Walrus Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 http://news.sky.com/story/1073751/tarantula-the-size-of-a-human-face-discovered    Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Left Nut Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Ahh, the face spider... Like something from Alien. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GhostHunter Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 No Match for the Tarantula Hawk  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walrus Posted April 4, 2013 Author Share Posted April 4, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pohang Jambo Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Â Â Â Someone had too. :'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeribleTrio Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Tastes like chicken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgiewave Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Â Â Â Someone had too. Â Nightmares await. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Internet Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 **** sake. What was I thinking about opening this thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GhostHunter Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Â ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budgie. Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 No Match for the Tarantula Hawk   I love this video.  The music track and comments from the spectators just make it even better.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budgie. Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Â ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Johnson Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Â Made pretty much exactly that face watching that. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walrus Posted April 4, 2013 Author Share Posted April 4, 2013 Â Â ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Bilel Mohsni Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Â Â I love this video. Â The music track and comments from the spectators just make it even better. Â Â Â A few points... Â That is not a hornet. It is a Tarantula Hawk wasp. Â Tarantulas are not the terrifying creatures that people think. Against that wasp (who's sting is akin to the pain of being shot) the tarantula is virtually defenseless, it has a bite and big fangs, but it is extremely slow and has to bring its fangs down on its prey, this is a slow attack which leaves its underbelly exposed to the wasps prehensile abdomen that can be slung underneath its body and prodded quickly forward like a harpoon, past its own head. For comparison of venom, the tarantula's bite is closer to a European Honey bee's sting. Â Against faster large spiders like wolf spiders, that T-Hawk is far less effective. Â Hornets are social wasps, not solitary parasitic wasps like the T-Hawk. Â Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GhostHunter Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 A few points... Â That is not a hornet. It is a Tarantula Hawk wasp. Â Tarantulas are not the terrifying creatures that people think. Against that wasp (who's sting is akin to the pain of being shot) the tarantula is virtually defenseless, it has a bite and big fangs, but it is extremely slow and has to bring its fangs down on its prey, this is a slow attack which leaves its underbelly exposed to the wasps prehensile abdomen that can be slung underneath its body and prodded quickly forward like a harpoon, past its own head. For comparison of venom, the tarantula's bite is closer to a European Honey bee's sting. Â Against faster large spiders like wolf spiders, that T-Hawk is far less effective. Â Hornets are social wasps, not solitary parasitic wasps like the T-Hawk. Â Â Thank you Shaun Google. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bilel Mohsni Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Â Â Thank you Shaun Google. Â Â Â Diminishing my fabulous knowledge of the animal kingdom, Dex? Â Scurrilous... That makes you the forum equivalent of the Signal bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GhostHunter Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Â Diminishing my fabulous knowledge of the animal kingdom, Dex? Â Scurrilous... That makes you the forum equivalent of the Signal bug. Â I always pictured myself as a Scarab if I'm being honest.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bilel Mohsni Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Â Â I always pictured myself as a Scarab if I'm being honest.... Â A life of dealing with shite and an endless up-hill struggle? Â Queen bee surely, my good man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCbfMkh940Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budgie. Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Â Â Â A few points... Â That is not a hornet. It is a Tarantula Hawk wasp. Â Tarantulas are not the terrifying creatures that people think. Against that wasp (who's sting is akin to the pain of being shot) the tarantula is virtually defenseless, it has a bite and big fangs, but it is extremely slow and has to bring its fangs down on its prey, this is a slow attack which leaves its underbelly exposed to the wasps prehensile abdomen that can be slung underneath its body and prodded quickly forward like a harpoon, past its own head. For comparison of venom, the tarantula's bite is closer to a European Honey bee's sting. Â Against faster large spiders like wolf spiders, that T-Hawk is far less effective. Â Hornets are social wasps, not solitary parasitic wasps like the T-Hawk. Â Â Aye but the song's pure guid tho! