpy English spider, Australian spiders would have eaten them for breakfast!

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...-1225912933039

[Raptor1]

A fire brigade spokesman said firemen found no evidence of the spider, dead or alive.

Damn, the accursed spider managed to make good his escape in the confusion...

[bookworm_020]

For the rabbits, foxes and English backpackers we have gotten revenge! Redback attack!

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...-1225883843297

[papa_smurf]

Typical southerner

Best way to deal with a spider involves using the Sunday paper - complete with all the supplements

[SteamWake]

Nah its not a regional thing...

The IT engineer chased the spider into their bathroom

That pretty much explains everything. Extermination is not an IT guys strong point.

Meanwhile I have a 'bannana spider' on my back porch that is the size of a dinner plate. I need to get some pictures of that bad boy. Biggest one Ive ever seen. Just the body alone is bigger than my thumb.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by papa_smurf

Typical southerner

Oi! It's in Essex...that doesn't count

[TLAM Strike]

Two weeks ago I got bit by a spider and my left forearm had a big swollen lump on it about a 1/4 inch thick and about three inches long. It lasted for about a day.

Inched like crazy.

[bookworm_020]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Two weeks ago I got bit by a spider and my left forearm had a big swollen lump on it about a 1/4 inch thick and about three inches long. It lasted for about a day.

Inched like crazy.

Consider yourself lucky, try a bite from my little friend who lives at the bottom of my garden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_funnel-web_spider

These guys live under toilet seats here in Australia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redback_spider

And I won't even mention the snakes!

[Castout]

Not even a fair match I mean he was just an IT engineer and the spider wasn't even civilized. . .

[krashkart]

Originally Posted by bookworm_020

Consider yourself lucky, try a bite from my little friend who lives at the bottom of my garden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_funnel-web_spider

These guys live under toilet seats here in Australia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redback_spider

And I won't even mention the snakes!

I've heard of the Funnel-Web spiders, but the Redbacks... are those also known as "Bog Spiders"? *shudder*

[antikristuseke]

I like spiders, don't kill them in my apartment, they keep the place clean of other insects. Also one of my neighbours has a spider the size of a dinner plate, don't know the species though.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by antikristuseke

I like spiders, don't kill them in my apartment, they keep the place clean of other insects. Also one of my neighbours has a spider the size of a dinner plate, don't know the species though.

I try not to kill them but I don't want them creepy-crawling around my living spaces. Ideally I'll find a cup or something and scoop them up and take them outside, because if I get really surprised by one I'm liable to just squish it because it freaks me out.

Sometimes, though... well, I spotted one in the middle of the bedroom floor once and tried to remove him safely and he ran up ONTO MY BEDSPREAD and was probably heading for what seemed like a good hiding spot in my bedding.. I was able to shake him back onto the floor where he was promptly squashed and deposited in the nearest trash receptacle.

I hated to do it but when they refuse to cooperate with the rescue and release operation, I figure it's their choice, lol. Plus, and I feel it bears repeating: HE TRIED TO HIDE IN MY BEDDING. THAT I WAS GOING TO SLEEP IN LATER. Primal instincts were involved, ya know?

Also the one that came spinning his merry way down from the ceiling fan in the bathroom about an inch in front of my nose the other morning? Oh yeah, I totally whacked that one. He wasn't playing fair at all.

[krashkart]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Also the one that came spinning his merry way down from the ceiling fan in the bathroom about an inch in front of my nose the other morning? Oh yeah, I totally whacked that one. He wasn't playing fair at all.

I was tag-teamed that way by a pair of spiders in my kitchen one night. First one was laying in wait on the door jamb above me, and it dropped down in front of me as I entered the kitchen. *SMACK*

The second one was the straw that broke the camel's back -- it waited until I had recovered enough from the first assault to venture into the kitchen to cook my dinner. That spider had itself situated near a cupboard that I needed to get into, and as I reached up to open the cupboard, the little bugger dropped down on my head and proceeded to scamper down to the backs of my shoulders. I don't remember anything after that, except coming out of a dark haze and finding spider carcass smeared on the floor.

On the plus side, my heart did finally manage to find its way back into my chest after that.

Not much of a arachnid killer myself; most spiders are good to have around to keep other bugs in check. But we did have an infestation of Hobo spiders ride in on a shipment of produce one year. Not sure if I ever really found one, but the local news had reported them as being dangerous, so I pretty much killed any large spider I hadn't seen inside the house before (and that did not look like the less ambitious Fox spiders).

[Agiel7]

You should try the Portia.

http://www.cracked.com/article/109_n...cal-predators/

On a side note, by far my favorite article on Cracked.

[antikristuseke]

Originally Posted by krashkart

I was tag-teamed that way by a pair of spiders in my kitchen one night. First one was laying in wait on the door jamb above me, and it dropped down in front of me as I entered the kitchen. *SMACK*

The second one was the straw that broke the camel's back -- it waited until I had recovered enough from the first assault to venture into the kitchen to cook my dinner. That spider had itself situated near a cupboard that I needed to get into, and as I reached up to open the cupboard, the little bugger dropped down on my head and proceeded to scamper down to the backs of my shoulders. I don't remember anything after that, except coming out of a dark haze and finding spider carcass smeared on the floor.

On the plus side, my heart did finally manage to find its way back into my chest after that.

Not much of a arachnid killer myself; most spiders are good to have around to keep other bugs in check. But we did have an infestation of Hobo spiders ride in on a shipment of produce one year. Not sure if I ever really found one, but the local news had reported them as being dangerous, so I pretty much killed any large spider I hadn't seen inside the house before (and that did not look like the less ambitious Fox spiders).

I had an outbreak of those tiny annoy little ****s called fruitflies a few weeks back because my borhter left a slice of watermelon out for about 36 hours while I was at work, when i got home I relocated a spider from behind the radiator in the bathroom to the kitchen, fruitflies ceased to exist within 24 hours, and after that the spider appily moved back to his old quarters.

Though when spiders drop from the ceeling to dangle in front of my face they have another predator to deal with, should I break their silk, which I will, my cat kills everything that moves, occasionally tries to attack my legs aswell. Ohyeah, the only things my cat gives a wide berth to are bees and wasps, he used to hunt those aswell untill he got stung, now he stays away from those ****ers.