There's been a topic in the news lately about spiders and how they might be seen in plague proportions this year. So thought I'd post this chart to identify the deadly one's.
Thanks madaboutled, my number one pet hate - I don't know about the rest of em but their sure seems to be a hell of a lot of those deadly red bast...s hanging around this year.
Vince said
11:54 AM Jan 23, 2017
Which ever bastard it is, I hate them!!
Cheers
Vince
Long Weekend said
02:11 PM Jan 23, 2017
I always thought that huntsman spiders were OK. We get them in the house from time to time - almost always when rain is coming. Probably it will make everyone's blood run cold but I always catch and release them! One found its way into our camper trailer once - saw it at Wangaratta but it got away and resurfaced again two days later in Geelong. I even let that one go.
I was once bitten by a red back - it got me on the left index finger as I was pulling out some weeds from around brickwork and felt like a prickle. Made me as sick as a bad dose of the flu but only lasted two days. Of course, I was then young and fit - apparently it is the only the very young, old or else suffering from other disease that a bite can prove fatal.
Murray
Aussie said
03:04 PM Jan 23, 2017
Long Weekend wrote:
I always thought that huntsman spiders were OK. We get them in the house from time to time - almost always when rain is coming. Probably it will make everyone's blood run cold but I always catch and release them! One found its way into our camper trailer once - saw it at Wangaratta but it got away and resurfaced again two days later in Geelong. I even let that one go.
I was once bitten by a red back - it got me on the left index finger as I was pulling out some weeds from around brickwork and felt like a prickle. Made me as sick as a bad dose of the flu but only lasted two days. Of course, I was then young and fit - apparently it is the only the very young, old or else suffering from other disease that a bite can prove fatal.
Murray
Yes Murray I have always had respect for the trusty Huntsman Spider. For the last 17 years all of our cars and Troopys etc have been parked under a massive big Ficus Tree. That leads to a never ending Huntsmen Spider hiding in our car. About once a month a half grown one bout about the size of a match box will run up or down mothers side of the windscreen. WELL, that's when I get woken up with mother saying "if you don't stop right now I am getting out" and her hand goes to the door handle, even at 110 Kph. This has happed many, many times over the years, and nothing changes.
Warren-Pat_01 said
05:19 PM Jan 23, 2017
Murray, Huntsman spiders can bite but they are not dangerous. I left my shoes outside our tent at Archer River quite sometime ago & had to go for my morning "walk". I put my one foot in the shoe & "chomp"! pulled my foot out & there was blood on my second toe. Had a look in the shoe & I could see lots of legs. The nurse at Coen Hospital identified it as an Orcus Shield Huntsman & if I was feeling ok then, I would live!
Moral of the story - if you leave your shoes outside, bash them like mad to dislodge any insect seeking a nice warm hiding spot!
Warren
Dougwe said
05:48 PM Jan 23, 2017
Hate the buggas my self, not my favourite thing and I tell you that for free.
WP-01, not a spider but I had a similar thing happen with my water boots here at Greens Lake, Nth VIC, a couple of weeks backs. Put them on one morning to go for a dip and something felt different in the end of the boot, when I came out of water I found 2 little frogs in the boot, 1 dead and the other 1 I let out. For the next 3 days this little frog turned up and sat on my awning mat looking at me, I'm sure he was abusing me.....or thanking me I spose. I said sorry to him and he never came back.
JeffRae said
08:07 PM Jan 23, 2017
We had these 2 great us when we got home a few days ago
Yes Ron-D - I am careful with them. I trap them by throwing a tea towel, T shirt or similar over them then shaking them out when outside. When I caught the one at Wangaratta it was missing when I shook the T shirt out! Then in Geelong I just noticed something moving alongside me while sitting on the lounge seat - it was the huntsman! That time it didn't get away.
By the way, not mentioned in the listing of spiders posted by Desert Dweller was the newly discovered pea**** spider. It has a brightly coloured abdomen which it raises up like a pea****'s tail. It was shown on TV recently advertising a display of spiders at the Questacon here in Canberra. Mind you, the TV ad made it look gigantic when in fact they are only a couple of millimetres long. That is obviously the reason why it was only recently discovered.
Murray
Oops - I accidently used one of the naughty words but I see that it was automatically censored with ****! So I'll leave it to readers to substitute the appropriate word.
-- Edited by Long Weekend on Tuesday 24th of January 2017 10:58:03 AM
Desert Dweller said
10:57 AM Jan 25, 2017
Long Weekend wrote:
Yes Ron-D - I am careful with them. I trap them by throwing a tea towel, T shirt or similar over them then shaking them out when outside. When I caught the one at Wangaratta it was missing when I shook the T shirt out! Then in Geelong I just noticed something moving alongside me while sitting on the lounge seat - it was the huntsman! That time it didn't get away.