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bilel Mohsni Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Â Â Aye but the song's pure guid tho! Â Â So's; Kill all Hippies - Primal Scream. Â Let's not let groovy beats and high-spirits defeat wisdom and knowledge though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budgie. Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Â Â Â So's; Kill all Hippies - Primal Scream. Â Let's not let groovy beats and high-spirits defeat wisdom and knowledge though. Â I'm blown away by your insect knowledge bud, and not for the first time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bilel Mohsni Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Â Â I'm blown away by your insect knowledge bud, and not for the first time! Â Just need to find away of making money from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GhostHunter Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Just need to find away of making money from it. Â Animal Planet HD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bilel Mohsni Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Â Â Animal Planet HD. Â I'm not backed by Disney or Fox. Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Currahee! Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Aye but the song's pure guid tho! Â The song is M.I.A. Paper Planes. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gasman Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Tastes like chicken. Â Eight drumsticks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N User Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 I remember reading about the Brazilian Wandering Spider whilst working in Scotmid. Never worked on the bananas again.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budgie. Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Â Â The song is M.I.A. Paper Planes. Â Â Crackin tune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beverley Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 after watching slumdog millionaire i had that MIA tune stuck in my head for weeks... now its back! not my usual thing but just love it! Â Â that is a pretty cool video though, with the tarantula hawk (cheers shaun) and the tarantula. Â the one with the guy in the helmet with the bowl though, even though iexpected it, i still jumped when the spider did. Â i'm not a hater of spiders and not an arachnophobe but i don't like those big blighters! held a scorpion and a big snake before, but never a tarantula...... Â totally would though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013  i'm not a hater of spiders and not an arachnophobe but i don't like those big blighters! held a scorpion and a big snake before, but never a tarantula......  totally would though  With a spider aye?  Different strokes I suppose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beverley Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 yeah i find them fascinating really. i can watch insects like a child would... i'm sure i regress to childhood hahaha. Â i remember on holiday with mum in rhodes one year, and we had gone all inclusive in this fantastic place, and while it was all inclusive, they would bring you a meal to your room with wine for 3 euros. Â we had our dinner outside as there was quite a large garden space overlooking the sea. one of us dropped something and within a few minutes there was an army of ants trying to lift this thing (i think it was a chip) watching the way they all worked together to move something so much larger than them was amazing. Â there were no bugs in the chalet so we weren't overly bothered at what we'd just seen, but it was something else. Â Â that was also the first time i'd ever come face to face with a huge mossie though.... ugly looking fecker it was *shudder* i didn't like those... Â and i have a phobia of wasps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bilel Mohsni Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 yeah i find them fascinating really. i can watch insects like a child would... i'm sure i regress to childhood hahaha. Â i remember on holiday with mum in rhodes one year, and we had gone all inclusive in this fantastic place, and while it was all inclusive, they would bring you a meal to your room with wine for 3 euros. Â we had our dinner outside as there was quite a large garden space overlooking the sea. one of us dropped something and within a few minutes there was an army of ants trying to lift this thing (i think it was a chip) watching the way they all worked together to move something so much larger than them was amazing. Â there were no bugs in the chalet so we weren't overly bothered at what we'd just seen, but it was something else. Â Â that was also the first time i'd ever come face to face with a huge mossie though.... ugly looking fecker it was *shudder* i didn't like those... Â and i have a phobia of wasps. Â This is my favourite DVD in my reasonably large collection. Â Â I would recommend this DVD to anyone... It's sensational. Â Â Wasps and ants are my favourite creatures, they are unbelievable in the complexity of their lives and activities. Â The camera work and new info (for me that is quite rare from a natural history doc nowadays) in this series is better than anything I had ever seen, and still holds up well against newer ones. Â There is also an accompanying book... Â Â Which is equally nerd-tastic. Â If you buy this series, look out for the Siafu (African army ants), The parasitic wasp that practices mind-control over it's golden orb web spider (serious and very dangerous predator) host and the signal bug which lures ants to their deaths. Â 10/10 Would and do watch again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Currahee! Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Wasps Shaun? Wasps? Â They are spiteful evil little shits. Â I got stung twice at the Belgian GP a couple of years ago. I then watched 1 fly down onto my shoulder and start stinging my jacket. Â They can get to feck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bilel Mohsni Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Wasps Shaun? Wasps? Â They are spiteful evil little shits. Â I got stung twice at the Belgian GP a couple of years ago. I then watched 1 fly down onto my shoulder and start stinging my jacket. Â They can get to feck. Â They've just gone up even further in my estimation, mate. Â You probably did something to annoy them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Palmer Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Not a spider and probably not a wasp either...... Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Currahee! Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 They've just gone up even further in my estimation, mate. Â You probably did something to annoy them. Â Â 4 of us out the 5 got stung that weekend. I think there was hundreds stung over the 3 days. Â Watching the 1 fly in and just start stinging my jacket proves I done nothing. It left a wee pool of sting on my jacket. Â As I said they are spiteful little insects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budgie. Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Would be a tough decision if you ever ended up on Mastermind, Mothy! Â Specialist subject: insects or evils of the Royal family! Â You could maybe go for a combination of the two and answer questions on the politics of Queen bees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bilel Mohsni Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Not a spider and probably not a wasp either...... Â Â Â Now THAT, is a hornet. I think it's a giant Asian/Japanese hornet. Â It is a wasp, a kind of communal/social wasp that is closely related to the black and yellow ones in your garden and the red and yellow European hornets that are also quite large, but not that big. Â Hornets are serious, armour-plated, sharp-jawed, stinging, killing machines... And they live in large nests, sometimes numbering hundreds. Â Hornets rule. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bilel Mohsni Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Â 4 of us out the 5 got stung that weekend. I think there was hundreds stung over the 3 days. Â Watching the 1 fly in and just start stinging my jacket proves I done nothing. It left a wee pool of sting on my jacket. Â As I said they are spiteful little insects. Â When one stings you or a mate, it releases a pheromone which tells the others to attack, the same pheromone is released if you kill one too. Â I was just kidding by the way, it was probably not your fault at all... They are freaking aggressive, likes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambos_1874 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Â Â Â Someone had too. :' /> Â That is horrific. I would move house if I saw that in my living room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamboinglasgow Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 That is horrific. I would move house if I saw that in my living room. Â i think that photo is quite deceptive. It looks much bigger than it is. Still much bigger than anything in Britain and anything I would want to be in a room with, but I dont think its as big as it looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budgie. Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Â Â i think that photo is quite deceptive. It looks much bigger than it is. Still much bigger than anything in Britain and anything I would want to be in a room with, but I dont think its as big as it looks. Â I think it's the army of baby spiders that freaks me out more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GhostHunter Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 That is horrific. I would move house if I saw that in my living room. Â I would move country tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Currahee! Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 When one stings you or a mate, it releases a pheromone which tells the others to attack, the same pheromone is released if you kill one too. Â I was just kidding by the way, it was probably not your fault at all... They are freaking aggressive, likes. Â I think 1 of the problems was the aftershave. The little shits seemed attracted to it. Â Plus the fact I was laughing too much at my mates who were stung before me. Â Karma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bilel Mohsni Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Â Â I think 1 of the problems was the aftershave. The little shits seemed attracted to it. Â Plus the fact I was laughing too much at my mates who were stung before me. Â Karma. Â Aftershave is a real possibility, all kinds of scents can trigger behaviour in wasps, there entire lives are controlled by chemical scent. Â The one that stung your jacket so much that it left a pool, that pool is a trigger to all the other wasps to "sting here". Â I just like them, they are hard as nails, complex and let's be honest, look cool as... Though maybe if they were all setting about me at once, I'd be a wee bit less than enamoured with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Â Â I would move country tbh. Deodorant + lighter = no spiders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budgie. Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013  Deodorant + lighter = no spiders  or just give Delbert a call Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantjambo Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Knew I shouldn't have opened this thread. Skin is crawling now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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