Spiders, spiders, everywhere ...

[Sydney]

I've been in Australia for 5 weeks and am yet to see anything remotely worthy of mentioning in this thread. Rather disappointed so far.

We've had our first redback in the house for about 8 years.  Building a web at one of the windows.  Will have to use industrial amounts of insect killer just to be sure I get it.

[hughesie27]

Made some new friends finally.

[Tazio]

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160129-watch-the-worlds-biggest-jumping-spider-make-a-dramatic-leap?ocid=fbert

[Ray Gin]

 

https://www.facebook.com/itsmuchtoolate/videos/1004745686238090/

[Irufushi]

Seen a salad one the other day. Huge spider in the salad bag

[Sharky999]

Made some new friends finally.

Beautiful but deadly.

[itsnomarooned]

[EreWeG0..]

 

[Irufushi]

WTF,

Edited July 30, 2016 by Irufushi

[Ray Gin]

 

Imagine finding that in yer bed.

 

[kingantti1874]

I've got shit loads , and I mean hundreds of spiders in the stones / chips in my back garden.. Usually wouldn't mind but the kids are not big fans, avoiding playing outside..

 

Any ideas to get rid other than flamethrower? The best suggestion I have is getting a bird feeder to try and attract some flying spider eaters

[BRAVEHEART1874]

F hate spiders man but today this one was only 2 inch etc. including the legs but the body and head were 1.5 of the 2 - anyway the wee chit got away and only remember it because of the white stripe on its end and now above post suggests it's a flesh eating bas where's ma cooker lighter when you need it

[Irufushi]

I like house spiders.

 

They keep the flies away.

I'd rather a fly thats been lying in shit land on my face, than a spider.

[EreWeG0..]

I'd rather a fly thats been lying in shit land on my face, than a spider.

[FWJ]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-37231830

[joseywales]

I like spiders although my dad has phobia about spiders he checks his bed every night before he goes to his bed.

[boy_in_maroon]

If  I knew how to upload personal pics/vids,  I would show you all Tynie, my wee pet tarantula I got for Christmas last year

[Irufushi]

If I knew how to upload personal pics/vids, I would show you all Tynie, my wee pet tarantula I got for Christmas last year

Kill it with fire.

[hughesie27]

If I knew how to upload personal pics/vids, I would show you all Tynie, my wee pet tarantula I got for Christmas last year

Rubbish pet?

[boy_in_maroon]

Rubbish pet?

Not at all, fair enough it moves fairly little throughout the day, but at the same time it's brill to watch. Very low maintenance with it also. You don't have to go out in the pissing rain and pick it's crap up in a bag after it. Also feed is pennies, ?2.75 for a box of crickets, lasts about 4 weeks as it only feeds every 3 days average.

Shes a Mexican red knee and can sometimes be a bit skittish when trying to pick her up, but once she's on your hands she's brill.

I'd recommend it for people trying to get over the fear of spiders. Very docile natured.

I'm more wary of they big silly things that dart along the living room floor than her to be honest.

[Салатные палочки]

Not at all, fair enough it moves fairly little throughout the day, but at the same time it's brill to watch. Very low maintenance with it also. You don't have to go out in the pissing rain and pick it's crap up in a bag after it. Also feed is pennies, ?2.75 for a box of crickets, lasts about 4 weeks as it only feeds every 3 days average.

Shes a Mexican red knee and can sometimes be a bit skittish when trying to pick her up, but once she's on your hands she's brill.

I'd recommend it for people trying to get over the fear of spiders. Very docile natured.

I'm more wary of they big silly things that dart along the living room floor than her to be honest.

 

I have never handled one but I actually think I could hold one and I hate spiders.  I'm pretty sure a tarantula could shift if it wanted to but they do seem very docile like you say and any time I have seen them being handled they have moved very little.  They house ones move at ridiculous speeds.  

 

Does it live solely on crickets or if you catch, for example, a daddy long legs or even a house spider, could you just chuck that in and it would scran that as well? 

[boy_in_maroon]

I have never handled one but I actually think I could hold one and I hate spiders. I'm pretty sure a tarantula could shift if it wanted to but they do seem very docile like you say and any time I have seen them being handled they have moved very little. They house ones move at ridiculous speeds.

 

Does it live solely on crickets or if you catch, for example, a daddy long legs or even a house spider, could you just chuck that in and it would scran that as well?

