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.
Steve, Di & Ziggy We named our Motorhome "Roadworx" because on the road works "On The Road Again" Ford Transit with 302 Windsor V8 conversion, C4 Auto, 9 Inch Ford Diff All Lighting L.E.D., 260 Amp/h AGM, 530 Watt Solar + Kipor Backup Gen.
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.
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.
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.
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
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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.
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We had these 2 great us when we got home a few days ago
They look like baby Big Bast***s
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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
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
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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.
