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| Thread ID: 78726 | 2007-04-26 11:32:00 | Spider Question | stu161204 (123) | PC World Chat |
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| 544490 | 2007-04-26 23:56:00 | You should not be csared of psiders. When encountering spiders, make sure you do not look like a fly. Avoid making prey-like noises. Consider how extremely fortunate we are that spiders are smaller than mother-in-laws, and those two species do not interbreed. (Or mothers-in-law if you wish.) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 544491 | 2007-04-27 00:02:00 | My cousin in Aus (about 4 years old) woke up with a huntsman spider hanging over his face. It was about as big as an adults palm I believe. He didn't get much sleep for the next month. |
mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 544492 | 2007-04-27 00:33:00 | Can anyone tell me what a white pointed Spider looks like? Its not one that has a black/brown body & a white spot on the end of its tall? That looks very much like a white-tailed spider . I don't normally mind a few house spiders but these white-tails are a different bag of tricks so any that dare come into my view get nuked . Like Godfather said, they are aggressive as they prey on other spiders and will give you a nasty bite given half the chance . They are particularly fond of hiding in piles of clothes on the floor so it would be a good idea to give your clothing a good shake before putting it on if you have white-tails around . Bruce, I don't believe you had that thing living in your house . How big was it? Incidentally, why do most males dislike (read: terrified of) small harmless spiders? |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 544493 | 2007-04-27 00:34:00 | This is a white tailed spider (www.imagef1.net.nz) And this is a Spider bite (www.imagef1.net.nz) |
lazydog (148) | ||
| 544494 | 2007-04-27 00:49:00 | And this is what The NZ Medical Journal (www.nzma.org.nz) says about white tail spider bites. | Biggles (121) | ||
| 544495 | 2007-04-27 00:52:00 | Not to mention the Medical Journal of Australia (www.mja.com.au) | Biggles (121) | ||
| 544496 | 2007-04-27 01:05:00 | That looks very much like a white-tailed spider . I don't normally mind a few house spiders but these white-tails are a different bag of tricks so any that dare come into my view get nuked . Like Godfather said, they are aggressive as they prey on other spiders and will give you a nasty bite given half the chance . They are particularly fond of hiding in piles of clothes on the floor so it would be a good idea to give your clothing a good shake before putting it on if you have white-tails around . Bruce, I don't believe you had that thing living in your house . How big was it? Incidentally, why do most males dislike (read: terrified of) small harmless spiders? They do like clothes - I've caught a couple in my youngest sons room (clothes everywhere) . Grey house spiders can be quite big, but we aren't talking Avondale spider proportions here . Looks a lot bigger than it really is through the extension tubes on the end of my camera (I actually feel over backwards once when looking through the viewfinder and the spider made a lunge for the lens :blush: ) A certain work aquaintance (no names will be mentioned) so dislikes spiders I was compelled to take down my 4A printouts of spiders from the wall . I don't get it either . Personally, I think they are fascinating: . pbase . com/brunonz/image/68818217" target="_blank">www . pbase . com . pbase . com/brunonz/image/58436047" target="_blank">www . pbase . com . pbase . com/brunonz/image/53771250" target="_blank">www . pbase . com . pbase . com/brunonz/image/55543946" target="_blank">www . pbase . com |
Biggles (121) | ||
| 544497 | 2007-04-27 03:46:00 | Some spiders are sweet and fluffy (www.nationalgeographic.com/tarantulas/speciesonemain.html). Some are not. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 544498 | 2007-04-27 04:30:00 | You know what's funny? I watch people at Auckland zoo, standing right up by the glass at the Lion enclosure, with a bunch of lions on the other side looking at them and you know that those lions are looking at them and just seeing meat on two legs. But the folks are all "Oh, they're just like big pussy cats". But those same folks, when they get to the tarantulas at the rain forest section, are all "Uuurgghh, they're so creepy." And all those tarantulas are thinking is "Damn its cold in here". I'd much rather be thrown into cage with a bunch of tarantulas, than a cage full of lions .... |
Biggles (121) | ||
| 544499 | 2007-04-27 04:41:00 | I watch people at Auckland zoo Whoa. |
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