I've read/heard about people putting in all kinds of hand caught insects into the tank with their tarantula's, but I like to keep to the same diet of crickets, although have tried her with grasshoppers, but they're a tad trickier for her to catch.

And you're correct about her being able to dash when she wants, can be like that on her skittish days, and I'll leave her alone.

Best thing to do to try handling a tarantula, is to visit the butterfly and insect world. They have certain times for handling sessions. I've done it a couple of times, they have snakes and millipedes also. I'm not too keen on snakes, but have held them there to help get over fear.

Edited September 1, 2016 by boy_in_maroon

[EreWeG0..]

And the invasion begins..

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-37231830

 

[IronJambo]

I've got shit loads , and I mean hundreds of spiders in the stones / chips in my back garden.. Usually wouldn't mind but the kids are not big fans, avoiding playing outside..

 

Any ideas to get rid other than flamethrower? The best suggestion I have is getting a bird feeder to try and attract some flying spider eaters

I've used this a couple of times. Hundreds of the things were living in the front wall of a rental I was in and they were in the stones in the front garden as well. They hate this stuff and it makes a difference. Safe for kids to be around after 3 hours.

 

[DG_HMFC]

 

 

One of my mates has a Goliath bird eating Tarantula as a pet, and one of the times it shed its skin he hid it in my football bag. Busy changing room at the 5's and I screamed like a wee bitch  

 

I honestly shat. My blood ran cold.

[Irufushi]

One of my mates has a Goliath bird eating Tarantula as a pet, and one of the times it shed its skin he hid it in my football bag. Busy changing room at the 5's and I screamed like a wee bitch

 

I honestly shat. My blood ran cold.

[boy_in_maroon]

One of my mates has a Goliath bird eating Tarantula as a pet, and one of the times it shed its skin he hid it in my football bag. Busy changing room at the 5's and I screamed like a wee bitch

 

I honestly shat. My blood ran cold.

Now that is a big ass spider, with a don't mess attitude.

I'll stick with my B Smithi thanks

[EreWeG0..]

One of my mates has a Goliath bird eating Tarantula as a pet, and one of the times it shed its skin he hid it in my football bag. Busy changing room at the 5's and I screamed like a wee bitch

 

I honestly shat. My blood ran cold.

[It should have been ten]

Raging! I was sitting on the pan dropping the kids off at the pool, no bothering a soul when out the corner of my eye I see one of these huuuuge spiders hareing towards me along the floor - and I mean absolutely hairing. I've honestly never moved so fast in my life, I jumped up that fast I somehow managed to pull the toilet seat off and it landed in the floor. Was bricking it to pick it up incase said huge spider was under it as I never saw where it went. Anyway cut a long story short, I managed to fix the seat back on the pan but after a quick check I still don't know where it is.....I'll no sleep tonight.

 

Creepy ****ers!!

Edited September 5, 2016 by It should have been ten

[It should have been ten]

 

P.s Also had to nick my toly. No best pleased.

[RobNox]

Having lived my entire life in Edinburgh, I've never understood the fear of spiders that lots of other people have.  My wife / kids would freak out if a 'house' spider appeared in the bath.  I'd just pick the thing up and let it run over my hands while escorting it to the garden.

 

I can get the fear of spiders a bit more if we are talking about foreign lands, where some of these ****ers could do serious damage.  Like if I ever saw a tarantula in the bath, I would not pick it up and carry it to the garden.  I'd capture it under a glass and slide a piece of card under it, then take it outside and dump it my neighbour's garden,

[Ryan Jarman]

The size of the ****ing things running round my house the night.

 

 

Found one in the bath when I went to run it for kids bath. That got a nice wee wash down the drain.

 

The next one, went to reach for the tv control sitting on the bean bag and the ***** was just sitting there staring at me. He went oot the window.

 

And just now went into the bedroom just in time to see the biggest one of the lot scarpper behind the wardrobe. ***** definitely the mum of the other two out for revenge isn't it? I'm going to die in my sleep ain't I?

[mrmarkus1981]

It has begun. Bleached a huge one in the bath this morning, washed out away!