By the way, not mentioned in the listing of spiders posted by Desert Dweller was the newly discovered pea**** spider. It has a brightly coloured abdomen which it raises up like a pea****'s tail. It was shown on TV recently advertising a display of spiders at the Questacon here in Canberra. Mind you, the TV ad made it look gigantic when in fact they are only a couple of millimetres long. That is obviously the reason why it was only recently discovered.
Murray
Oops - I accidently used one of the naughty words but I see that it was automatically censored with ****! So I'll leave it to readers to substitute the appropriate word.
Here they are! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_yYC5r8xMI
-- Edited by Long Weekend on Tuesday 24th of January 2017 10:58:03 AM
Phil C said
11:14 AM Jan 25, 2017
Im afraid both the bride and I hate these creatures, and snakes.... YUK!!!!
7 iron for all of them.
Cheers
aussie_paul said
11:57 AM Jan 25, 2017
Phil C wrote:
Im afraid both the bride and I hate these creatures, and snakes.... YUK!!!!
7 iron for all of them.
Cheers
I would rather a 40' pole!!
Aussie Paul.
Long Weekend said
01:54 PM Jan 25, 2017
Thanks Keith and Judy (Desert Dweller),
Aren't they the cutest spiders you have ever seen? If they were as big as the bird eating spider people would be keeping them as pets.
Mind you, the TV ad for Questacon showed them full screen - and on our 55-inch set that made them BIG. Of course, the ad also showed all the other spiders, including all the nasties like the funnel web and red back.
There's been a topic in the news lately about spiders and how they might be seen in plague proportions this year. So thought I'd post this chart to identify the deadly one's.
Stay Safe!.
Cheers
Vince
I was once bitten by a red back - it got me on the left index finger as I was pulling out some weeds from around brickwork and felt like a prickle. Made me as sick as a bad dose of the flu but only lasted two days. Of course, I was then young and fit - apparently it is the only the very young, old or else suffering from other disease that a bite can prove fatal.
Murray
Yes Murray I have always had respect for the trusty Huntsman Spider. For the last 17 years all of our cars and Troopys etc have been parked under a massive big Ficus Tree. That leads to a never ending Huntsmen Spider hiding in our car. About once a month a half grown one bout about the size of a match box will run up or down mothers side of the windscreen. WELL, that's when I get woken up with mother saying "if you don't stop right now I am getting out" and her hand goes to the door handle, even at 110 Kph. This has happed many, many times over the years, and nothing changes.
Moral of the story - if you leave your shoes outside, bash them like mad to dislodge any insect seeking a nice warm hiding spot!
Warren
WP-01, not a spider but I had a similar thing happen with my water boots here at Greens Lake, Nth VIC, a couple of weeks backs. Put them on one morning to go for a dip and something felt different in the end of the boot, when I came out of water I found 2 little frogs in the boot, 1 dead and the other 1 I let out. For the next 3 days this little frog turned up and sat on my awning mat looking at me, I'm sure he was abusing me.....or thanking me I spose. I said sorry to him and he never came back.
We had these 2 great us when we got home a few days ago
They look like baby Big Bast***s
Be carefull handling huntsman spiders as most people like to release them myself included,they have a painfull bite...
Yes Ron-D - I am careful with them. I trap them by throwing a tea towel, T shirt or similar over them then shaking them out when outside. When I caught the one at Wangaratta it was missing when I shook the T shirt out! Then in Geelong I just noticed something moving alongside me while sitting on the lounge seat - it was the huntsman! That time it didn't get away.
By the way, not mentioned in the listing of spiders posted by Desert Dweller was the newly discovered pea**** spider. It has a brightly coloured abdomen which it raises up like a pea****'s tail. It was shown on TV recently advertising a display of spiders at the Questacon here in Canberra. Mind you, the TV ad made it look gigantic when in fact they are only a couple of millimetres long. That is obviously the reason why it was only recently discovered.
Murray
Oops - I accidently used one of the naughty words but I see that it was automatically censored with ****! So I'll leave it to readers to substitute the appropriate word.
-- Edited by Long Weekend on Tuesday 24th of January 2017 10:58:03 AM
7 iron for all of them.
Cheers
I would rather a 40' pole!!
Aussie Paul.
Aren't they the cutest spiders you have ever seen? If they were as big as the bird eating spider people would be keeping them as pets.
Mind you, the TV ad for Questacon showed them full screen - and on our 55-inch set that made them BIG. Of course, the ad also showed all the other spiders, including all the nasties like the funnel web and red back.
Murray