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Iain
19th March 2005, 07:58 PM
Found this in the back yard today, can't find it in any of my books, anyone know what it is?
Barry_White
19th March 2005, 08:14 PM
Never seen a spider quite like that, but whatever it is it is an ugly son of a *****.
gemi_babe
19th March 2005, 08:32 PM
Victorian Spiders (http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/spiders/gallery.aspx)
I can only see 6 legs :confused:
Can you catch it? maybe its a species they haven't located yet?
beejay1
19th March 2005, 08:41 PM
.:eek: and I bet thats not the mother!!
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beejay1
19th March 2005, 08:47 PM
I can only see 6 legs :confused:
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echnidna
19th March 2005, 10:11 PM
Dunno but I'd squash it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Daddles
19th March 2005, 10:26 PM
My MG has a nice little web on the rear bumper. We saw the culprit the other night. It's big enough to drive the flamin' thing :eek:
Spiders - they may not inherit this earth, but that's only coz they don't want to.
Richard
MathewA
20th March 2005, 05:06 AM
Give it a poke with yer finger and let us know if you survive:D
MathewA
20th March 2005, 05:08 AM
I can see 8. The second to last pair are very short compared to the other 6
Victorian Spiders (http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/spiders/gallery.aspx)
I can only see 6 legs :confused:
Can you catch it? maybe its a species they haven't located yet?
MathewA
20th March 2005, 05:12 AM
I'd say it's the Garden Orb-weaving Spider
Iain
20th March 2005, 07:31 AM
Thanks Gemi, think I found it, either a slater eating spider or a black and red spider.
I have several books on spiders and cannot find this anywhere but doubt it's a new species.
It really isn't that big, about the size of a 2c piece (body) and it's not aggressive, like funnel webs (caught a few of those).
Daddles, we get a lot of BIG huntsmen and the buggers get in the cars and take up residence behind the sun visor, whilst I am far from afraid of spiders they certainly give you an adrenalin rush when you put the visor down and they fall into your lap :rolleyes:
My girls now pick up huntsmen and walk them outside, no fear, but mice are a different story :D
Daddles
20th March 2005, 12:27 PM
Oh yes Iain, I'm well aquainted with Huntsmen. Most of my cars have had one.
One of my Valiant Wagons had a monster that lived in the back corner - I'd often see him wandering around on the back window while driving. One day, I'd slithered on my back under the dash board - revisiting the dodgy wiring from memory. And that flamin' huntsman landed on my FACE :eek: Man, I have never got out of a car so quickly, and remember, I was lying on my back, squeezed under the steering wheel.
Richard
MathewA
20th March 2005, 02:36 PM
Here's a question somewhat related to spiders...
How often do you here about pets being bitten and dying
AlexS
20th March 2005, 02:49 PM
Here's a question somewhat related to spiders...
How often do you here about pets being bitten and dying
In the bush, cats & dogs often get bitten by snakes, with fatal results.
Never heard of one dying from a spider bite though.
Apparently, funnelwebs are not venomous to domestic pets, only primates. Interesting, since funnelwebs evolved long before primates.
E. maculata
20th March 2005, 04:11 PM
Whereas the common old wolf spider has the potential to kill Dogs, doesn't affect humans real bad just a hot burning sensation and feel crook for a while....how do I know? bitten in the armpit & on the hand.
Tonyz
20th March 2005, 05:53 PM
To Ian, I did the same only once, my instant reaction was to grab it and throw out the drivers window, luckily for me that was open.......... so was the passengers window in the car beside at traffic lights. One scream :eek: .........and I forgot about the Red light I was gone :p true story Tonto
echnidna
20th March 2005, 09:23 PM
To Ian, I did the same only once, my instant reaction was to grab it and throw out the drivers window, luckily for me that was open.......... so was the passengers window in the car beside at traffic lights. One scream :eek: .........and I forgot about the Red light I was gone :p true story Tonto
Fiendishly clever!!!!!!!!!!
Must start collecting huntsy's :eek: :eek: :eek:
Peter R
29th March 2005, 12:32 PM
Found this in the back yard today, can't find it in any of my books, anyone know what it is?It did look like a Red back to me...I have seen them with large red backs and I have seen them with hardly defined red backs
tey www.amoline.net.au (http://www.amoline.net.au/)
Look under suspects
I have just looked at the Spider chart and now I think it might be the common black house spider...Dunno now, shoulda' kept me' mouth shut.http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon11.gif:confused:
Peter R