 

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[The Internet]

Had a fairly lengthy battle of wits with one of those massive scuttling *******s last night. The missus had seen it in the bathroom earlier on but it had bolted into a wee gap under the bathtub so we were both on edge. Sitting playing FM later in the night, turn around and there it is strolling into the living room like a pished flatmate. *******. Huge. The next hour or so was spent waiting on it coming out from behind the folded dining table, catalogue in hand, while occasionally skimming coasters under the table trying to dislodge it.

 

When we eventually moved the table it was standing on one of the coasters   A last act of defiance before the catalogue came down on it. 

[Салатные палочки]

Had a fairly lengthy battle of wits with one of those massive scuttling *******s last night. The missus had seen it in the bathroom earlier on but it had bolted into a wee gap under the bathtub so we were both on edge. Sitting playing FM later in the night, turn around and there it is strolling into the living room like a pished flatmate. *******. Huge. The next hour or so was spent waiting on it coming out from behind the folded dining table, catalogue in hand, while occasionally skimming coasters under the table trying to dislodge it.

 

When we eventually moved the table it was standing on one of the coasters   A last act of defiance before the catalogue came down on it. 

 

:rofl: 

 

*******s aren't they.  Went for a slash the other night and I could just feel a presence in the bathroom.  Turned round to see a big fecker sitting in the bath like Charles B. Spuds.  Turned the shower on and tried to wash it away but even the jet of the shower wouldn't wash it away, had to turn it to that heavy blast, the one that feels like your getting your back massaged and he turned into a ball and floated down the drain.  

[It should have been ten]

:rofl: 

 

*******s aren't they.  Went for a slash the other night and I could just feel a presence in the bathroom.  Turned round to see a big fecker sitting in the bath like Charles B. Spuds.  Turned the shower on and tried to wash it away but even the jet of the shower wouldn't wash it away, had to turn it to that heavy blast, the one that feels like your getting your back massaged and he turned into a ball and floated down the drain.

 

I boil the kettle and pour it down the drain to make sure the b@$t***s don't come back up again.

[Locky]

Living in a ground floor flat has been a nightmare for me this summer. We have a wee front garden which is starting to overgrow a little while the back green is a state. Although that's the responsibilities of the upstairs neighbours.

 

The last few weeks saw our flat and stair invaded by these buggers of all shapes and sizes. Killed one in the stair one night a couple of weeks ago which was ******* huge!

 

Squished it with a brick and heard the crunch and it left a bit of a mess too. Horrible.

 

Thankfully the last week or so has been okay. Gave every nook and cranny of the house a good Hoover yesterday which should hopefully keep the wee ***** out.

[Der Kaiser]

Mint source shower gel.

 

Took out 4 of those feckers in my bath. 4 of them. Made me feel like a big man.

[Irufushi]

Mint source shower gel.

 

Took out 4 of those feckers in my bath. 4 of them. Made me feel like a big man.

That stuff would take a grown man out. If applied in the right area.

[Der Kaiser]

That stuff would take a grown man out. If applied in the right area.

Found that out the hard way.

 

Did wake me up like the bottle said.

[Tazio]

Found that out the hard way.

 

Did wake me up like the bottle said.

Right, you've survived that challenge.

 

Next one to try is the tea tree gel. Strange feeling the sensation of your ringpiece trying to climb up inside your body to get away from it.

[Cade]

Had one giant fecker with legs like an alaskan crab tonight.

 

Never mind a rolled up magazine, I needed a yellow pages to kill the massive beast.

Edited September 15, 2016 by Cade

[The Internet]

I had one last year that took 3 full blows with a magazine and was still staggering.

 

 

When did the average house spider become such a tank?

[EreWeG0..]

I had one last year that took 3 full blows with a magazine and was still staggering.

 

 

When did the average house spider become such a tank?

Don't corner them. Aggressive too.

 

[The Internet]

No need for that.

[IronJambo]

Found this ******* outside my front door.

 

No idea what kind of spider it was but it didn't look as friendly as peppa pigs pal Mr Skinny Legs

 

Edited September 15, 2016 by IronJambo

[Irufushi]

Found this ******* outside my front door.

 

No idea what kind of spider it was but it didn't look as friendly as peppa pigs pal Mr Skinny Legs

 

WTF

[Tazio]

Looks a bit like a woodlouse spider. A bit sluggish but have huge fangs so can actually give you a painful bite.

[Ryan Jarman]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-37481251

 

[Tazio]

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/oct/24/australia-giant-spider-mouse-carry-horrifying-impressive?CMP=fb_gu