can anyone please identify

[bennylaird]

Can just imagine looking up as you were about to be engulfed, what a nasty way to go :eek: :eek:

[Cliff Rogers]

Can just imagine looking up as you were about to be ......

Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrhhhhhhhhhhhhhh :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

[jow104]

OK, thats the flying insect sorted out, now what about the spider?

Its big, around 22 mm diameter (almost ball shaped body) with six legs (spidercrab fashion) protruding beneath the body from the central part of its adomen.
Colour was grey.

[DJ’s Timber]

sounds like a huntsman

[Cliff Rogers]

... now what about the spider?

... with six legs (....

Spiders have 8 legs.

[AlexS]

Spiders have 8 legs.

...until a wasp gets them.

[Flowboy]

Does sound like a Huntsman, or a Wolf Spider. Was it wearing Lederhosen, or camoflage fatigues?

You may know that the film Arachniphobia used spiders from a suburb in Auckland called Avondale (hence Avondale spiders). These are close relatives of the Huntsman which migrated to NZ between the packed weather bords sent from Australia for Sears type DIY homes which were very popular there early last century. They're only found in Avondale, as apparently they don't like to move far from home.
Believe it or not!

Regards

Rob

[Ashore]

Possibly some type of orb weaver , if so reasonably harmless , unless you walk into one in its web at night at face height , then they can kill you with fright :eek:

If your spider only had 6 legs then thats why the wasp got it , too slow

[bennylaird]

Orbs look like this.

[Shedhand]

Does sound like a Huntsman, or a Wolf Spider. Was it wearing Lederhosen, or camoflage fatigues?

You may know that the film Arachniphobia used spiders from a suburb in Auckland called Avondale (hence Avondale spiders). These are close relatives of the Huntsman which migrated to NZ between the packed weather bords sent from Australia for Sears type DIY homes which were very popular there early last century. They're only found in Avondale, as apparently they don't like to move far from home.
Believe it or not!

Regards

Rob

You may know that Surfers Paradise is a dingy town in Queensland. Its infested with Kiwis who came here last century hidden between the pages dole forms. Unlike Avondale spiders these creatures have spread far and wide and can be found in dole queues up and down the eastern seaboard. :eek:

[Flowboy]

Sounds like a sequel.

Kiwipackophobia, as opposed to the yachties horror flick, Anaraknophobia

Knew some K1W1s in Sydney. Sp: FushandChupus manlyi. Incredible thirst!!

[Auld Bassoon]

Stay clear of this Hornet....has a BIG sting.....

Now THAT is what I call a weapon of mass destruction. Gawd - could you imagine the impact if that payload was released :eek:

[Driver]

Stay clear of this Hornet....has a BIG sting.....

That is a photo of Seaman Staines' favourite pin-up girl: the Mother Farcquar, :eek: on her way back to the good ship Very Little Gravitas Indeed after a quick run ashore.

[Shedhand]

you guys crack me up...

[Ashore]

Orbs look like this.

There are four main types in Aus Benny
Garden Orb Weaving Spiders: Eriophora (Araneidae)
Banded Orb Weaving Spiders: Argiope (Araneidae)
Golden Orb Weaving Spiders: Nephila (Tetragnathidae)
Humped or Silver Orb Weaving Spiders: Leucauge (Tetragnathidae)

The Garden type look like this